Carey loves her Christmas in a bikini

Mariah Carey likes to be at one with the snowfall over the Christmas period - dressed only in a skimpy Santa bikini.

The We Belong Together singer spends the holidays lounging in a hot tub, before rolling around in the freezing cold snow.

Carey admits she loves her scantily-clad snow frolics in Aspen, Colorado, where she has spent the previous nine Christmases, and insists the festive antics are a part of an age-old state custom.

She says: "I like to get out of the hot tub and roll in the snow. It's a tradition for us to have Santa Claus-looking bikinis, jump in the hot tub, and roll in the fresh snow.

"Somebody told me that it was a tradition in Aspen, but maybe they were lying to me."