Sleuth posted this video on the Wednesday thread, but as HMS Ocean will be back in Plymouth today, it seems appropriate to show it in a post. Thank you, Sleuth.
The BBC reported:
Pop star Mariah Carey has tweeted the crew of a Royal Navy warship after they made a Christmas video using one of her songs to celebrate their homecoming.
HMS Ocean's crew mimed to her 1994 hit All I Want for Christmas Is You and put it online.
After watching it, the singer tweeted: "This is the best thing I've ever seen, you guys just made my day! Happy Happy Christmas!!! x0x0 to the troops."
The ship will be back in Plymouth on Friday after a seven-month deployment.
More than 1,000 friends and family are expected to meet the ship.
HMS Ocean left Plymouth - initially for a seven-week training exercise - in April, but was then diverted to Libya to support the UN air mission during the uprising against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
Lt Kelly Cleeve, who filmed and edited the video with WO Mick Wakeham and the aviation department, said it had been a stressful time and recording the song had been "a way to boost morale and give the guys a bit of a diversion".
Lt Cleeve said the idea for the video came when the crew was told the ship would be back in Plymouth for Christmas.
She said Maria Carey's song was the most appropriate choice as "as all we wanted for Christmas was to get back in time to celebrate."
