@@ZeniJocasta yep! malinda has also clearly been practicing she is so hard working you can hear it from the smoothness of her voice and she didnt have a single flat note so hats off to her!
Yeah, but it will take some time for planets to form, and an habitable zone to be established and life to evolve, but then, we're all set and can finally kiss humanity farewell.
I truly enjoyed this song and actually relate. I was wanting Christmas to be absolutely perfect and I was pretty upset when my family had different views but thinking that those imperfections were fun small quirks to look forward to makes me feel a lot better.
I went sledding today and my boots were too small. I’m just starting to gain feeling in my toes again. Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, merry kwanza and a happy new year to all!
You forgot Yule (the original seasonal celebration). :-P PS: Before I get hellfire replies, while my comment contains truth, the point was to laugh at those who think Christmas is the only holiday and complain when others say "Happy Holidays." Thus, any hellfire replies in my direction shall be henceforth considered those who are arrogantly religious and think their holiday is all that matters. Merry Yuwanzaahanukristmas. Or to put it simply, I hope everyone's Solstice is wonderful! Be safe out there.
@@JeremyEllwood yay cool! merry or happy yule to you. and yes i hate it when people are arrogant and believe there are only certain religions.. if i say happy holidays is that fine?
@@yourlocalcupofconfusion322 Fine with me. Perfect with me. I wish it was for more people though. :( I think "Happy Holidays" is, in fact, the exact greeting that should be used unless you know the beliefs of the recipient of your message and use accordingly. I find it interesting (and infuriating) that those who try to force impose their religion on others complain that saying "Happy Holidays" is others negating their own religion. I'm gonna stop talkin now before I go into a full on rant! LOL
Should get ^THIS on the radio, instead of mostly just commercials :) Thank you for the lovely tune, wonderfully performed! PS Love the subtle nod to Wonderful Christmastime in the last line of the chorus.
I love Malinda, because she doesn't tell "BE HAPPY", "BE HAPPY", "DECIDE TO BE HAPPY, AS IT IS GOOD", but makes one feel better by sharing her pain and giving optimistic vibes at the same time!
I love this song when I heard this at the Christmas concert and I been waiting for it to be released I love it then and I love it even more then thank you malinda this remind me of my Christmas and I love this song thank you and merry Christmas to you 😇🙏❤️😀🙏🙏❤️😇🙏🙏❤️🙏😇🙏❤️❤️😇🙏🙏😇❤️❤️🙏😇😇🙏
Oh Malinda, I've been having a really rough time the past few days for a variety of reasons. Something about this song really cheered me up [ and almost made me cry in a good way ], at least for the moment. So thank you. I'll definitely be listening to this again. [ And again, and again. ]
This made me cry. I can’t see my mum and dad and brother for Christmas this year and I’m really missing all our perfectly imperfect Christmas rituals. Beautiful song. Merry Christmas everyone xx
I heard you sing this at the Thomas Sanders concert and I just about cried. I felt like every line was about my family (and you know, this year is different so...). Thank you for such a beautiful song 💜
A little late here, but this is what I call a heart warming christmas song. This should get played up and down on the radio, not freakin' "Last Christmas" for the millionth time.
Just heard this song for the first time and I love it....lol.... definitely should be played on every radio station around the world leading up to Christmas.
I love hearing about other people's Christmas traditions like this. Definitely different to ours and yet also very familiar. Something about the song is both extremely soothing and uplifting. You won another spot on my Christmas playlist this year, you're on 3 songs now! The others are Mary Did You Know and Little Love, both of which also have that lovely warmth that's so central to Christmas for me.
Here I am sitting in my apartment, 200 km from the family gathering know that I won't make the trip (Thee hours by train, a suitable safety margin of at least two hours, and then another three hours by boat.) and just feeling sad about it.
I have 22 hours by bus and 9 more by train so I think you can try. I went past two years back home on holidays but this year I won't because of personal issues.
@@gabriellel1118 Yes, of course it is Covid. I got a "care package" from my sister and I am cat sitting for a friend, so things turned out ok all things considered.
We mere mortals will never understand the minds of musical geniuses. I couldn't come up with such a masterpiece if I dedicated my life to it, but Malinda can churn them out like bread rolls!
The bit about family games made me chuckle :) I don't often play board games with my family lately, but back when we did over Christmas, I somehow always lost at Monopoly. (And suspiciously, my sister always wanted to be the banker...) Also, this has just been added to my holiday music playlist :)
couldn’t help but notice that the four corner stars in the video follow the pattern of the most common conducted rhythm, which is down, left, right, up, which my music teacher fought the whole orchestra so he would pick people at random to go up and conduct. personally i did always think it looked a bit like a star too😅✨✨💖
This is the perfect song to remind ourselves that it isn't the perfect holiday settings that we tend to remember, but those eventful moments that would be perceived as "event breakers". I hope to have many more of these in the days to come.
I lost my dad 10 days ago. So, thinking about this Christmas coming up, hearing this song - listing all of our family traditions.... it’s perfectly imperfect. Honestly brought me to tears. Thank you.
Malinda you did it. You put into words why it’s important to us, even when it’s just the same thing every year. It’s a routine, but it’s a routine that helps us stay sane.
Melinda is a gift for all of us all around the world. You are always a delight to watch and listen to. May you have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
I love this song so much, so much of these traditions are like mine and I like to listen to remind myself that I can still celebrate mine even when the rest of my family has to celebrate them far away from me.
This deserves to be one of the Christmas songs that's always on the radio and becomes a Christmas classic
agreed.
Last Christmas..this one could be it, ffs.
Agreeeeeeeed!!!
Yah
Some people like to play loud blaring music so the radio ignores this beauty
Agreed
Who else thinks this should be a Christmas hit????
IM THE 100TH LIKE!!!!
@@tekfeng good job terrence
me!
@@kirtu9035 FAR better than the majority of songs I hear on the radio every day. I could listen to this all day!
@@ZeniJocasta yep! malinda has also clearly been practicing she is so hard working you can hear it from the smoothness of her voice and she didnt have a single flat note so hats off to her!
Right away, this just became part of my Christmas Playlist. It is getting played every year, as we decorate our tree. LOOOOOVE IT!!!
I recommend ‘I’m gonna kill Santa clause’ by Danny Gonzalos. (I think that how you spell it)
@@luckyducky5213 that one is great
SAME! :)
@@luckyducky5213 I love that song! And Danny!
Haha me too!
Imperfect?
Nah, a song from Malinda makes it the perfect Christmas
pREACH
Agreed merry Christmas
it’s you again- but yeah
I see you EVERYWHERE lol
@Eleanor Byrne Avery the Cuban-American, the person who made the comment.
With that voice, that face, and the ability to emote so many expressions, Malinda should be in Hollywood. A star is born!
Yeah, but it will take some time for planets to form, and an habitable zone to be established and life to evolve, but then, we're all set and can finally kiss humanity farewell.
Nah, Hollywood is rough on people... Melinda is perfect just the way she is.
@@schwarzeseis4031 well said.
She's too good for Hollywood
I truly enjoyed this song and actually relate. I was wanting Christmas to be absolutely perfect and I was pretty upset when my family had different views but thinking that those imperfections were fun small quirks to look forward to makes me feel a lot better.
I Literally Thought you were Jaiden Animations for a sec haha 😅
@@rubymack4914 Oh, I can see how you thought that with the purple and everything hah 😅
@@freybel327 I confuse people for another person alot 😅
Freya's a pretty name btw 😊
@@rubymack4914 Oh thank you! I love your name as well.
Plans never work out perfectly.
You should always be ready to improvise a little bit.
this song sooooo fits the world right now
Y O S
Those drawings are literally better than I could ever draw.
ikr
Big mood, lol.
I don’t understand those 7 people who disliked this (3 hours after she posted)
Geez, in an hour it’s up to nine
@@juniperjones4310 20 mins later now it's 12 😭
Me aswell
Probably bots or just really bored people.
They got offended of how accurate this is
I went sledding today and my boots were too small. I’m just starting to gain feeling in my toes again. Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, merry kwanza and a happy new year to all!
yesss everyone cuz not everyone celebrates christmas. happy holidays!
I wish it was snowing here. Sledgeing and snow is the best but it looks like we wont get snow this year again. 😢
You forgot Yule (the original seasonal celebration). :-P
PS: Before I get hellfire replies, while my comment contains truth, the point was to laugh at those who think Christmas is the only holiday and complain when others say "Happy Holidays." Thus, any hellfire replies in my direction shall be henceforth considered those who are arrogantly religious and think their holiday is all that matters.
Merry Yuwanzaahanukristmas.
Or to put it simply, I hope everyone's Solstice is wonderful! Be safe out there.
@@JeremyEllwood yay cool! merry or happy yule to you. and yes i hate it when people are arrogant and believe there are only certain religions.. if i say happy holidays is that fine?
@@yourlocalcupofconfusion322 Fine with me. Perfect with me. I wish it was for more people though. :(
I think "Happy Holidays" is, in fact, the exact greeting that should be used unless you know the beliefs of the recipient of your message and use accordingly.
I find it interesting (and infuriating) that those who try to force impose their religion on others complain that saying "Happy Holidays" is others negating their own religion.
I'm gonna stop talkin now before I go into a full on rant! LOL
This is hands down the most honest christmas carol ive ever heard.
This hits the mark, though the snowman isn't pulling his weight in this duet.
I tried to make my own gingerbread house from scratch this year. It didn’t work so I frosted all the panels and called it 2020 the gingerbread house
“Wear that one nice dress to church, otherwise it’s PJs”
Relatable!
Should get ^THIS on the radio, instead of mostly just commercials :) Thank you for the lovely tune, wonderfully performed!
PS Love the subtle nod to Wonderful Christmastime in the last line of the chorus.
It’s not even close to Christmas, but this is my new favorite song
Well this Christmas time is perfectly perfect with this song.
YAY YAY YAY!!!!!! My new favorite Christmas song uploaded on my BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER, I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH
Happy birthday!
happy birthday!!
Happy birthday!!
Happy birthday
@@Noera3 She played it at her live shows with Thomas Sanders this past weekend :)
I love Malinda, because she doesn't tell "BE HAPPY", "BE HAPPY", "DECIDE TO BE HAPPY, AS IT IS GOOD", but makes one feel better by sharing her pain and giving optimistic vibes at the same time!
" 'Cause we make the light when the sun refuses to shine" Ohhh I love that line so much 💛💛💛
this song is perfect to this specific imperfect xmax, let us make as perfect as we can but what is perfect?
Now it's springtime and I still smile listening this :)
This is beautiful and amazing, so far my favorite Christmas song
I love this song when I heard this at the Christmas concert and I been waiting for it to be released I love it then and I love it even more then thank you malinda this remind me of my Christmas and I love this song thank you and merry Christmas to you 😇🙏❤️😀🙏🙏❤️😇🙏🙏❤️🙏😇🙏❤️❤️😇🙏🙏😇❤️❤️🙏😇😇🙏
It’s August yet here I am, listening to my favorite Christmas song. 😅
Elise Ecklund and Malinda both posting Christmas videos today-Christmas has come early!
Super cute !! 🎄🎁❄⛄✨
Oh Malinda, I've been having a really rough time the past few days for a variety of reasons. Something about this song really cheered me up [ and almost made me cry in a good way ], at least for the moment. So thank you. I'll definitely be listening to this again. [ And again, and again. ]
Melinda’s voice shows its beauty in this song.
This made me cry. I can’t see my mum and dad and brother for Christmas this year and I’m really missing all our perfectly imperfect Christmas rituals. Beautiful song. Merry Christmas everyone xx
I love the message of this. Because it is the imperfections that make life special. If everything went as planned it would be boring.
I heard you sing this at the Thomas Sanders concert and I just about cried. I felt like every line was about my family (and you know, this year is different so...). Thank you for such a beautiful song 💜
I hope you have a Happy Holidays Malinda! 🎄🎅🎅🎄. Lovely Song!❤
A little late here, but this is what I call a heart warming christmas song. This should get played up and down on the radio, not freakin' "Last Christmas" for the millionth time.
Gosh watching this live killed me and now I can listen to it on repeat for hours-
Perfectly imperfect. Sums up this year pretty well.
Or just tragic lmao
Merry Christmas, Malinda. And all of y'all reading this.
Love you malinda! I swear you are literally the only thing keeping me sane!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Also love the riff
Wonderful! Another Christmas classic! A keeper. Thank you.
This song proves that its all the little things and traditions that makes Christmas special!
It’s past Christmas, I’m Jewish, and yet I watched this 5 times and cried. You’re absolutely amazing
Malinda you are a great singer......and also really good at warming my heart to the North Pole and back through hard times 💙🎅🎄❄🔥
This deserves to play on the radio every day forever
I love bittersweet songs. For some reason, it's just more palatable than an all sweet song imo.
This is so cute! I like it a lot more than the same old "All I Want for Christmas is You" type songs. This is really original.
This is 100% accurate
Just heard this song for the first time and I love it....lol.... definitely should be played on every radio station around the world leading up to Christmas.
I love hearing about other people's Christmas traditions like this. Definitely different to ours and yet also very familiar. Something about the song is both extremely soothing and uplifting. You won another spot on my Christmas playlist this year, you're on 3 songs now! The others are Mary Did You Know and Little Love, both of which also have that lovely warmth that's so central to Christmas for me.
Just love her voice, it's like a warm blanket on a cold snowy night!
This is amazing and so beautiful, I totaly love this. Thank you so much ❤️❤️
Here I am sitting in my apartment, 200 km from the family gathering know that I won't make the trip (Thee hours by train, a suitable safety margin of at least two hours, and then another three hours by boat.) and just feeling sad about it.
I have 22 hours by bus and 9 more by train so I think you can try. I went past two years back home on holidays but this year I won't because of personal issues.
@@katerynadr covid, man, even if they could i doubt they should
It doesn't help, I know, but you're not alone in your lonely this year.
Just try to stay optimistic 🎄
Merry Christmas guys. We won't have a family gathering this year, but if you do, please stay safe and be careful
@@gabriellel1118 Yes, of course it is Covid. I got a "care package" from my sister and I am cat sitting for a friend, so things turned out ok all things considered.
This is what a true American Idol, The Voice, America's Got Talent winner looks like. Not the crap we see today. Malinda is truly a musical treasure.
That little vocal run at the end ❤️
Happy holidays, no matter what you celebrate 🥳💖
The tone Malinda has makes me sad, and wistful
We mere mortals will never understand the minds of musical geniuses. I couldn't come up with such a masterpiece if I dedicated my life to it, but Malinda can churn them out like bread rolls!
Perfectly imperfect.... Perfect phrase.
I don't even celebrate Christmas but I could still relate with the lyrics.
Great voice!
This is thee most honestly truest Christmas song of all time! The Christmas I'll be listening too every year ☺️
I love you Malinda and you've made my holiday season so much better
Here year after year, still love this song. Happy Christmas Time
Beautiful (im)perfect song amazing animations and incredible voice 🥰
This song is still part of my holiday tradition, and it's wonderful to revisit it year after year. Thank you so much, Malinda!
❤️ I love this so much and only 10 seconds in!!! You are so special MALINDA I hope ur Christmas is as amazing as you- you deserve it!
The bit about family games made me chuckle :) I don't often play board games with my family lately, but back when we did over Christmas, I somehow always lost at Monopoly. (And suspiciously, my sister always wanted to be the banker...)
Also, this has just been added to my holiday music playlist :)
couldn’t help but notice that the four corner stars in the video follow the pattern of the most common conducted rhythm, which is down, left, right, up, which my music teacher fought the whole orchestra so he would pick people at random to go up and conduct. personally i did always think it looked a bit like a star too😅✨✨💖
This is the perfect song to remind ourselves that it isn't the perfect holiday settings that we tend to remember, but those eventful moments that would be perceived as "event breakers". I hope to have many more of these in the days to come.
As always, you grabbed me by the heartstrings. God bless you, Angel.
i totally forgot how beautiful your voice is malinda thank you for existing :)
Her voice is amazing!
I lost my dad 10 days ago. So, thinking about this Christmas coming up, hearing this song - listing all of our family traditions.... it’s perfectly imperfect. Honestly brought me to tears. Thank you.
Finally a Christmas song I cannot stop listening to 🎶🎅🏻☃️🎶 you're the best 🤗
Your voice is so beautiful, thanks for this holiday charm. You’ve helped me feel a little more festive in a less festive than usual year ❤️❤️❤️
I'm not even joking this song almost made me cry because I related to it so much
Waiting to hear this on 88.7 soon. Beautiful.
This is a new Christmas classic
Malinda you did it. You put into words why it’s important to us, even when it’s just the same thing every year. It’s a routine, but it’s a routine that helps us stay sane.
This song was perfect! It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside (:
Aww this is the best Christmas song, it's perfect!!!
You can hear the smiles in your music
This is so freaking beautiful and should be one of those songs that plays on the radio every single year
This is really lovely 🤗💖
Your voice..... What can I say except amazing, gorgeous, beautiful song. Keep up the songs. You were blessed with a beautiful voice
Still one of my favourite Christmas songs
Malinda is so pretty. I don't know why I suddenly noticed this, but she is GEORGEOUS.
Melinda is a gift for all of us all around the world. You are always a delight to watch and listen to. May you have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!
I’m not even finished and I already love this! It’s so beautiful and your voice is so wonderful. You’re so amazing!
This has solidified my opinion that Malinda is the best singer ever
OMG!!! I LOVE all of your songs and eveything so much!!! Thank you for making this! Anyone reading this gets good luck for a week!! Have a great day
Haven’t even watched the vid yet but i love this
Love this so much! Just about to put the tree up and this is such a vibe ❤
I love this song so much, so much of these traditions are like mine and I like to listen to remind myself that I can still celebrate mine even when the rest of my family has to celebrate them far away from me.
A very nice, very sweet song. I'm gettin a little bit emotional about this, Christmas traditions are important in my family too.
This is amazing!!!!!
Wow this brings back childhood memories
This song is more accurate than I expected it to be.
It was beautiful.
You do such wonderful things with your voice. Kudo's to you and Hannah for writing this song - you make a great team.
That was so sweet and wonderful. I hope you had a good Christmas 🎄
Wow. Merry Christmas to you.