As is the case every year, every dollar this song makes between Nov 1 and Jan 31 will go to a charity that supports children and adults on the autism spectrum. This year, that will be Aspect in Australia.
You are an absolute gem Tim. This is mine and Mum's favourite Christmas song. With my dear brother living in Berlin and building a family and the forever longing to be together. This song gently speaks to the love and yearning to be together and keep each other safe always. Thank you
Tim, thank you for this beautiful some. I lost my Dad just before Christmas when I was 9 (43 years ago). Christmas has since has been happy but always tinged with sadness. I like to close my eyes and I I imagine that these are things that he might say to me if I could have just one more moment in his arms.
I spent my 21st Christmas in Europe, nearly 4,500 miles from home. Christmas day I woke up to a message from my dad, back home, that said: "My sweet, blue-eyed girl, my jet-lagged daughter, now you're 21, and you find yourself 5,000 miles from home, but we're waiting for you, when you come, and drinking white wine in the sun."
OMG, that is excruciatingly beautiful. I don’t cry. Not at movies, hooks or songs. But I cannot get through this song, no matter how many times I’ve heard it, without breaking up when it turns from a cute, funny, religion-skewering Minchin song into a sudden, unexpected deep dive into the deepest, sweetest, truest emotions we humans can have. My god, he’s a genius. And your story is right up there with the beauty of this amazing song. Thanks for posting.
"Every year, all proceeds from the sale of (either version of) this song during the months of November, December and January, go to an organisation which supports children and/or adults on the autism spectrum. This year, 2018, that will be Aspect in Australia." You're a legend, Tim! If anyone has been considering purchasing a copy of White Wine in the Sun, now is the perfect time.
Sorry for your loss. Always a poignant time of year when loved ones are no longer with us. On this realm, anyway. But I expect you and your Dad are together in spirit, hopefully drinking white wine in the sun, every Christmas. Take care.
Congrats, Idk you or family but it's still good to hear... I'm glad you were able to find some common ground... Hopefully you'll have lots more positive family holiday time in the coming years. Adam
I'm a lifelong Christian. This is one of the best, most beautiful, most true Christmas songs I have ever heard. Heard it for the first time several years ago, and now it's one of my all-time favorites this time of year.
This song means even more to me now that my dad is gone. “ I’ll be seeing my Dad” makes me realize just how much I had , and to make every day count. I can’t love this enough. 😢❤️
The first time I heard this song was in Newcastle (UK) with the royal philharmonic. quite soon after my dad's death, possibly the first night away with child care of our child. It took me by surprise and broke me. It has been such an important song for us every Christmas since. I love it
When I spent a year 8500km away from home, I made sure to return before Christmas. :) Not a Christian anymore, but just special. Bein that far away for my birthday was tough enough.
Mostly drunk and half asleep, with work looming in the morning, I refresh my subscriptions tab in a last desperate attempt to stave off sleep. I see that Tim has uploaded a new video, and not just that, but a song I love. I quickly question reality, then click. Happiness: Achieved Peace: Achieved Work quality? Degraded Worth it? Yes.
My beautiful son gave me this song as a Christmas gift back in 2018 when I had just been diagnosed with breast cancer... He held me in his arms and we cried together... Thank you Tim for connecting me and my son..love you. Xx
I am estranged from my daughter, and this song is an absolute wrecking ball, straight to my heart. I'll always want her, and keep a place for her. Especially on Christmas.
I love the progression Tim's career has taken. He got a lot of his anger & comedy out in earlier songs and they're great; but I've always thought he's had a beautiful voice and he's such a talented pianist. It's nice to hear him play some more serious songs, but they still have his signature humor.
@@SarahZ Yeah, I had heard the version from a few years back & noticed the lyric changes. Maybe it's just his demeanor in his performance that made me realize how far he's come. :)
@@BL4D3RUNN3R0M3N To be fair, he always said he exaggerated that side of himself for the performance, he wasn't as "in-your-face" in real life, but also yes... he has changed and mellowed in some aspects... plus the original person named at the start of this proved themselves to be a bigot and a sexist so... yeah. That part was disappointing. :/
I first heard this in the first week of December 2010 at the opening night of his orchestra tour in Birmingham. It was the day after my Dad’s funeral and I sat there and wept.... exactly what I needed, something to open the flood gates. Thanks Tim :).
One of the most gorgeous songs ever. Unfortunately being a third-generation only child with an only child daughter our immediate family has passed away so it's just my daughter and I well, and her seventeen-year-old Moody hormones haha :-) I truly do love this song gives me a glimpse of what life could have been like.
I was lucky to grow up with lots of family, and to visit those who were far away. Now I feel I'm the one who is far away. But "I quite like the songs", which bring it all closer. Beyond that, I know there are others who truly have no one. Let's remember to think of them, to acknowledge them.
Sitting outside my house right now, trying to read comments but everything is blurry because I'm sobbing and the neighbours must think I've finally lost it.
Another year... another session of this on repeat to myself. Except this year mum is gone. My sweet blue eyes girl is growing up. 💙 Another year, another tear. Thanks mate. Love from QLD.
I would love to listen to this new version, but I can't listen to this song. I've been a poor international graduate student, unable to properly visit my family for a couple of years now (budget's tight), and last year my wife and I welcomed an amazing baby girl into this world. When Tim sings about the feeling of being home among those who love you it makes me cry uncontrollably that she didn't get to experience that with her grand(and grand-grand-)parents yet. We wanted to visit this year for Christmas and then the plane tickets doubled in price overnight.
LotusMonk My family are once again fractured, too. Can you skype? I know it isn’t the same. Video and photographs are a poor substitute, but they will be there for when your daughter gets a little older. I hope you find peace on the day...it sounds like you have more than enough love to go around. :)
@@thethingonlycatscansee963 thanks for your kind reply :) yeah we skype frequently and I'm thankful for that option. I can't wait for them to finally meet.
I've lived abroad in Spain for longer than I've lived anywhere else. When I first studied abroad in 2002 we didn't have Skype or WhatsApp. Now we do, but there's still an 8-hour difference and I've got little girls who go to sleep when it's in the middle of the day where my parents live. They haven't ever met their great-grandparents, although they're luck enough to have three. I haven't seen my grandparents in half a decade myself (tickets are like EUR 1,500 per person, it's a long way with kids, etc.). But in three weeks I'll be back home for Thanksgiving when tickets dropped to EUR 500 (unheard of). I know how you feel LotusMonk; I hope you and yours get home.
@@Kez594 we've since moved next door to the grandparents so we enjoyed last Christmas together. This season we were super careful and made plans to take vacation days ahead of our big family Christmas visit and get tested beforehand so that we could meet safely. Then we got covid...
I absolutely love this guy but why oh why have l never heard this masterpiece before? Clearly I'm poorer for never having this gem in my life but I'm am rich beyond belief and yes, this will go directly into my Spotify Xmas song list. It will then be purchased by me for those funds to go whatever organisation is nominated. By the way, yes I am now bawling my eyes out,thanks Tim!
Without a doubt my favourite Christmas song 🎵. I think of my mum and wish she could see that I have two beautiful kids . Thank you so much for this song Tim
A Christmas masterpiece. These are the type of Christmas songs we need, songs about family, spending time together and apart, missing each other and the joy of being together. And the joy of simple pleasures, like drinking wine in the sun with loved ones. What a great artist and person Tim Minchin is!
I wasn't really a fan of Tim's. Take him or leave him sorta thing, seen him around on tele "sure, whatever" y'know. And then my best mate showed me this song. I've been a huge fan of his ever since :) This song is utterly beautiful.
My annual thank you for the beauty of this song. It strikes so many chords, not the least of which (unsurprisingly) drinking white wine in the sun with my late father one September morning, strange to do at 10 a.m. but a bloody lovely memory.
Everyone who is part of an at least somewhat emotionally stable and loving family please be _glad!_ And know how fucking lucky that is, for you chose neither your parents nor your siblings.
Don't know if it helped me get over my loss but it made me focus on my daughter and it made me proud to be a dad .That in turn only made me feel even more proud of the dad I had just lost and the great job I have to follow.
I cry everytime I listen to this song. Thank you very much, Tim, for your sensibility and for expressing everything I feel in words and chords, even the things I cannot express myself! I love your songs! A very sentimental thank you from Brazil!
Goddamn I was all about the Festivus spirit and now all I can think about is my little blue eyed niece being in a room full of presents and all the people she has in the world who will make her make safe whatever happens in life and feel all… christmassy.
Just to offer my feedback not just for this video, but most probably any other: they DESERVE to have SUBTITLES AVAILABLE. In my case I get to understand quite well, but the music, humor, and message are always so good, the videos should help non-English speakers to understand them. And ofc, by doing so, the videos should get even more viral. Just like the creation of such a genius deserves!
One of my most favourite songs ever. Thank you Tim for putting this out in the world. If you play this in Edinburgh next year i will be filled with joy.
I love this song so much. I’m from Perth but don’t live there. Means a lot to me and I love that the proceeds are going to help people on the autism spectrum. Legend ❤️
Not to repeat what most everyone else has said, but this is by far my favorite Christmas song ever. Last year I was able to share it with my Mom (rather “Mum”) while we were out during the season, which was a very special memory that I will not forget.
Hey Tim, I have always enjoyed your music. I still do and I really like this particular song of yours. Even more, I like your gifting...to Aspect. I also could not help but notice that you published it here on RUclips Nov 25, 2018 - my 69th birthday. That makes it just a bit extra-special to me. Cheers and keep up the great music.
This definitely got to me. Dad mom and grandparents are gone still enjoy Christmas with my brother sisters and of course my daughter and everyone else. Thank you
This song is the best example of how atheists see Christmas. Not as the celebration of the birthday of someone who probably never existed and was definitely not a god, but as a chance to celebrate being with your loved ones...
@@elliest55 Congrats, you are an atheist & agnostic... You could theoretically also be a theist & agnostic; or atheist & Gnostic; or even theist & Gnostic... Gnosticism/agnosticism is related to if you claim knowledge or lack of knowledge of God (simply put) & theism/atheism is related to if you claim to believe in god or haven't been convinced of god. Everyone technically belong in both. But from your description you are the 1st option... Regardless, hope you enjoyed Tim. Adam
@@adambartlett114 I don't know why I deserve congrats (ironically or unironically) I just couldn't be bothered to elaborate, but what I meant is that those descriptions really depend on the question: if the question is "do you believe in a god that has x,y,z human-like properties like those assigned to him/her by the world's religions" then the answer is obviously "no"; if the question is "do you believe in some unknown power that keeps the universe together" then the answer is "I don't know and there's no way of knowing"
@@kesleta7697 There are not. Seriously. Not a single contemporary record outside the Gospels (which aren't contemporary either). Also, some of the few accounts from the first and second century are fakes added by Christians later in history (such as that of Josephus). ALL the so called historic testimonies are hearsay that would not be accepted in any court of justice. Not a single person who was alive while Jesus supposedly roamed the Earth wrote about him. Not one. There isn’t a single legal document about his existence, trial or execution, either.
Toast to Tom Lehrer ! Got here because of a recommend on the Lobachevsky page. Compared Minchin to Lehrer and had to hear for myself ! You are a credit to the comparison Sir ! I salute you
Only found this song just before Christmas this year. Now pretty much up there as a top favourite. Grabs me right in the "feelies". So many truths and so much beauty. Sums up Christmas perfectly for me.
This is my first time ever hearing this song, and it's beyond amazing. Makes me laugh and want to cry at the same time. This has become my new favorite Christmas Song.
I don’t know why he cut short the final roll-call of all the family members who would be waiting for his daughter. It’s somehow even more moving when it’s this long list including even cousins that ends with “and me and your mum”.
One of my absolute favs. I get the season is kind of messed up, but there's nothing like the feeling putting up the tree, and doing the rounds Christmas morning.
As is the case every year, every dollar this song makes between Nov 1 and Jan 31 will go to a charity that supports children and adults on the autism spectrum. This year, that will be Aspect in Australia.
You are an absolute gem Tim. This is mine and Mum's favourite Christmas song. With my dear brother living in Berlin and building a family and the forever longing to be together. This song gently speaks to the love and yearning to be together and keep each other safe always. Thank you
God damn - as if I needed another reason to adore this song and play it for everyone
You're still one of the best humans out there. Be safe, stay well. Enjoy the sun
Tim, thank you for this beautiful some. I lost my Dad just before Christmas when I was 9 (43 years ago). Christmas has since has been happy but always tinged with sadness. I like to close my eyes and I I imagine that these are things that he might say to me if I could have just one more moment in his arms.
Best christmas song ever, Mr. Minchin
Best God damn Birthday song ever!
Jesus Christ how is your account verified
@@vaarst732 he mailed Susan the shroud of Turin. Pretty easy after that.
This feels ironic
I feel like i see a comment of yours in every video these days. Omnipresence indeed.
Didn’t you hear? Tim doesn’t even want you to visit 😂
I spent my 21st Christmas in Europe, nearly 4,500 miles from home. Christmas day I woke up to a message from my dad, back home, that said: "My sweet, blue-eyed girl, my jet-lagged daughter, now you're 21, and you find yourself 5,000 miles from home, but we're waiting for you, when you come, and drinking white wine in the sun."
Nerdfighter21 Great. Now I am crying again. I hope the miles are shorter this year. :)
You've got a great dad. DFTBA!
OMG, that is excruciatingly beautiful. I don’t cry. Not at movies, hooks or songs. But I cannot get through this song, no matter how many times I’ve heard it, without breaking up when it turns from a cute, funny, religion-skewering Minchin song into a sudden, unexpected deep dive into the deepest, sweetest, truest emotions we humans can have.
My god, he’s a genius. And your story is right up there with the beauty of this amazing song.
Thanks for posting.
That is the most beautiful and heartbreaking thing I’ve ever heard 😩
You’re father sounds like a good man.
This song has possibly the most gorgeous bridge I've heard in my entire life.
How on earth does he sing this without his voice breaking even a little. I can't get through this without several tears.
Keep listening to this and Carry You. And getting something in my eye.
I manage until he gets to "And you, my baby girl..." and then I'm done for. Every. Fucking. Time.
he clenches his buttocks.
I really wish i could not cry so much when i heat this song because id love to play it. But I just break down bawling every time
Ah yes, time for that that annual holiday challenge: Listen to White Wine in the Sun without crying? Failed.
damn you sentimentality..... Its my go to every year.... and again it has not failed me. Tim is my spirit animal.
Every time.😭🥰😊
Literally impossible
Every single time...
Ha ha, yes. Now try to get past the reference to seeing Gran in 2020.
You are a bloody poet, Tim Minchin. Don't ever stop.
This song captures the spirit of Christmas so perfectly it turns me into a tear-stained puddle every time I hear it.
"Every year, all proceeds from the sale of (either version of) this song during the months of November, December and January, go to an organisation which supports children and/or adults on the autism spectrum. This year, 2018, that will be Aspect in Australia."
You're a legend, Tim! If anyone has been considering purchasing a copy of White Wine in the Sun, now is the perfect time.
It's almost time again!
It’s time now! Merry Christmas everyone! Time to open the white wine. Love you all.
Right back atcha!
Beautiful , my favourite Christmas song.
i think you forgot about mr. hankey
Hahaha and jingle Bell Rock!
Mine too ❤️
My favourite Xmas song
Thank you so much for this song. White wine in the sun helped me get through my first Christmas after my father’s passing. Thank you.
Aman Arya learn to human.
@Aman Arya Bugger off mate
Aman Arya stfu u twat u haven’t gone through something like that shush
@Aman Arya Merry Christmas to you too. 😂
Sorry for your loss. Always a poignant time of year when loved ones are no longer with us. On this realm, anyway. But I expect you and your Dad are together in spirit, hopefully drinking white wine in the sun, every Christmas. Take care.
Finally got to sit with my mom last year to listen to this song together, after spending 11 xmases apart.
How totally awesome with a glass of white wine I hope.
That's so touchy!
I'm glad you did it!
It makes me happy to hear that and I don't even know you
Congrats, Idk you or family but it's still good to hear... I'm glad you were able to find some common ground... Hopefully you'll have lots more positive family holiday time in the coming years.
Adam
so happy about that
An atheist holiday hymn. I love you and thanks to music like this I can go to sleep in peace.
An everybody hymn
I'm a lifelong Christian. This is one of the best, most beautiful, most true Christmas songs I have ever heard. Heard it for the first time several years ago, and now it's one of my all-time favorites this time of year.
Welcome to the genius that is Tim Minchin.
I am too and I love Tim Minchin...and agree with some of his points.
This song means even more to me now that my dad is gone. “ I’ll be seeing my Dad” makes me realize just how much I had , and to make every day count. I can’t love this enough. 😢❤️
😭😭😭😭😭 when he starts singing about his baby girl 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
This song makes me cry and laugh every time. Beautiful.
The first time I heard this song was in Newcastle (UK) with the royal philharmonic. quite soon after my dad's death, possibly the first night away with child care of our child. It took me by surprise and broke me. It has been such an important song for us every Christmas since. I love it
When I spent a year 8500km away from home, I made sure to return before Christmas. :) Not a Christian anymore, but just special. Bein that far away for my birthday was tough enough.
Mostly drunk and half asleep, with work looming in the morning, I refresh my subscriptions tab in a last desperate attempt to stave off sleep. I see that Tim has uploaded a new video, and not just that, but a song I love. I quickly question reality, then click.
Happiness: Achieved
Peace: Achieved
Work quality? Degraded
Worth it? Yes.
nobody cares
Hey, random compliment: I think that description was refreshingly-authentic, and you have a cool writing voice. Nice
@@gingrgeneral Thank you, I hope you have a pleasant day.
My beautiful son gave me this song as a Christmas gift back in 2018 when I had just been diagnosed with breast cancer... He held me in his arms and we cried together... Thank you Tim for connecting me and my son..love you. Xx
I am estranged from my daughter, and this song is an absolute wrecking ball, straight to my heart. I'll always want her, and keep a place for her. Especially on Christmas.
I love the progression Tim's career has taken. He got a lot of his anger & comedy out in earlier songs and they're great; but I've always thought he's had a beautiful voice and he's such a talented pianist. It's nice to hear him play some more serious songs, but they still have his signature humor.
This is actually one of his older songs! He tweaked the lyrics a bit over the years, though :)
@@SarahZ Yeah, I had heard the version from a few years back & noticed the lyric changes. Maybe it's just his demeanor in his performance that made me realize how far he's come. :)
@@BL4D3RUNN3R0M3N To be fair, he always said he exaggerated that side of himself for the performance, he wasn't as "in-your-face" in real life, but also yes... he has changed and mellowed in some aspects... plus the original person named at the start of this proved themselves to be a bigot and a sexist so... yeah. That part was disappointing. :/
That was so touching at the end, it had my eyes watering.
I know . Got to me too. Tears in both eyes.
Dammit.. I nearly cried as well
I first heard this in the first week of December 2010 at the opening night of his orchestra tour in Birmingham. It was the day after my Dad’s funeral and I sat there and wept.... exactly what I needed, something to open the flood gates. Thanks Tim :).
One of the most gorgeous songs ever. Unfortunately being a third-generation only child with an only child daughter our immediate family has passed away so it's just my daughter and I well, and her seventeen-year-old Moody hormones haha :-) I truly do love this song gives me a glimpse of what life could have been like.
Fewer family members doesn't have to mean less family. Xo
I was lucky to grow up with lots of family, and to visit those who were far away. Now I feel I'm the one who is far away. But "I quite like the songs", which bring it all closer. Beyond that, I know there are others who truly have no one. Let's remember to think of them, to acknowledge them.
Elliott Robinson Best. Comment. Ever.
I've loved this song for 10 years or more, and Tim has never sung it better than here, his voice has REALLY come on a lot. Wonderful.
My favorite Christmas song of all. Thank you Tim for this most beautiful reminder of what we're really about.
I absolutely cannot listen to this song without crying. Not just a couple tears, but a proper cry. In the best way.
Sitting outside my house right now, trying to read comments but everything is blurry because I'm sobbing and the neighbours must think I've finally lost it.
Then you, my friend, are a true human being...
First comedy artist to really make me cry. I am on the autism spectrum, thank you so much for doing this.
Another year... another session of this on repeat to myself. Except this year mum is gone. My sweet blue eyes girl is growing up. 💙 Another year, another tear. Thanks mate. Love from QLD.
I'm sorry for your loss. And yes... this one always goes on repeat for me this time of year.
As an Aussie away from home this is absolutely what gets me through white Christmases away from family.
Love your work, thanks for everything you do!
I can't ever listen to this without crying like a small boy. Thank you.
I would love to listen to this new version, but I can't listen to this song. I've been a poor international graduate student, unable to properly visit my family for a couple of years now (budget's tight), and last year my wife and I welcomed an amazing baby girl into this world. When Tim sings about the feeling of being home among those who love you it makes me cry uncontrollably that she didn't get to experience that with her grand(and grand-grand-)parents yet. We wanted to visit this year for Christmas and then the plane tickets doubled in price overnight.
LotusMonk My family are once again fractured, too. Can you skype? I know it isn’t the same. Video and photographs are a poor substitute, but they will be there for when your daughter gets a little older. I hope you find peace on the day...it sounds like you have more than enough love to go around. :)
@@thethingonlycatscansee963 thanks for your kind reply :) yeah we skype frequently and I'm thankful for that option. I can't wait for them to finally meet.
I've lived abroad in Spain for longer than I've lived anywhere else. When I first studied abroad in 2002 we didn't have Skype or WhatsApp. Now we do, but there's still an 8-hour difference and I've got little girls who go to sleep when it's in the middle of the day where my parents live. They haven't ever met their great-grandparents, although they're luck enough to have three. I haven't seen my grandparents in half a decade myself (tickets are like EUR 1,500 per person, it's a long way with kids, etc.). But in three weeks I'll be back home for Thanksgiving when tickets dropped to EUR 500 (unheard of). I know how you feel LotusMonk; I hope you and yours get home.
It's only one Christmas season...better than getting Covid
@@Kez594 we've since moved next door to the grandparents so we enjoyed last Christmas together. This season we were super careful and made plans to take vacation days ahead of our big family Christmas visit and get tested beforehand so that we could meet safely. Then we got covid...
Beautiful Tim
I absolutely love this guy but why oh why have l never heard this masterpiece before? Clearly I'm poorer for never having this gem in my life but I'm am rich beyond belief and yes, this will go directly into my Spotify Xmas song list. It will then be purchased by me for those funds to go whatever organisation is nominated. By the way, yes I am now bawling my eyes out,thanks Tim!
Without a doubt my favourite Christmas song 🎵. I think of my mum and wish she could see that I have two beautiful kids . Thank you so much for this song Tim
A Christmas masterpiece. These are the type of Christmas songs we need, songs about family, spending time together and apart, missing each other and the joy of being together. And the joy of simple pleasures, like drinking wine in the sun with loved ones. What a great artist and person Tim Minchin is!
A deserved standing ovation.
Listening to this is just different this year.
I wasn't really a fan of Tim's. Take him or leave him sorta thing, seen him around on tele "sure, whatever" y'know.
And then my best mate showed me this song.
I've been a huge fan of his ever since :)
This song is utterly beautiful.
My annual thank you for the beauty of this song. It strikes so many chords, not the least of which (unsurprisingly) drinking white wine in the sun with my late father one September morning, strange to do at 10 a.m. but a bloody lovely memory.
Tim’s smile is positively glowing in this video. Lovely song Tim!
Everyone who is part of an at least somewhat emotionally stable and loving family please be _glad!_ And know how fucking lucky that is, for you chose neither your parents nor your siblings.
What he says!
Stunning performance. That Steinway sounds fantastic and Tim’s voice…
Don't know if it helped me get over my loss but it made me focus on my daughter and it made me proud to be a dad .That in turn only made me feel even more proud of the dad I had just lost and the great job I have to follow.
Well-deserved standing ovation at the end!
He fits it all in. And he makes me miss Perth and my mum.
I cry everytime I listen to this song.
Thank you very much, Tim, for your sensibility and for expressing everything I feel in words and chords, even the things I cannot express myself!
I love your songs! A very sentimental thank you from Brazil!
One of my favourite Christmas songs, always brings tears! Amazing.
I am having this version of this song played at my funeral. Also Seasons Come, Seasons Go and God Thinks by Voltaire
made me cry this year cos we have a blue eyed baby girl who we wont see but i hope she knows she is loved and we will keep her safe
Such a beautiful song. I listen to it honestly because it allows me to live vicariously through the idea of family.
Goddamn I was all about the Festivus spirit and now all I can think about is my little blue eyed niece being in a room full of presents and all the people she has in the world who will make her make safe whatever happens in life and feel all… christmassy.
I love you, Tim Minchin.
Just to offer my feedback not just for this video, but most probably any other: they DESERVE to have SUBTITLES AVAILABLE. In my case I get to understand quite well, but the music, humor, and message are always so good, the videos should help non-English speakers to understand them. And ofc, by doing so, the videos should get even more viral. Just like the creation of such a genius deserves!
One of my most favourite songs ever. Thank you Tim for putting this out in the world.
If you play this in Edinburgh next year i will be filled with joy.
Amazing, cry every time. See you next year in London
"Mum" @2:58 a little wobble in his voice. I love him
My official Chirstmas song! I come back to it every year.
Best Christmas song ! Beautiful voice and love listening to the lyrics ...
My fave Christmas song. Seeing him in November and can't wait
So beautiful. Please NEVER stop doing what you do!
OMG Tim, thank you so much for this song. I cry every time I hear it
This is hands down my favorite Christmas song! Tim, you rock!
Best Christmas song ever! Can't wait to share it with my family... if I don't drown in this puddle of tears
Producers: How many candles do you want?
Tim: yes.
Scott's Piano hi!
@@sum7076 hiiiiiii really like Christmas
@Scott’s Piano Hiiiii forgot to respond to this.
@@sum7076 damn bruh 😔
Minchin: Yes.
In a hopeful, distant future more of these secular songs with so much beauty and substance will be in our favorite playlists.
Tough not to cry on this song. Gets one in the feels.
I love this song so much. I’m from Perth but don’t live there. Means a lot to me and I love that the proceeds are going to help people on the autism spectrum. Legend ❤️
Love ya, Tim. Come tour the US again soon, please. I need more of your music and your comedy and all the feels you give me through it all.
I believe he said he wouldn't come back until Trump was gone... I may be misremembering... But it seems like it might be a while
@@bkjstudio great! Even more incentive to get Trump the fuck out!
Oh man you made me cry. Thanks for this good song.
Listening in 2020. Love Tim 🧡
Not to repeat what most everyone else has said, but this is by far my favorite Christmas song ever. Last year I was able to share it with my Mom (rather “Mum”) while we were out during the season, which was a very special memory that I will not forget.
Hey Tim, I have always enjoyed your music. I still do and I really like this particular song of yours. Even more, I like your gifting...to Aspect. I also could not help but notice that you published it here on RUclips Nov 25, 2018 - my 69th birthday. That makes it just a bit extra-special to me. Cheers and keep up the great music.
Makes me realize most of my Christmases are behind me; and COVID has cut into what’s left. This song leaves me longing for more time.
Always a fav.
This definitely got to me. Dad mom and grandparents are gone still enjoy Christmas with my brother sisters and of course my daughter and everyone else. Thank you
Can't wait to see you in Perth Tim! 😀
This song is the best example of how atheists see Christmas. Not as the celebration of the birthday of someone who probably never existed and was definitely not a god, but as a chance to celebrate being with your loved ones...
Well, that's exactly how I feel about Christmas as an anticapitalist primarily and agnostic by most definitions (atheist by some others).
@@elliest55
Congrats, you are an atheist & agnostic... You could theoretically also be a theist & agnostic; or atheist & Gnostic; or even theist & Gnostic... Gnosticism/agnosticism is related to if you claim knowledge or lack of knowledge of God (simply put) & theism/atheism is related to if you claim to believe in god or haven't been convinced of god. Everyone technically belong in both.
But from your description you are the 1st option... Regardless, hope you enjoyed Tim.
Adam
@@adambartlett114 I don't know why I deserve congrats (ironically or unironically) I just couldn't be bothered to elaborate, but what I meant is that those descriptions really depend on the question: if the question is "do you believe in a god that has x,y,z human-like properties like those assigned to him/her by the world's religions" then the answer is obviously "no"; if the question is "do you believe in some unknown power that keeps the universe together" then the answer is "I don't know and there's no way of knowing"
I get the not a god part, but Jesus defiantly existed as a man. There are historical records.
@@kesleta7697 There are not. Seriously. Not a single contemporary record outside the Gospels (which aren't contemporary either). Also, some of the few accounts from the first and second century are fakes added by Christians later in history (such as that of Josephus). ALL the so called historic testimonies are hearsay that would not be accepted in any court of justice. Not a single person who was alive while Jesus supposedly roamed the Earth wrote about him. Not one. There isn’t a single legal document about his existence, trial or execution, either.
You've got a great voice Tim, love your stuff.
i was there and it was perfect both times!!!
Toast to Tom Lehrer ! Got here because of a recommend on the Lobachevsky page. Compared Minchin to Lehrer and had to hear for myself ! You are a credit to the comparison Sir ! I salute you
Only found this song just before Christmas this year. Now pretty much up there as a top favourite. Grabs me right in the "feelies". So many truths and so much beauty. Sums up Christmas perfectly for me.
This is my first time ever hearing this song, and it's beyond amazing. Makes me laugh and want to cry at the same time. This has become my new favorite Christmas Song.
Regardless of all the fights in my family, as a child, as teenager, as adult and even some alone, I still *love Christmas.*
This will ve my first Christmas without my dad. But at least my sister's not living in New Zealand anymore. This song will never be easy to listen to.
mooxim I’m in the same boat my friend. I hope you find peace. ❤️
I don’t know why he cut short the final roll-call of all the family members who would be waiting for his daughter. It’s somehow even more moving when it’s this long list including even cousins that ends with “and me and your mum”.
My favorite Christmas song of all time. Thank you Tim!
How do you practice not bawling your eyes out as youre signing that song? Asking for a friend.
this is such a beautiful song...
I love this song 💖 so much! I added it to my regular playlist that I listen to all year round.
this always has me in tears
Tim is the only songwriter who can make me cry.
not crying you are
Is this a yoda impression, or are you just kinda bad with commas?
@@KattReen that's not what makes yoda's speech strange you absolute dingus
who in hell's cuttin onions in here?
You're right I'm fucking sobbing
I didn't think this song could get more poignant, but the strings take it there. Thank you for this song.
Thank You Tim Minchin! :)
Thumbs up Indiana USA.
beautiful
One of my absolute favs. I get the season is kind of messed up, but there's nothing like the feeling putting up the tree, and doing the rounds Christmas morning.