For the 5% of you who aren’t familiar with it, here is Tim Minchin’s lovely and touching atheist/ humanist Christmas song, “White Wine in the Sun.” I repost this every year, as part of my holiday tradition thing.
Okay, yes, these days I personally would much rather break bread with Desmond Tutu than Dawkins. But I love the song anyway. This is the animated version of the video, which I’m very fond of. For those who celebrate it — have a happy Christmas! And for those who don’t — have a happy End of December!
Greta Christina is author of four books: Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God, Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why, Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless, and Bending: Dirty Kinky Stories About Pain, Power, Religion, Unicorns, & More.
As we start the fourth week of December, I can now say that my favourite aspect of this song is the absence of any and all jingle bells.
Texas is not quite as warm as Australia this time of the year, but here is our state’s official holiday song –
I cry so hard every time I hear this song that I have forbidden myself from listening to it.
There is an excellent cover version of this song performed by Australian singer / songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke …