CAREY STARTS XMAS SEASON IN VEGAS

Mariah Carey will kick off the holiday season in Las Vegas with a late November run at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The Live Nation-produced All I Want For Christmas Is You will run 11/22-30.

Carey returns to Vegas on Valentine’s Day to do six performances of The Butterfly Returns between 2/14 and 2/29. Tickets go on sale 5/10; presales start Thursday.

The performances going on sale are: 11/22, 23, 27, 29 and 30; and 2/14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28 and 29. Carey starts her tour for Caution on 2/27 in Dallas.

We hear the best roasted chestnuts are found at strip-club buffets.