Kristin Chenoweth wants to be the Christmas queen of the acting world.

Tuesday October 29, 2024 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday October 29, 2024 2:00 p.m.

Kristin Chenoweth wants to be the “acting equivalent” of Mariah Carey this holiday season.

The Broadway star, 56, has appeared in numerous Christmas films and while pop diva Mariah, 55, holds the title of ‘Queen of Christmas’ thanks to her Christmas classic ‘All I Want for Christmas, it’s you”, the theater star would love it if she could win the acting crown.

She told PEOPLE: “I’ve done so many Christmas movies – Deck the Halls, 12 Men of Christmas, Our Little Secret dating Lindsay Lohan, Holidate when I played crazy Aunt Susan. The list is still long. »

The “Live Hairspray!” program The star also shared that she was putting up her decorations for the holidays this week.

She said: “First of all, I need to cheer myself up this year. I need to be happy and I’m going to start decorating early and I won’t be ashamed.

“I don’t know what’s in this space, but I know I breathe real joy in this time.”

Earlier, Kristin revealed she would “never forget” what her adoptive brother said to her one Christmas when they were growing up.

The “Wicked” star was adopted by Junie and Jerry Chenoweth when she was just five days old and remembers that when she was a preteen, her brother Mark told her he checked to make sure no one could away from the family.

She told Parade magazine: “My brother, I was adopted and he was very protective of that. And for Christmas, he said, he’s five years older than me, he said, I just want you know, I checked, I did my due diligence and no one will ever be able to take you away. And it was the greatest gift.

“From a person who was, you know, 16 years old, told me that was very, very, very sweet. I’ll never forget it.”