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It is already beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Jennifer Hudson's house.

Gosselin. (Getty Images)Buying and wrapping Christmas presents for eight kids sounds like a job that would require the help of a team of elves, but Kate Gosselin is doing it solo this year. Ever since she split from husband Jon Gosselin in June 2009, she's been doing most of the everyday work herself — since she has primary custody of 12-year-old twins Mady and Cara and 8-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Alexis, Colin, Hannah, Joel, and Leah — and this holiday season will be no different. Although the brood typically spends Christmas Eve with their father who lives nearby in Reading, Pennsylvania, "They're at the age now where we ask them," Kate tells omg!. "So they basically dictate it and they want to be home Christmas and the days surrounding it."

Mariah Carey (James Devaney/WireImage)It's now officially the holiday season! Mariah Carey, CeeLo Green, and Victoria Justice were among the celebs who performed on this year's "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" special that aired Wednesday on NBC. The singers belted out Christmas tunes (some in taped performances) just before NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned on the more than 30,000 lights that decorated this year's 80-foot-tall spruce, the Associated Press reported.

Carey sang her 1994 song "All I Want for Christmas is You," which has become a holiday favorite. "All I Want For Christmas Is Youuuuuuu! w/ Santa at Christmas Tree Lighting in New York!" she tweeted just before the show.