White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin 

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.

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.

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....

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.

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

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

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

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

Merry Christmas. So sorry for your loss.

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

The key is really liking Christmas

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

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.

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

😍

Me too!

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

yup I'm part of this club too

Ditto

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

Be nice if it were true

@@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.

Absolutely xx

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

Unless you don't have any of them.

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

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

Yes, it seems especially poignant, this year x

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.

It hurts like a knife this Christmas.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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...

One day.

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.

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

Tom Lehrer has a song about the commercialization of Xmas.

I wholeheartedly agree

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.

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

this hit me in the feels like a freight train

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

*mulled wine in the bloody cold

Warm beer in the wet

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

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

EXACT same here

This! So much this.

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

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

GotAUkulele me too. Every time.

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

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.

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

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.

What an amazing man.

Nearly all Atheists Love X-Mass, myself included!

Even Atheists worship at the altar of capitalism...

Maybe 'National Society of Persons with Autism'?

Vamsee Kanakala Tell that to the Chinese.

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

Hello and Merry Christmas to you!

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

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

Hello Australia, much love this Christmas from the UK.

Yup and change white wine to brown ale

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

@@jakeflfirelegend5377 in Manchester?

Matthew Lacey London

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

+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).

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

+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.

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.

+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.

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.

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

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 🥲

❤️

​, 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....

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

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

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

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.

I hope it was the best one yet!

❤

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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 ! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

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

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.

@@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.

@@2fast2block Please see a therapist.

@@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.

@@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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

+Jonathan Halloran well too bad it did

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

newbrg You are wise sir

+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.

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

Exactly this, so brilliant...

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.

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

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

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

crasowl

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

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

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

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.

Scott M. it got me too..

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

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.

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

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 :)

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

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

+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!)

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

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

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.

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

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

Gay

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!

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

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

The warning never helps though

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.

It's beautiful tat's why.

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

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

@@Char_siu_Lo_mai_fan I be youtubing HARD this holiday season

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.

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

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

jeremybr2020 n

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

Yes I'm crying.

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

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.

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.

@@2fast2block oh go away!

@@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.

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

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

@@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.

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

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

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

+CaptainElisabeth Gets me earlier than that! ;)

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

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

Good wishes to you.

I'm so glad you're still with us. We're with you too.

Keep fighting, my friend!

There's a powerful person behind this little post.

I notice you...

I'm glad to have the company

Onya rev

Booooo

I'm raising my kids on this one.

atheist hymn XD

There are only a few Christmas songs I like, most are intolerable after a couple listens. This one is the perfect song to me.

I’m a follower of Yeshua (AKA Jesus) so yes, a Christian, and this is one of my favorite songs of the season. ♡

@@rusticblue why is yeshua called jesus, if i may ask?

It's shite, it's like a 5 year old has wrote it .

That definitely hits hard.

I feel you. I am a kiwi and haven't been home for 7 years. Two new nephews, I have never met. I was meant to go home last Christmas.