There are several theories about what this song means. The songwriter, Robin Pecknold, from the original artists (Fleet Foxes) has said he didn't intend for it to have a lot of meaning, just a nice gentle choral piece to start their 2008 album. But when he wrote it he was thinking about many of his childhood friends whose friendship he lost when they got involved with drugs and crime. He was visualizing himself walking through the snow and his friends one by one losing their childhood innocence and falling behind.

I imagine the rest of them stumbling through while Kevin looks on indulgently at his uncoordinated friends! The original Fleet Foxes song has a very trippy video online if you want to explore the song a little more. I love that you have so thoroughly accepted Pentatonix and continue to feature them. Let us know about your concert experience! Peace …

They recorded this in 2014 but it took them until last years Christmas tour to finally perform it. There is a video somewhere of Scott commenting at the first show about them finally feeling grown up enough to perform it live

I watched them do this on stage 2 nights ago!!!! They didn't mess up a single time :D

Have you reacted to Kevin’s solo stuff yet? It’s amazing how he works on his own and shows his talents

You really need too watch Mitch’s solo song, “ your Power “. You’ll love it. ❤❤❤❤❤

They’re still doing that live on stage on their present tour too! I believe Scott did mess up once- but nobody cared. Just shows they’re human after all!

Did you know, the band had floor teleprompters installed for shows due to Scott forgetting the words!!! He admitted almost every show he messes up and Mitch... To the rescue... Hahaha

HOW WAS THE CONCERT?!?!?

This is from their 2014 "That's Christmas to Me" album. Some songs on their Christmas albums are not about Christmas; they include songs about winter, religion or just about enjoying time with family and friends.

Kevin was probably saying "come on you slouches, get it together, this is nothing!" Also, when you were talking about Avi, it struck me for the first time that Matt, when he joined the group, had to learn their entire back catalog and get all Avi's parts down pat. Now that's having some big shoes to fill! 🙀

Its amazing that they are doing this live and they don't mess it up, lol. I do believe there is a clap track being played when they are live. In fact there is a video of a show where it was messed up so they had to skip the song and come back to it later in the show. But they do the motions live and you hear that, too, and their voices live of course!

Avi was the one having the most trouble. They never did this live with him. They first did it live on last years Christmas tour

Lucky you. Their live concerts are phenomenal. I saw them in concert 7-9 years ago (don't recall what year) when Avi was in the group. In the summer of 2017, when Avi announced he was leaving, their regular supply of new releases stopped. I was so disappointed, BUT then I found Dimash. Pentaholics often become Dears, too.

I saw their Christmas tour and they did perform this song and it was fantastic!!!!!!

I think there is a video of making this and how Scott messes up the most! 😂😂 On your they use a track for the sounds, but they do ALL the hand movements while singing. Still amazing to witness!

I remember seeing a behind the scenes video of them learning this. It was really funny. I just don't remember where the video was

They did it spectacularly well live. Very impressive!

I’ve seen them do it live…on a video, of course, of a live concert. They did the clapping choreo. I haven’t had the happiness of seeing them live. Hope you enjoyed the concert.

I saw them do this live……WAS AMAZING. I think Kevin had the easiest time with this! 😉

I was at the first show of their Christmas tour, when they did this live for the very first time. It was stunning. I was in awe…. I recorded part of it, but I was fumbling around so I have up and just enjoyed it.

Tried to send the link…but it disappeared…just type in “White Winter Hymnal Clapping Tutorial” to see PTX teaching the “clapping” routine of this video…..individually and then the whole group…..it’s really fun!!!!!

This is right up there with "Aha!" as a candidate for the most peculiar song Pentatonix sings. It seems to be a cheerful little song about decapitation. My guess is that they do it specifically for the cool hand choreography. I've seen a video of them practicing the hand choreography, but I don't remember where; I'm just certain that it took a LOT of practice.

I hope you’ll listen to more of Avi solo soon!

This is the final multiple-wonderful songs that cemented my Pentaholic convert status. Did you see the video of Scott, Mitch & Kirsty in their High School Show Choir video? The core trio has been friends for a long time.

They do this on tour and they never miss👍👍👍

My high school daughter’s choir did this in Orlando at Disney Springs. 5 kids did the what PTX is doing and the rest of the choir supported their vocals.

The use of "hymnal" in the title by the original artists was just to indicate the genre, I guess so people people wouldn't be surprised since this wasn't their typical style. Just like not all Christmas/religious songs are hymns, not all hymns are religious music. Still it's on one of their 1st Christmas albums since it's a winter song & so pretty. Honestly you could put this on repeat & use it to fall asleep to. 😍

I’ve seen them live several times; the claps are soundtracked in.

I saw them perform this live in August with Matt and it was amazing!

Just wait til you watch their CAROL OF THE BELLS !!

This is beauty and cruelty. Like an old Greek myth.

This would be a nightmare if I were asked to do the choreography for this.

If you are checking out their solo upgrades, you have to check out Mitch's cover of Billie Eilish's "Your Power". I enjoy watching your reactions, thank you❤

think you would love Pentatonix - The Recording Of Evergreen. It is amazing!!

Not a Christmas song but disguised as one on their Christmas album. The lyrics are actually quite morbid if you listen. Also don’t go by Scott to determine when something was made go by Mitch. He’s had multiple changing hairstyles and many of us can pinpoint the year by looking at him. Sometimes he even changes his look throughout the year so we can even tell you if it was the first half or 2nd half of a specific year. His beard here and slightly angled bangs mean 2014. His full emo side bangs and clean shaven face are 2015 when sing video was recorded. Color it blonde or purple and you have 2016 up until July when he shaved it completely bald.

💥👉YES! THEY DO THIS LIVE! They are DOING this on tour RIGHT NOW with Matt The Trio Scott, Kirstie and Mitch came up with the clap choreo. Avi struggled some with that clap part. I don't think Kevin had a problem. And contrary to popular belief that they are Perfect Aliens.....They do practice until they get it right!

You see the little smiles at the end , because they know they knocked it out the park. 🤪🤪🤪🤷‍♀️❤️🫶🫶🇬🇧

You do realize that Kevin could do the sound effects all by himself if he needed to.

you should watch their version of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. They won a grammy for it, and interesting to see them do a song with no vocals, also, the video itself is amazing to see.

I asked myself the same thing the first time I saw this how many times they messed this up XD I for sure would accidentally smack someone in the face doing that. Kevin - Mr. Multitasking himself - however looks the most relaxed here. Smiling all through the video. Great reaction!

I was wondering when you would be getting around to this song. You should hear they're new one Creep the vocal range is out there

Someone probably already mentioned this but since you guessed it I want to make sure you know that Scott once said learning the choreography of the songs was the hardest part for him. I may have that wrong but I kind of remember after hearing him say that they rehearsed a dance routine thing he kept getting wrong. He was adorable! They are all adorable! This song had to have taken much practice although as a child many, many years ago we use to do songs and poems to different hand claps, etc. Once you got the rhythm it just happened. Muscle memory I suppose. It really was fun. PTX looks to be having fun unless you look real close and see the concentration. Great reaction.

lyrics for white winter hymnal: i was following the, i was following the, i was following the, i was following the, i was following the, i was following the, i was following the, i was following the, i was following the pack all swallowed in their coats, with scarves of red tied ‘round their throats, to keep their little head from falling in the snow, then i turned ‘round and there you go, and michael you would fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summer time. ooOoOoOoo~ i was following the pack all swallowed in their coats, with scarves of red tied ‘round their throats, to keep their little head from falling in the snow, then i turned ‘round and there you go, and michael you would fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summer time. oOoOoOoO~ i was following the pack all swallowed in their coats, with scarves of red tied ‘round their throats, to keep their little head from falling in the snow, then i turned ‘round and there you go, and michael you would fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summer time.

I was blessed enough to see this live last December in Nashville. Never got to see it with Avi, sadly, but Matt was phenomenal! They all were on point! Absolute perfection

Saw them perform this kast week in London. Always amazes

They did this song live when I saw them last week for the first time it was amazing😊

As a drummer who sang back up this amount of coordination takes practice. I had to use both arms, hands and feet and then added singing, and I had to remember to breathe at the right time. I had to develop a place in my brain in order to do both. I am not as naturally talented as they are so I am not sure if this is easier for them or not. It would be hard to compare. They are absolute unicorns but even unicorns have to practice some.

So different thats what makes it fun to watch and listen too. You're right about Scott and "Sing", i think its the same flannel shirt lol I know I love my flannel. Awesome reaction thx❤

I saw PTX say that Scott screwed up the most. Kirstie really stood out on this singing and looks wise !

Great reaction, thank you. I agree with you that Avi shines. In my opinion, he always does. Please, please react to more of this incredible musician’s solo music, you won’t regret it and many of us will love it. Two suggestions: “When I’m a fool” from his EP “Live at Sunset Sound”, it’s gorgeous. Plus “First place I go”. Please!

They had a video showing each part. I think it had bloopers.

Have you ever seen pentatonix version of Can you feel the love tonight? You'll get a BIG Mitch slap there

Congrats on going to see them live. Is it gift for Mrs. Viking for having you do a video? Thank her for me.

You can tell the age of a recording by how long Avi's beard is. The longer the beard, the more recent the recording. There is also a video with instructions on how to do the actions somewhere.

I’d love too know how long it took too film this. They must have had the biggest laugh doing this. It’s Truly amazing too me. 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤷‍♀️❤️🫶🇬🇧🫶🇬🇧🫶🇬🇧

They played this in perth Australia its a all year round song for me❤

Oh, I saw this song live during their latest Christmas spectacular tour and it was amazing!

I hope you do watch their cover of Creep that is after the costumes were removed on the Masked Singer. It is my new favorite version of that song! You can do their Christmas song any time of year, they are that good. Two of my personal favorites are Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Grammy winner) and Carol of The Bells.

Hope you enjoyed seeing this live! How was your first PTX live show?

Hope all is OK. Can't wait to hear all about your concert experience!

Where are you, Viking? Pentatonix CREEP cover. Be prepared to have it take your breath away! Scottish hi.

This clapping routine was copied a lot by what appear to be high school age people back when it was fresh. I haven't seen it, but there apparently is a video showing them messing up trying to get it right. And there is a brief shot of some of their fans doing the clapping in their "Sing" video.

Avi was always my favorite too!! (Became a round!)

You should look up ‘Avi Kaplan blows a speaker’. He was getting into the song and then BAM! Speaker is gone… I think it was Hit the Road Jack…

Your face is mesmerised watching this 😇

Hiya! Just wanted to say, I saw Pentatonix live in London in May and they performed this one live absolutely perfectly! Apparently it was Avi who struggled most with the choreography and Matt, who had to learn it when he joined in 2017 picked it up pretty quickly. The 'trio' - Scott, Mitch and Kirstie had the most difficult choreo for this. It sounds amazing live. It does sound like a very sweet, light song but if you actulally listen to the original lyrics it's quite dark! 😁

I’m also sure they messed up a lot except for Kevin of course 😘. I can’t wait to hear about ur concert experience ❤️🙌

tick…tick…tick…💥

This is my comfort song. It calms my anxieties.

You can watch, the making of white winter hymnal to see how much the mess up.

I saw them doing it live on TV

They've got a new one. Came out 2 or 3 days ago. It's only audio but holy crap it's insanely good. It's their upgrade of CREEP by Radio head. Astounding ❤😲 I know it will blow your mind.

They do it the way they are doing it now....

Oh they do it live and Matt has it down!

there are live videos of this. amazing.

There is a behind the scenes take of this

Love again is definitely one you should react to. Instead of a Mitch slap you will also get an avi punch 😂

Can't wait for your thoughts after the concert, pls make a video after abt it❤

They filmed an instruction video for others to be able to perform this.

There is definately no clap track. They do this live all the time. Excited for you being able to go see them soon, what you will see is absolute perfection at what they do. They are coming to Oregon / Washington again September 14th, saw them in 2018 and I will be front row and center for this one also.

There is a TikTok out there where they’re practicing this and there are some funny moments with Matt and Scott and Mitch.

Odd song done very well by the remarkable PTX. Avi's bass is just so awesome!!! Ya probably took more than 1 take LOL And yes to probably Scott LOL.

They just released their cover of 'Creep' recently! You should check it out, it was really awesome

There's a video of them learning to do this!

Here is their tutorial for the clapping in this. The outtakes at the end are entertaining. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/es9plNWo2srYpJs.html

Oh apparently there is back stage footage of this. 😂😂😂😂😂

Check out their upgrade of " Come Along". Before you listen to their version, watch the original one because you will definitely get a totally different feeling from each version. I prefer the PTX upgrade, 10 times better.

It was Scott who had the hardest time.

I might have been able to do it 50 years ago but not now. Where does time go?!. Loved your reaction. So glad, and jealous you're getting to go to one of their concerts. Hopefully I can soon. Here is a link to their new video "Creep". Enjoy! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q56pjZeLvJ-0p58.html

Thank you for your reaction. I appreciate your thoughts. Please also react to this 70s group, the Carpenters - and 'We've Only Just Begun'. Thank you. 🙏

There's an actual tutorial on the clapping and slapping!! You can learn it, too.

There is a video of how they did make this and a tutorial to make the movements

They did it in London a week ago :)

👉👉👉FOR YOUR INFORMATION Avi messed up the MOST! But nothing tragic. Avi was/is known for not liking choreograph. Scott, Kirstie and Mitch came up with that choreo!!

I wanna know how many times they f this up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Recommend their cover of Havana.

Not necessarily around the time of SING, Scott wore that flannel a bunch of times (it says Flawless on the back because that’s what Beyoncé called them). Go more by Mitch and Kirstie’s hair. Very different from the SING video.

I think avi has (had) issues with choreography, but at the same time; he is a great dancer! He tends to do his own thing (Elvis vibes come to mind).

I too want too know how long it took too film this. 😂😂😂❤❤