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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 ❤️‍🩹

"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 YouTube
  • That was the best gift she ever got
    @CarmenMartin-w1dSee it on YouTube
  • Celebrating Christmas With Your Family It's The Best Gift Of All
    @RoseAnnDemeterio-x3lSee it on YouTube
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The facts
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.

the video's first day
usual first day here
92,736
this video
1,383,590
subscribers
524,000
▲ 52,000 in the last 7 days
total views
351,846,019
views per day
1,542,653
typical day: 2,214,940
the video
views
941,654
likes
12,289
comments
73
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Robin shaw
524,000
As of October 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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