White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin

A sentimental song about Christmas. This version is taken from the Australian 'Ready For This?' DVD. 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, that will be Aspect in Australia.
If you have it already, you may fancy gifting it via iTunes, along with the socks, jocks or chocs… or you can donate directly to Aspect here: www.autismspectrum.org.au/don...
December 2012: "It's been six years since I wrote my little tribute to Christmas, and I've finally recorded a studio version. Huzzah!"
You can download it internationally from iTunes here: itunes.apple.com/album/white-...
and for "non-apple people", it's on Amazon (UK) here: www.amazon.co.uk/White-Wine-in... and Amazon (US) here: www.amazon.com/White-Wine-in-t....
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[@TimMinchin]

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.

[@pageyd]

Thank you! This was my favourite Christmas song last year. This year, my Dad passed away and my son is going through ASD assessment has been diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This has changed what this song means for me and is going to be my families hardest Christmas this year.

[@alexdavis5766]

Just got my official autism diagnosis (at 33 because it was so over looked in females when I was younger) so I’ll be buying this again to support. Thanks Tim, cried on the las5 night of your tour last week to this too.

[@gaymcdonald5019]

Tim, you made me miss my Mum so much. I am no longer able to visit her due to family "stuff" and you made me laugh and cry thinking about how special she is. I will be drinking white wine with my very special husband and our spoiled rotten siamese cat! We'll share the christmas sushi and prawns and think about good times and love. Thanks for all the beauty you bring into this world. May your christmas be filled with family, and may you be safe and well....

[@Spaceman1216]

Thank you Mr. Minchin. I played this song for my students. Some are autistic, but most are in need. I'm sorry but I will spend my money again this year on my own as I always do.

[@grantschmidlechner6911]

As is the case every year, you are a legend Tim for your generosity!

[@gecko614]

My wife Ellie (girlfriend at the time) and I came to see you in Manchester, England in December 2010. We had been together nearly a year and it was her Christmas present to me, which was amazing. You closed with this song which was quite an emotional experience. When we left the arena, it had snowed and we enjoyed a fun filled walk back to our hotel from the arena. We have listened to this song every Christmas since. My wife died on September 10th, 2017, 3 months ago today, at the age of 27. I will always continue listening to this song every Christmas. Thank you.

[@petergoldsmith7142]

Bless and heal your heart.....music can help do that....virtual choir is sublime, a supreme collaboration whether you're singing or listening

[@petergoldsmith7142]

my apologies, I responded from someone else's username YIKES! internet po-po after me now...

[@microfoneman]

Sorry man. I hope Christmas is a good experience this year.

[@Kind_Of_Blue]

Merry Christmas. So sorry for your loss.

[@backfromcuba]

God.. that's too young to die. Sorry.

[@mikeydred9]

How the hell does Tim Minchin combine sorrow, sentimentality, and comedy so brilliantly? The mark of true genius

[@mattasticmattattack8546]

The key is really liking Christmas

[@KickassUncle]

The word 'genius' is bandied about so randomly these days. You, Mike, have not been lazy nor arbitrary. Magnificent.

[@jabbermocky4520]

Yeah. I wrote about American folk music and singer/songwriters professionally for 11 years. My portfolio is thicker than the Bible. Tim is a thumb-on-the-pulse kind of songwriter. As long as he's writing 'em, we're still alive. Peace.

[@datdom3450]

Yep, a song that can make me cry happy tears every time and I have to listen because it's beatiful!

[@sophiehoyal8510]

😍

[@prebysfamily4457]

Sobbing my eyes out to this song is a Christmas tradition.

[@pixieforest4850]

Me too!

[@IonaMackenzie]

@@pixieforest4850 don't think it can be just three of us, but me too anyway

[@tet1353]

yup I'm part of this club too

[@noexpert1481]

Ditto

[@ncazrael]

Right there with you! Every year it ignites the water works, but it's still my favorite Christmas song.

[@michaelmeehan5505]

RIP Tim's Mum. I bet she loved this song almost as much as she loved you. Best Wishes, mate.

[@TheAdamHolte]

This song hits different this year.

[@BennyandSarah1]

Completely. Never heard this song until this year but it could have been written for it

[@awfulsails]

Used to listen this knowing I'd be home for Christmas soon. Now listen to it hoping I'll see them next year.

[@savocat]

Yes, it seems especially poignant, this year x

[@tommiefunk2099]

This hits way different. Tim says, "I'll be seeing my dad," and the next line names the rest of the family. I lost my dad last year (put up fuckin' posters and everything). So to hear that pause between dad and the rest of the family, it hits a little differently.

[@jpofx]

It hurts like a knife this Christmas.

[@fexbio]

This is the most beautiful Christmas song I've ever heard. "Wherever you go and whatever you face, these are the people who'll make you feel safe in this world".

[@ShishakliAus]

Be nice if it were true

[@brettst01]

@@ShishakliAus I am sorry :( nice sentiment, but not reality for some of us. Hope you are doing OK. I cry when I listen to this as it a reality I wish I had. Love the song. though.

[@kristenwesley6310]

Absolutely xx

[@JM-zk9ou]

It's my favorite Christmas song. The love he pours out for his family is beautiful.

[@hardlygospel374]

Unless you don't have any of them.

[@sfisher89101]

This is still the best Christmas song, for non-believers and believers alike

[@NoFantasy]

I don't have a close relationship with my family at all. I don't spend christmas or new years eve or any other holiday with them because of my abusive and unstable mother, my apathetic father and alcoholic brother. But this song makes me cry because it paints a picture of what a good family relationship could be like. I hope I can make this with any children and partner I might get in the future.

[@katykay5410]

I hope you get this chance and make it happen, it is not easy coming from horribly dysfunctional families, that is for sure.....but it can happen.

[@ticklehiphop]

you're not them and you can make a family the way you know it should be. i really hope you do dude.

[@MyPineappleDream]

I have a similar experience, physically and mentally abusive parents. I would more than anything find someone else to celebrate holidays with. I just don't know how. Until I find my own family they won’t leave me alone and I owe them money so I can't really walk away. 24 and had wished to get away for atleast 16 years...

[@LACwriter]

One day.

[@IAmHoTSHoTzz]

My father is all of those 3 things, as well as a narcissist. I've spend so much time living with him, I now spend my time away from him, afraid I'm turning out the exact same, despite trying my damnedest.

[@themripley]

I'm British, so this song should be Red Wine in the Rain for me, but it moves me to tears every single time.

[@jameselliott8541]

I'm from the west coast of Canada and thinking the same thing.

[@mattbrownuk]

More like white wine in the wet for England ha ha ha

[@elliest55]

*mulled wine in the bloody cold

[@tommullins7631]

Warm beer in the wet

[@vulkris]

I’m American, so it should be Hot Cocoa in the Snow haha

[@Kiltem]

I love that everyone laughs after the first line, then quickly realizes this a very very real song and not a joke at all.

[@84paulflan]

The beauty of Tim Minchin is that you can laugh and cry at the same time. He encapsulates the human condition.

[@TheJubess]

I'm listening to this song with my 7 week old first born daughter sleeping on my chest and I can't stop crying. I always got emotional to this song but becoming a parent brought this to whole different level. Beautiful

[@atticwind0w]

I've been learning this song on piano and whenever I get to the bridge, I get weepy thinking about the bond my dad and I have even though I didn't get to grow up with him. I am sure that being a parent adds a special layer to the many ways this song makes people recognize the love in their lives.

[@gubdad]

I first heard this when my daughter sent me the link when she was studying at Oxford. I hadn't seen her in over a year. I cried like a baby. That was 10 years ago. Ten years later she sent me a picture of this playing on BBC2 while she's in London with her husband visiting his parents for the first time in two years. I'm sobbing happy tears again. Probably will whenever I hear this song for the rest of my life.

[@joshuagiddy9769]

Same here. It's a good song on it's own but definitely hits differently when you've become a parent.

[@katerockpool3725]

Yup. This song came out when my twins were five and I'd just left their father. Now they are 17 and heading out into the world...being a parent makes all the feelings hit harder.

[@crimsonwolf6866]

This is the most Christmasy Christmas song I've ever heard. Captures the reality of it, not stuff about Santa or magic.

[@emcdonald496]

This is such a beautiful sentiment about this song. I love your comment

[@geraldodonnell2595]

Tom Lehrer has a song about the commercialization of Xmas.

[@sweet-vl8oo]

I wholeheartedly agree

[@__-bk6mm]

Yeah absolutely! Just had my annual listen to it. Struck a bit differently this year, second year without my grandma and it still doesn’t quite feel the same.

[@basosz]

@@geraldodonnell2595 I came here to say just that :P You beat me to it!

[@GotAUkulele]

Clearly song lyrics mean different things to different people, but this song just make me break down every time I hear it long before it ends.

[@SebMaynard]

GotAUkulele me too. Every time.

[@Gingerjake2]

Yeah...he just did that to me as well...my throat hurts where the big lump is...just...so...understand!

[@Leelabean]

Exactly. I think for me, I cry because I feel like I have missed out on that fundamental human experience of having a family like that--one that makes me feel safe and accepted in this world. It's like a hiraeth, a homesickness for a home that never truly was, and one I cannot return to. I have found those people in life, but they are not the family I see and associate with Christmas.

[@Tlofnox]

Thank you for putting how I feel about this song into words.

[@gregsmith1641]

Tears in my eyes every single time. As soon as i put it on i feel like its the first time. A wonderful song with a beautiful message. Mans not just a comedian hes and extremely talented songwriter. Peace and love to everyone here.

[@saphsaphsaph5845]

I'm an atheist, and not an Australian, and it's not Christmas, but I hope when I die that my brothers and sister, my gran, and my mum, will be waiting for me, drinking white wine in the sun.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

this hit me in the feels like a freight train

[@3daypriest]

Yeah, for you not seeing them has implications that they didn’t live up to your god’s expectations and are thus being tortured for eternity. But you’ll be happy nonetheless, right? God will make you happy of that. Because it was his pkan.

[@user-tg7ii4ft4f]

Thanks for the very valuable information that your an athiest i will so forever be greatful you said that

[@MijaCoyote]

Don't listen to those 2 assholes. Thank you for sharing how this song makes you feel. It's a sweet, touching, emotional, and creative song. It's art at it's best. So who cares if you're not Christian, Australian or fucking whatever. If the song touched you, it did for me too, then that's all that matters.

[@gubbi90]

Российская Федерация Thanks for proving that there are still neanderthals alive who get triggered by the word “atheist”. It cheers me up knowing that no matter how bad I feel, I could never be bothered by other People’s religion, or lack thereof.

[@CJ-ft9yo]

He played this on stage last week in Australia and he had only just lost his mum to cancer … then of course it makes you remember your lost ones so vividly.

[@preston3838]

As a Brit, I'm having to imagine that 'The Sun' is a pub near my mum and dads.

[@Zeppelin616]

Yup and change white wine to brown ale

[@jakeflfirelegend5377]

As a Brit I can say this is true and there is legitimately a pub called the rising sun near my house not the sun but still think it’s funny

[@matthewlacey4198]

@@jakeflfirelegend5377 in Manchester?

[@jakeflfirelegend5377]

Matthew Lacey London

[@tSp289]

Nah, it's when you wrap a newspaper around your £4 bottle out of Londis to hide it from the cashier.

[@jalessandroni]

Listening to this song for the thousandth time but the first time holding my infant daughter who is a month away from her first Christmas. Wherever you are and whatever you face… It’s like I’m hearing it for the first time.

[@Macca-95]

Welcome to the other Aussies making their yearly pilgrimage back to this video. Merry Christmas everybody.

[@gregorypozzo5693]

Believe me, there are a lot of us non-Aussies that make the annual pilgrimage to this video, too.

[@linnieloo62]

Hello and Merry Christmas to you!

[@pixieforest4850]

Hi fellow Aussies! Yes, it's a yearly pilgrimage to this video. Good to 'see' you all :)

[@siddhartramotar8774]

@@gregorypozzo5693 Yes this is my first time here on Christmas day itself, im not an Aussie tho

[@TheHellboy561]

Hello Australia, much love this Christmas from the UK.

[@amandaholtom5036]

Man. This hits different in 2020. No family gatherings in almost a year. Thanksgiving and Christmas will be so quiet. When we do finally get to be with our families (and friends) again, our time together will be so, SO cherished. Not taking these occasions for granted ever again.

[@SharpTattoos]

This! So much this.

[@yogabbagabba4097]

I mean it depends on what country you’re in but still agreed

[@deckardcain9602]

It depends which government follows the New World Order doctrine........unfortunately the uk does

[@Valerianfaust]

My brother and father committed suicide within a year of one another; when I heard this, I felt for my brother. When dad died? I felt for them both. I don't have any family left, but I have this. And this? Is beautiful.

[@dmasterelite1987]

Life can be brutally unfair Jason, I'm very sorry to hear about your brother and father. I hope your in better spirits now, and wish you the best.

[@MrSmeXycano]

Hey buddy, I hope you're holding up. Enjoy life and all it has to offer!

[@yamabushi170]

My sister died of a very aggressive melanoma this year. Within days of her funeral my little brother was told that his cancer had returned and is now incurable. This will probably be his last Xmas. There's hardly an of my family left either. But I'm glad of the time I've had with these people, and grateful for the friends who have been and continue to be so kind and supportive. You're never completely alone, even though it can feel that way sometimes. Hang in there pal, I'll think of you over this Christmas holiday.

[@caroljolliffe394]

Jason Faust Hello Jason your story touched me, although I don't know you, I feel your pain! I can give you acknowledgement though. Things must have been very tough for you. I am but a mere, stranger but wish to validate your sadness, and I wish to encourage happiness for the year ahead big-" HUG " Sunshine ! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@iamnotfar]

❤❤❤ you stole my heart. I hope you find yourself surrounded with love.❤

[@MumblesZombie]

100% honest. Hands down. This is my favorite Christmas song. As a non-religious person rooted to a deeply catholic family... this just hits ... so much.

[@deckardcain9602]

EXACT same here

[@lesleytaylor3825]

I think everyone has an exact point in this song where they start to weep! I sure do!

[@hippyfriend]

For me it's "my sweet blue-eyed girl"

[@TedHendershot]

My mom died on Christmas a few years ago, and I've lost the ability to even listen to the end of this song, but I love it all the same. It's so beautiful and bittersweet. Thank you, Tim.

[@sookinhenri]

My uncle took his own life on Christmas Day over 10 years ago. I light a small candle for him every year and just sit with it in the morning to remember him.

[@2fast2block]

@@sookinhenri Nothing wrong with that, but there is something wrong with believing Tim cares about truth.

[@John1873--]

My condolences ❤ I hope you manage to listen through to the end over time. Let the memories of those we loved, bring a teary smile. It's healthy 🥲

[@Tonyhouse1168]

❤️

[@deckardcain9602]

​, totally agree, he does not, I went to see him in Leeds last year and I had to shout out...very loudly..."fxxx you Minchin".....at one of his comments, I think he adheres to social convention....

[@lcslndmt]

"And yes I have all of the usual objections to the mis-education of children who, in tax-exempt institutions, are taught to externalize blame, and to feel ashamed and to judge things as plain right and wrong." This line is so fucking perfect it hurts.

[@steveb5261]

+Lucas Mota I suspect you are a very angry person Lucas and you may well have just cause. I also suspect you have a misunderstanding of what true and lived out faith really is and a very faulty picture of God. I also wonder if you are an atheist in the true sense of what an atheist is or perhaps an antitheist (someone who hates God so much that you would prefer to believe he simply does not exist).

[@DFILONO]

+Steve B Well, Lucas probably just praises Magic Woody Allen Zombie Superman Komodo Dragon Telepathic Vampire Quantum Hovercraft Tim Jesus!

[@steveb5261]

+DFILONO Oh I am so disappointed. I was certain the praise and homage would have gone to Lord Spaghetti Monster or Zeus. Or wait! Of course, silly me, it must be the Sky Daddy or David McCallum, after all he was the invisible man before he became Ducky. Maybe, just maybe, given the amount of time you have looked at these comments and replied to mine, that deep, deep, deep down you really do believe in God but you just hate him.

[@lcslndmt]

Steve B I don't hate God, just the people who do stupid shit in the name of religions. Believe me, I know people did great things for their religion beliefs, I mean religion was supposed to bring people closer, but you have to agree that others did awful things as well. They are the problem here, not God, not religion in general, but the people who give religion a bad name. So, please don't read my comment and assume that I'm just another God-hating atheist, when the only real problem I have is with people using religion to bring more misery than we already have.

[@cygnusx-1942]

+Steve B I'd just like to clear up that anti-theists are not those who " hate God so much that you would prefer to believe he simply does not exist" but rather those who are opposed to the idea of religion.

[@An_Arbitrary_Miscellany]

"I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious it means that they're worthy". Probably the greatest lyric line ever. No I'm not joking.

[@thisnorwegianchick788]

I'm crying like a baby at this song. I'm finally home with the safe people I've always known and loved. Merry Christmas Tim Minchin

[@gaara98250]

Came for comedy, left in tears, I miss my mum.. Tim Minchin is always a unexpected surprise no matter what he releases.

[@floragosling84]

When i first heard this song I was 8. I was so confused because the idea of Christmas in the sun made no sense to me, when my mum explained that it was summer at christmas time in Australia my mind was blown

[@rimanayma213]

+Flora Gosling Melbourne in this time of year with no AC, sometimes I feel like blowing my mind xD.

[@jackumonkey]

+Flora Gosling Florida Christmas.... gonna be 83 degrees this Christmas.

[@floragosling84]

jackumonkey Wow, I think I'll stay in my cold, drizzly Scotland thanks!

[@niklasgransjen684]

Flora Gosling Definitely. White wine in the sun is as far from my pictured Christmas as possible

[@niklasgransjen684]

Returning now to say that this is my new favorite Christmas song. Just so beautiful.

[@TimMinchin]

Tim: "Reminder! Proceeds from all Nov/Dec/Jan downloads of 'White Wine In The Sun' will go to the National Autistic Society again this year." White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin

[@copycat21c]

What an amazing man.

[@MrPurplepuma]

Nearly all Atheists Love X-Mass, myself included!

[@colinbaird4526]

Even Atheists worship at the altar of capitalism...

[@McLellanCarmichael]

Maybe 'National Society of Persons with Autism'?

[@abrannan]

Vamsee Kanakala Tell that to the Chinese.

[@elboyd5809]

This will be my last Christmas. I will be spending it with my beautiful son. This song is so beautiful, full of love. Thank you Tim xxxx

[@pintpullinggeek]

I hope, whatever happens, you manage to find some peace at this time of year and in the days to come.

[@jody-annesullivan4547]

God speed El. Do it all, love it all, wishing you peace, love, harmony, xx

[@jonifoster]

may one ask why - this will be the last Christmas with your beautiful son. Amazing song, and I am sitting listening to this when my family are all not here...... but i have been drinking white wine in the sun. Desmond Tutu passed away on Christmas. 2021 Love Tim Minchin.

[@jiggysaw3749]

I hope it was the best one yet!

[@victoriagolmehdi8506]

❤

[@user-jm2br5iw3o]

Merry Christmas to everyone who is alone! To everyone without a dad, brothers, sisters and mom. Feel you guys. Keep pushin' :)

[@jonifoster]

wishing you the same... Archbishop Desmond Tutu passed this Christmas...

[@Bfbc2killer]

This is the last song my dad added to his playlist before he passed away... I miss him so much

[@qupp75]

"Your brothers and sisters, your aunts an your uncles, your grandparents, cousins, and me and your mum ..." - gets me every time

[@Char_siu_Lo_mai_fan]

Tim, I'm almost certain you wont see this but i was at your 7:30pm concert at the state theatre on Sunday and though I hadn't heard this song many times before, this time it really touched my heart. Rest in peace your gorgeous mum. I hope to see another of your concerts soon as this was truly the greatest concert I have been to in my life! Thank you so much Tim for a wonderful night.

[@HarveyJackson1967]

Gorgeous song Tim, I shed a tear! Could you whip up a Cantonese family style dinner for Heun Wah for comparative reasons please?

[@Char_siu_Lo_mai_fan]

@@HarveyJackson1967 lol tf how did you find me here??

[@HarveyJackson1967]

@@Char_siu_Lo_mai_fan I be youtubing HARD this holiday season

[@JenDiggityDirt]

It just doesn’t feel like Christmas until I’ve ugly-cried to this song.

[@juliearnold5412]

always a song for my bro who left this world in 2012 I always buy a bottle of white wine for him every year in dec

[@absenteechildhood8172]

This song and the fact Tim Minchin is a supporter for Autism has done more for me than any church who told me my son just needed prayer and to send him to their 25k a year private school to be cured. I hate Christmas because of the association with church and the association of 18 years of isolation living with a special needs child. A kid who may be different but has never "damned anyone to hell or judged their actions". Thanks, Tim.

[@emilyflotilla931]

All my best from the grandmother of a male to female transitioned grandson. It may sound strange, but I'm grateful for the Progressive United Church of Christ she was exposed to as a youth, LGBTQ friendly, 50/50 Straight and LGBTQ attendees. My pastor will NEVER teach a sermon on sin!

[@horozuolanadam7859]

As a Turkish person this song is perfect for me when you changed Christmas with Ramadan.

[@kj_H65f]

No matter who you are, spending time with those you love is the whole point of living. I think so anyway. Love is what motivates us. It's what connects the human experience everywhere, no matter what religion or lack thereof you have. This song always makes me feel full of love.

[@prebysfamily4457]

I always think I can get through this without crying. I’m always wrong.

[@Alkinski]

I love how under the cynical or full of swear words lyrics Tim is always able to put some great, universal truth for humanity. Not so perfect humanity. But fine.

[@jonathanwelch5084]

This is my Earth, and it's fine. It's where I spend the vast majority of my time. It's not perfect, but it's mine.

[@2fast2block]

@@jonathanwelch5084 how is it yours? How did you get it? Tim never gave much thought to that either but rather just lied. “Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved."― Tim Minchin Tim does not know what biblical faith is because he just does not care to know but he'd rather fart out lies. Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith His opening of "Science adjusts its views based on what's observed" Tim is a liar. He believes his god of nothing did miracles naturally with nothing as proof it could. He cares NOTHING about what is observed. What a hypocrite! His god claims to have given us the creation of the universe naturally but that can't be. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.

[@jonathanwelch5084]

@@2fast2block Please see a therapist.

[@2fast2block]

@@jonathanwelch5084 don't feel bad, many clowns like you who run from the evidence I gave and just ignore it all with such dung as.... "Please see a therapist." But Tim, to you it's all ok for him to lie and be a dingbat. It's just you clowns supporting your fellow clowns.

[@bidda3505]

@@2fast2block I'm not saying its bad that you believe in a god but you cannot force religious behavior upon others. Based on your arguement all things in the universe come from a god, correct? However, there are many theories that state otherwise. Think of the big bang theory, one of the most talked about theory's. The Big Bang Theory is the leading explanation about how the universe began. At its simplest, it says the universe as we know it started with a small singularity, then inflated over the next 13.8 billion years to the cosmos that we know today. Much of what we understand about the Big Bang Theory comes from mathematical formulas and models. Astronomers can, however, see the "echo" of the expansion through a phenomenon known as the cosmic microwave background. While the majority of the astronomical community accepts the theory, there are some theorists who have alternative explanations besides the Big Bang - such as eternal inflation or an oscillating universe. I am not telling you that you are wrong. But people have other belief's and you are trying to force yours upon others which should be considered as wrongdoing. Please get some help and education before trying to make a stance in the astronomical community. Sources: www.space.com/25126-big-bang-theory.html

[@terracottafred5126]

Having turned 18 recently, I’ve started to think about this song a little differently. It’s one of those things you realize as you get older, when you think about how as a child it was all about the presents and food. And you’re told by your parents or whoever that as you get older that stuff will stop mattering, and you feel a little sad since you don’t want it to stop mattering. You don’t want Christmas to become boring and meaningless. But the once you do become older you realize that it’s not that Christmas stops mattering to you. It’s just that your priorities during Christmas change. You do stop caring as much about the presents, and you start caring nag more about seeing your friends and family. Especially if you all live far away, you’re all just happy to be able to see each other again and to be able to take one day out of the year to appreciate one another and spend time together. And I think that’s pretty neat.

[@tmhgdh]

Absolutely spot on, my friend. You are a very smart person to have gathered that much insight into life at 18. Well done.

[@jamesthewizard98]

the chord he plays over 'Gran' is the absolute cornerstone of this song.

[@renaegage9148]

It's the major III, inserting a single note (the #IV/bV) which "doesn't belong" in the key of the song. It shocks the listener's ear and adds great emphasis. Go and do thou likewise.

[@MAGAhomo]

Ir's the V/vi. Borrowed chord function. III is a way to notate it without identifying function, therefore it is discouraged.

[@fdhoff]

You don't need to understand music theory to understand music. Tim writes his music by feeling more than by theory, so the chord just sounded right to him, as it sounds right to us, and he put it in the song :)

[@ze_rubenator]

You don't have to wish, Amand, you can learn it.

[@Moiturette]

Get a copy of Master Your Theory - Grade 1, by Dulcie Holland.

[@juliewake4585]

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Tim Minchin and this song.

[@jonathanhalloran5350]

l LOVE the way he captures Australia's cultural essence in this song, as well as everything else. Christmas songs aren't supposed to make you cry though :(

[@OPFMirage]

+Jonathan Halloran well too bad it did

[@newbrg]

+Jonathan Halloran Christmas is about love. And if some of those you love are absent, then crying is completely appropriate.

[@jonathanhalloran5350]

newbrg You are wise sir

[@Kevin15047]

+Jonathan Halloran Two words... Christmas Shoes. I'd just as soon believe in Santa Clause as believe in Jesus but hell, that song is, well, not a tear jerker, more like a tear mugger.

[@MegaHentai00]

+Kevin Hosford Do yourself a favour, then: don't look up Patton Oswalt's take on it here on KZbin.

[@BarefootBry]

It’s not really the holidays till I break down sobbing in my car while listening to this song. They’re not sad tears. Just bitter sweet.

[@brodi7748]

How in the hell is everyone on the PLANET not raving about this man! Why am I only finding out about him through KZbin suggestions? So amazing!

[@TimMinchin]

Hey! It’s that time again and as in previous years, all proceeds from the sale of (either version) of this song during the months of November, December and January, go to the National Autistic Society. Details: bit.ly/WWITSNAS

[@Tiggypeth]

Tim Minchin amazing that you do that every year. This song is amazing, makes me feel so nostalgic though lol 🤣.

[@sersmiles1635]

Thank you Tim for all the gladness and sadness you bring, have an incredible Christmas with your family

[@mathdemigod8162]

This is the first year I've heard this song, and also the first year when I won't get to go home and drink white wine in the sun with my family. Thank you for this song

[@rhunl]

Bought from the UK....don't use that MP3 player too often, but worth it for this song with its good cause.

[@GregMorphis]

Didn't know you did this, saw this post and immediately bought it. Thanks Tim Minchin. You are awesome.

[@adsvx]

I could listen to this tune 1000 x and would tear up everytime he gets to singing about his daughter..."You'll be handed 'round the room like a puppy at primary school..." OMG, he's such a freaking genius. His chord changes and lyrics...wow.

[@stevesobot5372]

Exactly this, so brilliant...

[@lacarolish]

This one kills me every time. Beautiful, touching, clever and loving. Tim Minchin is a force of gingery nature

[@farrellharris]

You better be a redhead mate, throwing the g-word around like that.

[@TheDaves1689]

Farrell Harris to quote the man himself "only a ginger can call another ginger 'ginger'"

[@crasowl]

Don't winge if he comes unhinged and you get injured because you don't have a tinge of the ginge in your fringe.

[@philwood3834]

crasowl

[@emilyb3176]

@@crasowl or a tinge in your minge...🙈😹

[@alexhall8669]

Starts off as if having a cheeky dig as per his usual routine, then turns into probably the most beautiful Christmas song around.

[@lonewoulf]

this song is hitting particularly hard this year.

[@1DaTJo]

Makes me proud to be Australian. We always have hot summer Christmases in Oz, and the cards always have snow and reindeers. And no one feels like hot roast meat and vegies, or fireplaces. We're usually at the beach trying to cool down, or as Tim says, "drinking white wine in the sun". This song is a consolation for feeling like we celebrate in the "wrong" season. Lovely.

[@TotemOfBryce]

this song changed the way I look at life to be honest

[@Rachel-kr1jh]

This is my first Christmas as an atheist, and Tim and his music have been a massive part of helping my healing from religious trauma. Someday, when I grow up, I hope to also drink wine in the sun, with a family connected by love and not blood.

[@tSp289]

I don't know your circumstances, but remember you can still love someone who disagrees with you on something fundamental. If they're in deep, they might not appreciate that you're still their family. They might be insulted or show their love by trying to bring you back into the fold. After all, from their point of view you've basically decided to damn yourself. Just be aware that they're wrong, and chances are they're probably trying to help in a very misguided way. If I'm making a load of wrong assumptions and they really are toxic or abusive, then I wish you good luck in finding your own people, and for everyone to heal.

[@pavinivfx]

Yeshua never made christianity. They hide the truth to destroy the faith of people through dogma

[@johnnysteradactyl558]

said by someone who would never accept any other version of events to maintain their scapegoating superiority.

[@johnparker4484]

Gay

[@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777]

Its been a year now and I hope you're doing well. 😊 I still consider myself a Christian, but I completely support people who choose to leave their religion if it means a happier life. Stay safe!

[@aeronnutley364]

Why do i always end up in floods tears whenever i listen to this song? Damn you Tim you bloody mad musical genius!

[@AngelusNielson]

It's beautiful tat's why.

[@Ohnogoblin]

This song makes me cry despite Christmas not being sunny where I am, and not really liking my family. I don't understand it, but the his song is so moving for me

[@Eunostos]

+Sophie The sentiment of this sort of song holds no matter who you turn to feel safe in the world, even if they don't look like his family ;) (Or even if you don't like wine!)

[@Sparhafoc]

+Sophie Same, maybe it's imagining having such a relationship with a family.

[@Anony298]

@@Eunostos yeah, but many people, including myself, have no one like that

[@mneumeister]

7:00 on a random-ass Wednesday in June and these sentimental Tim Minchin songs are ripping me apart something awful right now.

[@priyametcalfe7900]

The best Christmas song ever, as far as I'm concerned.

[@dwiskow56]

I was forced into being a confirmed Christian as a child. yesterday I sent this song to my mother thinking it was the end game.... but she understood... Thank you, Tim, you've been a life saver.

[@isoney]

This song should come with a warning. You WILL cry.

[@YouDummy]

The warning never helps though

[@heatherrowles2580]

Meh.....its one of the reasons I love Tim Minchin so much........he's a fellow West Aussie, he's as funny as fuck......and just when your sides are about to bust from all the laughing he hits you in the feels with a song like this one. I love that he has the power to make me both laugh and cry......and this song reminds me of every Christmas up until 8 years ago, the first one we spent without my dad.....its fathers day today and Im missing him even more than I do at Christmas.....fuck.

[@MrBaldypete1]

Now, as a grown man who listens to a lot of heavy metal... why are my eyes leaking? I'll be buying this song come Christmas, mate! One of the finest songs I've ever heard!

[@chrishowland6062]

Absolutely nothing wrong with letting emotions show … to me it confirms that your human ,you have a heart and soul and that stuff matters

[@MrBaldypete1]

@@chrishowland6062 Very much agreed, Chris. I've done a fair bit of growing over the last few years :)

[@Fantabbydozy2608]

Well.... this made me cry. Never heard it before. We are moving from England to NSW Australia in January and this is my last Christmas in the cold northern hemisphere this year. Leaving my family and building a new life with my husband and our sons. I think this might actually have made me even more sure that I have to go. I’ve never had a really close family relationship , hardly see my siblings. I want this song for my kids future. That wherever they go in the world, me and their dad will be waiting for them drinking white wine in the sun!

[@Fantabbydozy2608]

Aww 2 years later! Moved to Brisbane and we are so happy :) Merry Christmas ❤

[@RionWulfe]

@@Fantabbydozy2608 I'm so glad you're doing well!! I saw this comment, and wondered if you're doing well and happy. I'm delighted to see the update, and only a few hours ago!! Beautiful.

[@benmclean5624]

Lovely to hear that you made it and are loving life with us here in the sun - with or without the booze!

[@Tascamaniac]

the most sincere and beautiful christmas song ever written. thank you tim.

[@TimMinchin]

White Wine in the Sun - Reminder: once again all the proceeds from November to January sales go to the National Autistic Society (NAS). Details via this link: bit.ly/1usm9by

[@scottm.]

This song get's me teary-eyed, every time...

[@Graham_Hand]

I love this song but it's really about time we had a new one

[@KevinMcDonald63]

Once upon a time I heard this song for the first time and knew right away I was going to be a fan. And I was right.

[@mibergeron]

Scott M. it got me too..

[@natalierog1236]

I love this song, it's one of my favorite lead ins to Christmas. My husband has some not so hot memories about it, so I try to infuse my joy of everything around Christmas to help make it a better experience for him. :D

[@xspondeex]

Honestly, I can only listen to this song once a year, alone, very loud. I miss my family, and I wish we were closer. (I play the song loudly to cover my crying). Art.

[@VZ1211]

I was not prepared for this song when I clicked on it. A seamless blend of comedy, tragedy, hope and happiness. My regret is that is that I never heard it sooner. Truly well done! Thank you Tim!

[@jodiemcdonald8537]

As an Aussie girl away from home, this song always brings me to tears ... good ones ... thanks for this ...

[@kebubas]

I love how slightly humorous yet still very serious this song is...

[@LaydayEruanna]

I may or may not have played this on continuous repeat for the last hour or more.

[@katykay5410]

love it, may do the same....I have Playlists for "Snow Queen" by Elton John, "The River", by many artists, and a few others with a hour each easy; this song will be my Christmas Playlist, all by itself, playing over and over...Love all his stuff, friend of daughter's gave me a DVD of him last year when I was visiting in England.....first I knew of him, simply brilliant.

[@rossjlennox]

Don't think my tear ducts could take that kind of punishment

[@smilingJackification]

This song helped me get trough my mother's suicide. Thank you, Tim.

[@AngelusNielson]

Hey, I've just seen this or I would have responded much sooner, but how are you doing?

[@heathawalker]

Christ. This still resonates as the father of two wonderful girls.

[@didiermontoya8572]

It's amazing how heartwarming the comments on this video are. Happy holidays everyone!

[@jeremybr2020]

Bravo Tim, bravo. If ever in the future someone ask me why an atheist such as I would bother to celebrate Christmas, I'll be sure to play this song for them. It can't be expressed any better than that.

[@Kevin15047]

+jeremybr2020 I just ask them why Christians would bother to celebrate a Pagan festival.

[@grahamleach6232]

jeremybr2020 n

[@nelsontragura1441]

Doesn't matter. You will witness in this dispensation what Christ's apostles worked hard for.

[@henrydeluxe4051]

This song has never lost the ability to make me cry.

[@elegantlyevil]

My dad died recently, and listening to this song broke my heart because I won't be seeing him again...

[@WXSEDY]

I like this song too. Not sure why but it speaks to me. Sorry to hear about your dad, that's sucks. Both my dad and my mom have been gone for more than 10- years. The bad news is that the loss never goes away. The good news is that it does get better with time. And you can see them any time you want. You just gotta know where to look. (Psst! In your heart.) Not sure God is in there anywhere because if his current representatives are any indicator then there's a very good argument that he really doesn't exist. However, we do! So please try to enjoy this ride we call life -- that's pretty much the entire point (if there even is a point).

[@trent0heart]

....I'm not crying. Shaddap. YOU'RE crying....

[@eleSDSU]

Yes I'm crying.

[@snae227]

What...?... NO ... THEY'RE CRYING.

[@eriknelson9490]

Many drunk nights listening to this on repeat. Possibly my first and favorite TM song. Incredible musical talent.

[@atticusstark5197]

I lost my mom to cancer when I was in college. As I grew into adulthood I began to enjoy these little social moments more and more, valuing the time spent with the people I love far more than the gifts they bring. I didn't used to like wine, but my mother was a big wine drinker, reds being her favorite. It always confused me when I was younger as I hated the taste, but just like my priorities and values changed, so did my tastes. Whenever I hear this song (which is often) I think on what could have been- all of us, my mother included, sitting around a table enjoying some wine as the snow falls around us on Christmas eve, sharing a few drinks and a level of understanding that wasn't possible while she was still with us. The thought is always bittersweet, but each year it gets a little less bitter, and all the more sweet.

[@WendyBandurskiMiller]

I do actually admit this has become a ritual for me as an expat and i think it is the humanity of it, that feeling safe thing that sometimes doesn't happen abroad.... love that a song can bring such feelings to the surface. I love that it makes me feel intensely and i miss my home state of Western Australia so much more this time of year. The cause is so significantly important too.

[@SeymourKilmore]

Tim if only you knew what this song means to me. It's hard being an atheist on Christmas, especially one with a broken family. Even if I don't get to have what this song describes, I'll at least know what it looks like for the sake of my kids. Thank you for such a beautiful song.

[@shawnleprechaun482]

My neice showed me this a few years back. And whether I'm all alone or surrounded by family, i listen to this song, and cry and laugh...and remember the people who make me feel safe. Thank you, Mr. Minchin.

[@robertbetz8461]

I heard this song for the 1st time yesterday at a Desert Voices show in Tucson, AZ. The singer opened with a bit about atheism and his son couldn't be there that night. As a lifelong atheist (over 60!) the song made me damn near weep. I do like Christmas, not because of religion, but it is an ancient holdover of mid-winter festivities involving family and friends. Thanks Tim for a beautiful reminder we all need each other.

[@musclguy39]

I woke up to this song on CBC Vancouver this morning which they played as a request from a listener. I was so moved I just had to find it again. Thank you Tim for a beautiful song.

[@SometimesRaven]

3:50 onwards brings me to tears every damn time, without fail. Can Tim be my dad pls

[@LilChubCrafts]

+CaptainElisabeth OMG me too it's probably not healthy to cry this much over a song lol

[@greatleapforwards]

+CaptainElisabeth as a father, it gets me every single time

[@Sparhafoc]

+CaptainElisabeth Gets me earlier than that! ;)

[@AnonYmous-qx1zg]

Same :) Having a blue eyed little daughter and enjoying the annual family gatherings myself. This song hits the exact spot.

[@SecondValveSteam]

He wrote this song for his daughter. What an incredible present.

[@undeadpiano]

"I don't go in for ancient wisdom. I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious it means that they're worthy. I get freaked out by churches. Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords, but the lyrics are dodgy. And yes, I have all of the usual objections to the miseducation of children who, in tax-exempt institutions, are taught to externalize blame and to feel ashamed and to judge things as plain right or wrong. But I quite like the songs." I love this song.

[@norishimogawa6125]

not gonna lie, i feel like the "I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious it means that they're worthy." would have worked better with the "i am hardly religious," and "i dont go in for ancient wisdom" would have been better with "i'd rather break bread with desmond tutu to be honest" it could just be that i don't know any better, but that's like my only nitpick. love the song otherwise.

[@2fast2block]

I stay out of churches but nothing is as bad as dingbat liars like Tim. He's the worst. “Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved."― Tim Minchin Tim does not know what biblical faith is because he just does not care to know but he'd rather fart out lies. Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith His opening of "Science adjusts its views based on what's observed" Tim is a liar. He believes his god of nothing did miracles naturally with nothing as proof it could. He cares NOTHING about what is observed. What a hypocrite! His god claims to have given us the creation of the universe naturally but that can't be. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.

[@scottmcnair7184]

@@2fast2block oh go away!

[@2fast2block]

@@scottmcnair7184 I'm not going away since it's too much fun showing what dingbats you are. Not to mention what wimps you are unable to confront what I wrote.

[@sookinhenri]

@@2fast2block or we just don’t really care. But I quite like the song.

[@thorium9082]

An atheist christmas song? No dodgy lyrics? Never knew such a thing could exist, But it stabs me in the heart everytime.

[@redangel169]

Tim, every year this is my favorite Christmas song. It gets me everytime. The more time passes and the more who are gone, i know, they'll be waiting for me in the sun...

[@quantummickey6875]

My dad passed away December 30th, 2021. Listening to this evokes a feeling I can't quite describe, but I welcome it gladly. Thank you, Tim.

[@annabanana7643]

‘These are the people that make you feel safe in this world’. He’s a masterful lyricist.

[@stew918]

That definitely hits hard.

[@HakureiReimuOfficial]

It's that time of the year when atheists and agnostics all over the world gather around this song to remind us that christmas is much more than whatever impositions this or that set of beliefs might impose on it, and that we should love and cherish those who do the same to us. Thank you Tim.

[@HakureiReimuOfficial]

Hey look, it's time again! Tim still gets me every time. Happy holidays, everyone!

[@rpgambit]

My absolute favorote Christmas song. As an agnostic that was raised Christian ive always enjoyed the holiday itself but not exactly the religious underpinnings so this song always hit home for me. Now listening again with my 1 year old "blue eyed baby girl" it hits even harder. I would sometimes get choked up listening years ago, now its guaranteed. Truly beautiful stuff. Really gets at the true meaning of Christmas.

[@huebdoo]

Every year I come back to give it a listen. When I moved to America alone. Now I have a wife, two daughters and two dogs. Made a new life in this new place. This makes me think of my Dad & Mum, how much I miss them. Merry Christmas everyone! Happy Holidays and let's get the hell out of 2020

[@84paulflan]

I'm glad to have the company

[@steve4decades715]

Dear Tim, Year after year this song brings me back to what is singularly most important to me. And it makes me cry every time. ... and thank you for writing such a well balanced focus on each family member; there are lyrics that let each person feel deeply connected. As a dad... it's profound. Thank you for this gift. Canadian Dad

[@johnklapak]

Holy fuck. Not even into fall yet, and just one listen and I'm ugly crying. It makes feel my love for my wife and daughter and all my family so keenly, so viscerally. Life is so fleeting, I am so mortal, I am literally weeping with my love for them. You glorious bastard, Mincin, you have again unmade me. Every. Damn. Time.

[@johnklapak]

Thank you.

[@Beatngu23]

I love how we're listening to a family grow as the song progresses. So sweet!

[@valeriechiasson4356]

A HUGE favorite. When my son was traveling at age 21, I taped our big family Christmas with this as the background song---it still makes me cry.

[@mrswafflechops]

'Deep as bro'

[@nathanbowd6728]

katie murphy Shit yeah...

[@rafabulsing]

really deep eh?

[@rumasai]

I dunno. The lighting wasn't red enough to evoke that feeling of profundity.

[@franko9407]

+katie Andzz 8/10 needed more smoke

[@deutschrorio]

My mother died a few days after Christmas last year, so now she won't be there waiting for us, in the sun or otherwise. I still love this song, but it is now very bittersweet. My son is only 3, and I find it difficult to think now he will never know his grandmother really. But I am glad she got to meet him.

[@julesradford5452]

Xmas 2020 comes around. Every year I post this song on Facebook. This year my own son is 9000 miles from home, with his lovely fiance in Australia and who knows when we can be with them together again. Tim nails everything about family and Xmas in one song. Thank you Tim...