She only wanted her daddy for Christmas: Robin shaw's holiday tearjerker in October
The retold Short drew close to a million views in half a day, and its comment section turned into a place for people to write about their own fathers.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,383,590 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (92,736).
She Only Wanted Her Daddy for Christmas ❤️🩹
"She Only Wanted Her Daddy for Christmas" is a short holiday story about a little girl whose one Christmas wish is to see her father. It is the newest upload on Robin shaw, a channel that, in its own words, shortens long stories from around the internet and retells them with its own voiceover and commentary.
It arrived a full eleven weeks before Christmas, and the calendar did not slow it down. Twelve hours after going up it was nearing a million views, on a channel where a new Short usually ends its whole first day far below that.
The moment viewers mention most is the reunion. Many describe the girl's sadness when her father is missing, then her joy when he turns up at her school. The comments arrived several times faster than on the channel's usual first day, and a good number of them are less about the video than about the people writing: someone who lost a dad on Christmas, someone who would like to hug a grandfather one more time.
This fits the channel's rhythm. Every title in its recent run ends with the same mended-heart emoji, from a rescued boy to a dog who stopped dancing, and each lands differently. The firefighter story posted the day before this one has stayed quiet, while the dancing dog has kept climbing toward two and a half million. Meanwhile, the subscriber count has passed 524,000.
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What viewers say
That is a beautiful memory for the little girl. She was so happy when she saw her dad.😊😊
@CieloRamirez-f1mSee it on YouTubeThat was the best gift she ever got
@CarmenMartin-w1dSee it on YouTubeCelebrating Christmas With Your Family It's The Best Gift Of All
@RoseAnnDemeterio-x3lSee it on YouTube
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Aww🥹🥹🥹🥹 feel so bad for her she must feel so happy now
@Harley_2268See it on YouTubeaww shes so heartbroken after her dad wasnt there and her dad came to her school😢 thats so sadd😢😢😢😢
@JoyceSulatanSee it on YouTubeI cried 😭🥹
@athinanik5653See it on YouTubeAwww so sweet
@KaterinCarballokSee it on YouTubeAw 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
@LilianneJawad-t2fSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- Robin shaw
- Subscribers
- 524,000 ▲ 52,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 11,115,717
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,542,653 (on a normal day: 2,214,940)
- Video published
- October 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 941,654 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,383,590
The numbers
The numbers show a Short that ran far past the channel's usual first day, during a week when subscribers kept arriving.
💡 Test your knowledge
Who recorded the 1994 hit "All I Want for Christmas Is You"?
Mariah Carey co-wrote and recorded the song for her 1994 album Merry Christmas.



