[7] In December 2009, the track "White Wine in the Sun", which depicts Minchin's experience of Australian Christmas, was released as a downloadable single online.
Fans on Minchin's official forum launched a campaign to get the track into the Christmas charts by purchasing it from various online download retailers.
[10] The bid was ultimately unsuccessful in the face of huge publicity around the battle between Rage Against the Machine and Joe McElderry, but Minchin told fans he was grateful for the effort behind the campaign.
The initial verse and chorus structure juxtaposes scepticism of religion with love of family, and the listener thinks they have the measure of the song.
"[12] A studio version of "White Wine in the Sun" was recorded in 2012 and all proceeds taken in December were raised for the National Autism Society.