The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has spoken: the “Queen of Christmas” title belongs to no man, woman, or Grammy-winner. Even if that Grammy-winner is Mariah Carey
The battle of the Christmas queens, began in March of 2021, when the “All I Want For Christmas Is You” singer-songwriter filed to trademark “” along with a handful of other related phrases. It turns out, all she really wants for Christmas is the sole right to sell merch with the phrases “Queen of Christmas,” “QOC,” “Princess of Christmas,” and “Christmas Princess.
Earlier this year, Christmas songstress Elizabeth Chan filed a declaration to the trademark appeals board in an effort to block it from going through. For the last ten years, Chan has made a career out of writing and releasing Christmas music. After a 2018 profile in theshe used the moniker as the title of her 2021 album. Just how much does Chan love Christmas? She created a label called Merry Bright Music and named her first daughter Noelle.
“I feel very strongly that no one person should hold onto anything around Christmas or monopolize it in the way that Mariah seeks to in perpetuity,” Chan said in an interview within August. “Christmas is for everyone. It’s meant to be shared; it’s not meant to be owned.” Chan wants to keep the “Queen of Christmas” name open and available to anyone who wants to use it, from singers to Etsy shop owners, and, yes, even Carey, just without the trademark.
Carey’s mention of the “other people” known as the queen of Christmas is presumably a reference to Darlene Love — of
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