Celine Dion Parodies a ‘Grinch’ Monologue and Sings ‘All by Myself’ in Costume on Christmas Eve

Celine Dion seems to have a plan to steal Christmas.

The iconic singer posted a video on Instagram on Wednesday of herself sitting by a fireplace while wearing a Grinch costume — complete with detailed bright green makeup. She opens the video by talk-singing the chorus of “All by Myself” before launching into a parody of the Grinch’s monologue about his schedule from the Jim Carrey-led 2000 film “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

“The nerve of those Whos, inviting me down there on such short notice. Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn’t allow it!” she says, holding in her lap a small dog wearing antlers like the Grinch’s dog, Max. “4:00 — exercise my voice. 4:30 — wake my children up. 5:00 — solve world hunger. Tell no one. 5:30 — jazzercize. 6:30 — dinner with me. I can’t cancel that again! 7:00 — wrestle with my creative ideas.”

“I’m booked!” Dion continues. “Of course, if I bumped my creative ideas to 9:00, I’ll still have time to lay in bed and scroll TikTok videos endlessly. Or I can just simply wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year… boring!” She closes the video by beginning to sing “All by Myself” again: “When I was young, I never needed anyone.”

“All by Myself” was originally released by singer-songwriter Eric Carmen in in 1975 and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dion released her famous cover of the ballad as a single ahead of her 1996 album “Falling into You.” It remains one of hre biggest hits in the U.S. to this day.