Paul McCartney sets record straight on whether his…
Paul McCartney is setting the record straight on the rumors surrounding his hit Christmas tune.
The former Beatle addressed theories that his 1979 vacation tune “Wonderful Christmastime” encourages witchcraft and wizardry in a new Vevo Footnotes music video for the tune launched Dec. 18.
“There is a theory online that the song is about people practicing witchcraft, getting found out, and trying to cover it up,” McCartney, 83, wrote.
Paul McCartney and his band Wings during the 1979 music video for “Wonderful Christmastime.” Paul McCartney/YouTube
Linda and Paul McCartney in the music video for the hit Wings vacation basic. Paul McCartney/YouTube
“Thank goodness they found me out,” he joked. “This is completely true and in actual fact, I am the head wizard of a Liverpool coven. Either that…or it’s complete nonsense. And you know it’s the latter!”
McCartney, who carried out “Wonderful Christmastime” with his band Wings toward the end of the group’s 1971 to 1981 run, beforehand opened up about the wild witchcraft theories surrounding the tune in 2022.
At the time, the “Band on the Run” hitmaker explained that followers have been most seemingly mistaking the road “the mood is right” for “the moon is right.”
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison in 1965. REUTERS
The Beatles in February 1964. REUTERS
“The thing is about this stuff, it’s so easy to convince half the people in the world,” he acknowledged. “You do have to be a little bit careful!”
Elsewhere in the newly launched Vevo Footnotes video, McCartney explained the true inspiration behind his vacation basic.
“I like the idea of Christmas songs purely because they only come around at Christmas!” the 19-time Grammy winner shared.
Paul McCartney opened up about the real inspiration behind “Wonderful Christmastime” in a new Vevo Footnotes music video for the tune. Paul McCartney/YouTube
The former Beatle insisted that his fashionable vacation observe was not about witchcraft and wizardry. Paul McCartney/YouTube
“They remind us of the fun atmosphere of the whole season, and when I was writing ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ I was trying to capture that party aspect,” he added.
McCartney went on to clarify that he needed to seize the vacation season he skilled in Liverpool, where he and his former Beatles bandmates all grew up before changing into global superstars.
“I’m thinking about Liverpool Christmas parties, that’s really all I’m doing with that song,” he said before itemizing off the observe’s lyrics. “You know, all the stuff you do at Christmas. Particularly with my old Liverpool family parties.”
Wings at Abbey Road Studios to record “Venus and Mars” on Nov. 15, 1974. Getty Images
Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney and Denny Laine recording in London, England, on Nov. 21, 1973. Getty Images
The music video for “Wonderful Christmastime” was reportedly filmed at two separate places as Wings ready for its 1979 tour across the UK: the Fountain Inn in Ashurst, West Sussex, and the Hippodrome Theatre in Eastbourne.
Directed by Russell Mulcahy of future “Highlander” fame, the video featured McCartney, his then-wife and Wings bandmate Linda McCartney and guitarist Denny Laine.
“Sometimes people will go into a shop and hear the song a little too much, but I don’t care!” the “Jet” singer wrote. “I’m happy!”
Paul McCartney performing during the Glastonbury Festival on June 25, 2022. Getty Images
Paul McCartney during a live performance at the TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Canada, on Nov. 21, 2025. AP
McCartney has only performed “Wonderful Christmastime” live around 12 occasions since its release more than 45 years in the past, per Rolling Stone.
The music legend carried out it most not too long ago during a show in Manchester, England, in December 2024.
Before that, he performed the vacation hit in 2018 and, before that, during a memorable look with the forged of “Sing” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in 2016.
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