This song just *IS* Australian Christmas. White wine in the sun is exactly how we celebrate, and this song makes me cry every single time I hear it. Every. Time.

@chrisraines7732

2 жыл бұрын

Same.. it’s just us.. Tim’s poetry..!

@vickigreen9545

2 жыл бұрын

That last verse. Damn it.

@datdom34

2 жыл бұрын

@@vickigreen9545 Yep, gets me every time! I know it's coming but it still gets me LOL. One of those things you don't truly understand unless you have children and want them to experience what you had!

@nicolaschoene6519

2 жыл бұрын

I know right ....bawling......& I haven't even left Australia lol

@dragon_toad

2 жыл бұрын

The moment he starts singing "And you my baby girl" - that's the bit.

Tim wrote this song when he and his wife were living in the UK with their new baby daughter, nine-thousand miles from his family at home in Perth. It starts out with Tim's usual tongue-in-cheek contempt towards organised religion but it's later revealed that he's singing to his daughter and teaching her that Christmas is about family and the people who love you and you can rely on. He really loves Christmas because he'll be seeing his family and drinking white wine in the Perth Summer sun. I cry every time when I listen to this song and I've probably listened to it (and every version of it on YT) about a hundred times.

@kimifur

2 жыл бұрын

I lived almost 6,000 miles away in California for 11 years whilst my parents and brother were still in the UK. I first heard this song 3 years in and it made me cry so hard and so therapeutically. I've now moved back and it STILL makes me cry.

@christinevanderbilt5250

2 жыл бұрын

This is the song that convinced the Matilda producers to ask him to write the music for Matilda! Also every Christmas he donates the sales of this song to Autism. He is a true renaissance man, not to mention an absolutely wonderful human being!

@fightingthebelljar6776

10 ай бұрын

So I'm in tears. The second he spoke of bringing his baby daughter home to her family. Gone 😢😢😢😢

I'm literally standing in the kitchen of the South Australian house I grew up in, that I inherited from my parents, and am raising my own child in, yet listening to this song now *still makes me feel homesick.* Tim is a wordsmith.

@davidbarrett8058

2 жыл бұрын

That's beautiful.

@coreenavenn4235

2 жыл бұрын

Perth western Australia can have Christmas days each over 110F. Aussies drinking cold wine, beer etc in the sun. Eating seafood & salads. Aussie Christmas is often a BBQ on a beach or in a backyard. His song Lullaby about trying to get a baby to be go to sleep is superb IMO

@andoletube

2 жыл бұрын

That was weirdly self-indulgent.

@yoyollama5194

2 жыл бұрын

"homesick" but it's for the people you are missing - this was written when Vi was born in England, and all the family was 9000 miles away in Perth - and the longing to be with them.

@Gary67906

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️

My favourite Christmas song ever. As a New Zealander, like the Aussies commenting, Christmas to me is summer. Sun, family, cold meat and salad. There aren’t a lot of Christmas songs based on summer! And this one happens to be absolutely beautiful.

@carlyhopgood9088

Жыл бұрын

I agree! As an Aussie living in New Zealand I get home sick and feel it covers here too.

I have been waiting for this reaction. This is my all time favourite song. As an autistic atheist from perth, I play this song every Xmas, it is not Xmas until this song plays. Btw, all proceeds of this song over Xmas time gets donated to autistic charities. Tim is a national treasure.

@chrisraines7732

2 жыл бұрын

He is a national treasure and I’m just a discerning atheist .. 👍🏼

@fransmith3255

2 жыл бұрын

This has to be the best Australian Christmas song ever written...

@gorillarawfare1963

2 жыл бұрын

@@fransmith3255 for me it’s just best Xmas song. Some of the carols are nice, but at least for me, none bring this much emotion.

@Bobsyagod

2 жыл бұрын

@@gorillarawfare1963 so in the words of Tim, some of the songs sound alright but the lyrics are dodgy? :P

@Daz-ov7co

2 жыл бұрын

From one autistic atheist Perthite to another - yes!

When you don't have any family, when there's no one ever going to be waiting for you in the sun, this song rips your heart out.

@susigriinke1242

Жыл бұрын

Then it's time for you to make your own family Piperbird. Haven't spoken to my family of origin for about 9 years (too toxic) but I hope the family I've created (including friends) feel that way about me. Safe.

@Simon-hb9rf

4 ай бұрын

i think that part of why this song is so great it speaks to so many in different ways, personally i had a family but ive never had and will never have the image that Tim paints here, the feeling of security, acceptance or unconditional love. the song creates such a genuine image of what we all need, not some Hollywood TV bull of a "perfect family" just pure connection. it makes me cry like a six year old girl every time i hear it, and i love it for that.

I hate\love this song. Makes me bawl like a baby every time. Tim is a bloody genius.

@cartheym

2 жыл бұрын

me too, no matter how many times I hear it - no other song affects me like this does

@MatPandaZ

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the best Christmas song ever made. Straight from the heart, talks about what it really is about.

@asheronwindspear552

2 жыл бұрын

In tearing up more too

@utha2665

2 жыл бұрын

This brings tears to my eyes to every time I hear it. We all take our families for granted and don't catch up often enough, but Christmas is that special time we all get together. it's not about the day, it's about family.

@ailsadixon408

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, makes me miss my Dad so very much

Without doubt in the top two best Christmas songs ever. I'll listen to this and Paul Kelly's how to make gravy every single year, two masterpieces

@mathewdeering

2 жыл бұрын

.... add a dollop of tomato sauce for that sweetness and a bit of extra tang...

@Bongsandquotesilike

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my heart, so much nostalgia in two lovely songs

@jadecawdellsmith4009

2 жыл бұрын

I'm gunna have to add FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK by Shane McGowan from the Pogues with KIRSTY MCCOLL.to the top 3 list.

@kathytrembath5748

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. To everyone on this thread

I'm a Texan living permanently in Australia. My kids and grandkids are still in Texas and in Montana. It has been 12 years and I've never heard this song and not been brought to tears. It is my Christmas song now. It is a lonesome stab to the heart every time I hear it, but so beautiful. (BTW, he's great in concert!)

@Chetloore

Жыл бұрын

I feel for you from the panhandle.

This. Christmas. Family, chilled wine, cold ham and salads, talking and coming together, thinking of those that are away or gone. Sitting in the sun on a scorching summer's day and mindlessly singing along to jingle bells or white christmas despite the fact that most of us haven't ever seen snow. The song has a melancholy feel to it, but in a nostalgic way.

@rebecca4257

Жыл бұрын

You worded this perfectly. To me, it speaks to those times in life when everyone is still safe, well and here. The hazy golden days, that still carry those precious feelings, even now.❤

No one past away, he's just singing for his first child. It brings tears to my eyes when I hear this song. I'm a knuckle dragging ape but this song does something to me.

Christmas in Australia is during Summer. So a lot of us have a big Xmas lunch outside in the sunshine, around a pool or at the beach etc. So instead of a snowy white Christmas, we have White wine in the Sun.

Tim’s ‘ 9 Life’s Lessons ‘ graduation speech ….. BRILLIANT

"My brothers, my sisters, my gran and my mum..." He has grownup in Western Australia where Christmas day is most often over 40°C/100f.

That is part of why this song hits so hard: you're expecting the usual Minchin zaniness, but this is serious all the way through and is relatable to anyone.

Beetlejuice 😆 As an Aussie experiencing her first snowy Christmas in Europe as a young backpacker, as far away as you can be, knowing my family would be in the backyard barbecuing sausages and prawns and sitting outside under the tree, drinking cold white wine in the summer sun.

There is nothing more impressive than seeing Minchin live. Nothing. I’m so glad you found him. And you are just getting started on this journey. An absolute genius.

First heard this just before Christmas as an Australian while living abroad at 31 years old. To say I was emotional is an understatement.

My Mumma passed away 8 days ago. She’s with my Nanna in spirit now. I’ll be waiting for my Gran and my Mum this Christmas but Happy knowing they’re together again, drinking white wine in the sun, somewhere over the rainbow. 🌈 🫂 🥂 🌞 🌹 ♥️

I think this was a song he wrote for his daughter but talks about him moving away from his family and moving to the UK when his international career took off. There is actually a documentary that was about him during this time it was on our ABC if you find it and can watch it I think you would really enjoy it he is such an interesting person really unique. He is a real family person.

Another of Tim’s beautiful songs is “I’ll take lonely tonight”. ❤️ oh and “Not Perfect”. He really is incredibly talented in so many ways.

@KatieM786

2 жыл бұрын

Not Perfect is beautiful. I love You Grew On Me, it's so gross but always makes me cry. I also love 5 Poofs & 2 Pianos that he wrote for the Jonathan Ross Show.

@breeanaflannery

2 жыл бұрын

@@KatieM786 you grew on me is severely underrated, such a beautiful song

@JoanieBC

2 жыл бұрын

I'll Take Lonely Tonight filmed with just Tim at the piano is stunning!

As someone who recently lost both her parents I find this song incredibly emotional.

With the last part where you got the vibe of his parents dying, he was singing about his daughter in 20 or 30 years onto the future, that’s why he wasn’t singing about her grandparents at the end but the tradition continued

@kathydurow6814

2 жыл бұрын

Besides he doesn't believe in an afterlife , being atheist.

@capatheist

2 жыл бұрын

@@kathydurow6814 not entirely mutually exclusive… but likely And I think you’re probably right.

@vickigreen9545

2 жыл бұрын

Yep just an emotional song about life, loved ones and his daughter’s future 😭

@doggo9388

2 жыл бұрын

@@kathydurow6814 I always felt it was implied that whether alive or not, whether there’s an afterlife or not, she’ll still think back to her family as though they’re waiting for her to join them.

Man, Ive been waiting for you to find White Wine, just pure magic.

My favourite Christmas Song. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Goosebumps. Every. Single. Time.

@codyjones1956

2 жыл бұрын

Word.

This and Paul Kelly’s how to make gravy are about the only Christmas songs from a Southern Hemisphere perspective that I know of….much more relatable than white Christmas

@Killerjerick

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, after the Rolf Harris scandal, we've only got 2 respectable Christmas artists

@kathydurow6814

2 жыл бұрын

The North Wind (Christmas Day), Carol of the Birds (Orana for Christmas Day not the traditional European one), The Three Drovers, Christmas in Australia (Diana Trask), Colin Buchanan's Aussie Jingle Bells, he has a whole Christmas album that has most of these.

@timp1390

2 жыл бұрын

Kevin bloody Wilson might have a few😂😂

@mathewdeering

2 жыл бұрын

@@timp1390 Ya forgot my fuckin' pram! Don't give me fuckin' ho ho ho!

@paulineh4019

2 жыл бұрын

Written by an American for Australians, Christmas Like a Lullabye by John Denver. Christmas in Australia from a Peace loving Coloradans viewpoint. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWWArrWBiqXdado.html

The person looking for someone to write the songs for the musical Matilda went to a Tim Minchin concert. It wasn't until Tim played this song as a last minute encore that the Matilda scout thought that Tim could write the entire emotional range needed for adapting the beloved children's book by Roald Dahl to a musical. Minchin was hired, and Matilda became a huge hit. I think White Wine in the Sun expresses how 85% of Australians experience Christmas. Whatever our private relationship with god, faith or atheism, the majority aren't into organised religion, or attending church/temple. We'll go once or twice a year to make our relatives happy. Or when we gather as a family for Christmas, the religious might go off for midnight mass while the atheists stay and do the dinner dishes, and both sides think they've got the better end of the bargain. When I was young, families were still doing a full English roast dinner, with steamed plum pudding and hot custard in the heat of an Australian Christmas. We decorated with fake snow and holly wreathes. Over my lifetime Christmas meals evolved into cold platters: it's prime seafood season, and fresh berry season. Little multicultural treats like Gingerbread and (fruit) mince pies and cakes broadened outward to Eastern European and Middle Eastern small dainty cake treats like baklava and halva. And chocolate. Lots of chocolate. We still love fragrant pine trees to decorate, but wreathes and decorative flora have shifted towards eucalyptus twigs and native flowers. Painted gum nuts will last a lifetime of christmases. Stars and Angels are universal signs of benevolence and well wishes, even in homes where you won't find a Nativity.

He is frickin brilliant Nick isn’t he… this song particularly and personally feels like he has me on a knife’s edge……one line of lyrics, even one pause or inflection and he can tip me one way into belly-laughter, or the other way into tears…. In one sense it would be merciful of Tim to release the tension right at the finish of the song with something that cracks the entire up in hysterics, but I guess that would maybe be to easy and obvious. Instead he leaves us, balancing ( if not resting) on that knife’s edge….

@paine_inflicta

2 жыл бұрын

This song leaves me smiling through my tears....

@briangill4000

2 жыл бұрын

Well said

@chrisraines7732

2 жыл бұрын

Yep .. well said ..!

Paul Kelly, How To Make Gravy :)

@thepaedophileprofit3062

2 жыл бұрын

he's reacted to that already

When it starts off you immediately think it's all about Xmas, then you think, no, it's about atheism or at least maybe the commercialism of Xmas.. Then at the third verse you find out what it's REALLY about.. Genius, and feels for days..

You're absolutely correct, his concerts are sublime. He has so many ways to deliver a song and you just never know which way it'll go until it's upon you. This is one of those absolutely beautiful songs with a little humour, but such a perfect and honest message behind it. You wouldn't expect it after his song about the pope, that's for sure.

If you get Tim. You get him….. growing up in Perth (his home town) he nails it …..I live in the US and I just love this song…. Makes me want to move home. I cry like a baby every time I listen to this song…… TIm, please come back to NYC…. We love you…

You're absolutely right - he's a genius. Thank you for reacting to another brilliant Australian artist. We have a lot to be proud of.

To anyone in the northern hemisphere this may not scream christmas, but to anyone in the south, especially in Australia, Christmas is in the middle of summer so there's nothing more natural at christmas time then lounging around with your family drinking white wine in the sun. Absolutely beautiful song

Ti. Minchin's is a national treasure. And when Christmas falls in the middle of summer this is my ideal Christmas picture

@KatieM786

2 жыл бұрын

National Treasure all over the world ❤️👍

i think that part of why this song is so great it speaks to so many in different ways, personally ive never had and will never have the image that Tim paints here, the feeling of security, acceptance or unconditional love. the song creates such a genuine image of what we all need, not some Hollywood TV bull of a "perfect family" just pure connection. it makes me cry like a six year old girl every time i hear it, and i love it for that.

Ugh, it gets me every time.... *wipes tear*

@RikardPeterson

2 жыл бұрын

Same!

I cry like a baby at this song, it's wonderful

The 'death vibe' u said is true cos yeah people die & they may not b around this Xmas but you'll still have other family members there 4 support. And new family & generations too, it's the circle of life. This is a great song about family & longing 4 comfort. That's how I c it anyway

Aussie ex-pat living in the US. This makes me cry and reminds me of home where my parents, brothers and sister are. Sentimental hot summer Xmas with white wine and a bbq on the back deck, kids in the swimming pool. 🥹

Tim can put a little levity into his serious songs, and makes some of his humorous songs thought-provoking. In the before times, lots of Aussies (if they had the financial resources) liked to try and travel abroad sometime between finishing high school in their late teens and settling into more rooted life in their 30s. Sometimes it would be a gap year spent backpacking across one continent or another, or working for a couple of years in the UK, North America, or Europe. Being stuck literally on the other side of the planet from home during family commemorations (not necessarily Christmas, but also birthdays etc) is a familiar ache for many. And then Covid-19 happened and people got stuck everywhere.

It’s such a perfect Christmas song. The link to family is so strong. There’s the usual nod to Tim’s beliefs, which make it brilliantly honest, and the phrasing of some of those complicated sentences which are so indicative of Tim’s writing. I love it. It was the first song I listened to when my niece was born on Christmas Day 7 years ago. It will always make me think of her and Tim is right, wherever she goes and whatever she does, we will make her feel safe in this world☺️

He's Australian, used to a sunny Christmas, but at the time he wrote this he was living in London, "9000 miles from home". This is the song that got him the gig to write Matilda the Musical.

Pure genius. One great Australian Christmas song.

Went to one of Tim's concerts about 10 years ago, it was legendary. And yeah, I can't help but cry every time I hear White Wine, it perfectly captures the essence of Christmas, just being with your family and celebrating the simple joyful things in life.

Your point about concerts is spot on- he's fantastic live!

The song is about him coming back from London to Perth Western Australia to have Christmas at home . He lived in London a few years and this is why he wrote this song , because he was missing home

This is also the song that nailed down for the producers of the MATILDA musical that Tim would be good to write the book for that show. He'd been very funny at the show of his they'd gone to see, but they weren't sure he could do the serious, emotional writing that they wanted. Then he closed the show with this song and they knew he had everything they wanted. The Matilda musical has since gone on to massive success, of course.

He serious and joking and giving non-stop messages all at the same time. And song this EPITOMISES normal Australian family culture and values, right there...

He truly is a comedic genius. Multi award winning playwright for his west end theatre shows, his TV screen writing ability . A highly intelligent man who is compassionate and relatable

Australia is a more secular society than the US and the Christmas holidays are hot so for us Christmas is about reuniting with family, having shared meals and outdoor activities with cold meats and salads and white wine and beer. Pretty simple in essence :)

Also, there’s a wonderful documentary on him called, “Rock n Roll Nerd.” His sister, or something, filmed it when he played at the Edinburgh film festival is wonderful as is the speech he gave at a University of Melbourne graduation. He is a really wonderful person.

Yeah i am glad you get this comedy. He is just as talented in both music and coemdy so its often hard to seperate each one

Nick, I am so glad that some subscriber back in 2021 asked you to check out Tim Minchin. I have followed his career from the early days. And yes, I consider him to be a genius, in that he has a boundless talent which no-one else in the world can replicate.

I can't believe that I'm sitting here, listening to this song - with interruptions - for the umpteenth time and bawling my eyes out, like EVERY single time I hear it. And I'm not even Australian, so his Christmas experience is a lot different from mine, but the way he transports the sentiment of that song that is both homesickness and infinite joy in the simplicity of the melody, the performance and the lyrics is just mind-blowing to me. And I'm with you, I came to Tim Minchin via his batshit crazy insane genius comedy, but this one and 'Not perfect' get me bawling cathartic tears every time, like mini therapy sessions and they're my favorite songs. Just beautiful. Sorry so vomit my emotions all over your comment section without really commenting on the reaction, I just needed to put this down somewhere. LOL.

The death vibe- right on, I got that too. The last verse he's singing to his baby daughter- when she's 21 or 31, and doesn't include Gram in the list. I think that's why this gets to me, I'm an only child and didn't have children. When my folks are gone it will only be me at Christmas. Anybody reading this- take a minute to appreciate your family and tell them you love them.

I saw one of Tim's shows live at a medium sized venue in my hometown, not long before he got huge. He was already nationally known, but not so famous that the line for autographs was crazy so we got in line and chatted to him for a bit, he's a lovely guy. And then before you know it he's not playing anything smaller than a stadium and is writing Broadway plays. He deserves all that success though, he's brilliant. He can be scathing or sincere with equal ease, he's a phenomenal pianist, his insights are raw and his wordplay is genius. There is only one Tim Minchin.

Your feels on this song being a tribute to a lost loved one (daughter) is actually pretty on point. And the white win in the sun is a reference to Australians celebrating Christmas outside as its mid summer here that time of year

Yes Tim is a genius and oh so genuine, real and funny all the things

when he performed that video his Mum had just been diagnosed with cancer, there's a video of him performing that song when the prognosis was not good and he actually broke down mid-song. His Mum passed away mid-tour late 2023

Incredible as always, Tim is a genius 🧡

woohoo!! good job man. love this song

Thank you! Absolutely fantastic reaction. This is my favourite christmas song, or better still, the only one =)

@jadecawdellsmith4009

2 жыл бұрын

Don't u let Paul Kelly hear that!

I just loved watching the song hit you the same way it hit me.

I am a huge Tim Minchin fan. This song is absolutely beautiful. The animated video is also worth a watch. Also, when you knocked on the wall to make the noise settle down, it set off my dogs barking. It was perfect and made me laugh. Thank you.

What you said about him giving pieces of himself was so beautiful.

It's not grief, it's just that quite often Australian's move overseas and it's so far away. Given Tim spent so long overseas he just remembers what it's like to come home for that family time

Whether at Chrissy or not, I can’t hear this song without shedding a tear ay 🙏

Christmas in Oz..... No Turkey... More likely Seafood. No Snow... 30 degrees celsius (90f) and games of backyard cricket. No warm eggnog... icy cold beer and chilled wine in the sun.

My favourite Christmas song, celebrating the Aussie way. A buffet of prawns, cold meats and lots of salads. Christmas cake and assorted cold desserts and cheese. White and rose wine, champers (short for champagne) and beer. Everyone in the pool if there is one, backyard cricket if there's not. Welcome to an Aussie Christmas, where we try to keep cool instead of warm.😎

Really enjoyed that, great appreciation of a genius

Always been my favourite of Tim’s many great songs. I have only ever known Christmas in summer so seeing northern hemisphere Christmas show confused my as a kid 😂

Oh man, knowing this song and knowing what you're about to be in for makes me sooooo excited for you! ALL the feels.

This song touches my heart every time I hear it; always makes me shed a tear.

One of the best Christmas songs ever 🥰

This is the one Tim Minchin song that brings me to tears every single time I hear it !!!! If you are missing anyone at Christmas, (or anytime) this song is for you! 💖💞💝 So intrinsically true and honest and just heart rendering beautiful! 🎄🌞🥂💖

Came here whilst looking for Tim. Love how hard you have fallen for this guy. He is a gem. Salt of the earth.

This is the third Tim Minchin reaction vid of yours that I’ve watched… so glad at your sincere level appreciation for one of our 🇦🇺 national treasures!!!! 👏👏👏🙌 And yes, his concerts are incredible to behold. You run the full gamut of emotions.

Omg this man gets Tim minchin! Loved watching this.

OMG I love watching your reactions, this is just gold. Also: He's from australia, so christmas is in the summer there.

It's April and I am yet again in tears with this song and it's on repeat. Extraordinary piece of music and lovely reactions to this one.

@tonifinley4872

2 жыл бұрын

Me, too.

This is one of my favourite Tim songs and the perfect Christmas song for us Aussies💕👍😎

This video made me cry - how lucky to hear this for the first time. My first time hearing this was approx 10 years ago live in Kings Park in Perth (Tim's home town) which is 9000 miles from home in the UK.

I agree with everything you said about Tim. He is so interesting to listen to. He is so smart and entertaining.

I'm glad you like Tim Minchin... I think he's spectacular... his songs make you laugh and cry...

Thank you for this reaction. I appreciate it, and yes, my eyes leak every time too. Here's to family, friends, white sand beaches and chilled white wine.

Like everyone else has said this is the quintessential Australian Christmas song. It’s everything about a typical Aussie Xmas. Family, Sun (it’s hot down here at Xmas), drinking chilled white wine/beer, bbq’s. The bridge verse about his daughter gets me every single time as a parent. Splendid, Tim simply is a mastercraftsman lyricist and performer.

I just watched your previous reactions to Tim, and it was giving me a hankering to listen to this song because... even as a Brit, living less than 50 miles from almost all my immediate family, it is still my absolute favourite Christmas song and makes me sob from start to finish. I pretty much only ever play it once a year because it destroys me! (I'm counting this as my 2020 listen, because... yeah, I skipped it that year) So I was super glad to see it pop up 'next'. And yes, I am now a wreck. But I'm so glad you felt it too. I'm loving your videos.

My all time favourite Christmas song.

Best Christmas song of all time.

Ok, set aside 10 mins and listen to Tim "recite" STORM. When I first heard it I was just in awe of his skills. It's hilarious, very very Minchin & poignant. You will love it.

I cry so often at this song, as for a lot of us on this side of the world (NZ, for me) this is such a clear tie to our memories of Christmases. Whatever goes on in the year, come Christmas we're relaxing and having a drink in the sun with those we love most. It can speak to the loss of those not there for the drink this year, or the anticipation of new family members to come, and even the loneliness of someone overseas and not part of the festivities. It's our Christmas, in a song.

This is song is on my playlist every single Christmas. It’s an Australian institution at Christmas time because, we are all outside drinking in the sun at Christmas because our Christmas is in the summertime

Tim is from Australia, so in the southern hemisphere, December is the middle of summer. White wine in the sun makes perfect sense for the kiddie of summer.

Never heard that song before. It was beautiful. Thank you for reviewing it and bringing it to my attention.

I love seeing new Minchkin converts. And yes this is one of THE Aussie Christmas songs. His concerts are, imo absolutely amazing. I finally got to see him live in Jan of this year after covid delayed it three times - I bought the tickets in '19 and was meant to see him for my birthday in '20.

Bless his heart❤!

This is my favorite Christmas song and brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. Love it!

I loved to hear this song first time with you, via your reaction video. Great commentary. I've never quite thought of the Australian Christmas. It is quite fascinating to find that we share the exactly same sentiments in rather different circumstances; in my case, in the middle of the gloomy snowy winter of Finland, singing our beloved melancholic traditional songs, coming together to my parents' home, remembering the loved ones that are with us no more -- visiting and lighting candles on their graves -- taking a look over the graveyard lit only by thousands of candles and lanterns... Tim Minchin is a formidably humaine being.