Even if you think you’ve heard your fill of the usual holiday standards or are agnostic to it altogether, it’s hard to deny the allure of something so earnest within the musical fireplace hearth of Dougie Poole singing something and making a new tradition out of an old one for all of those yuletide playlists. After venturing to Cancun for the holiday season last year, the Brooklyn country crooner keeps plans understated with a hint of pedal steel and that buttery croon beneath the mistletoe on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”. Yes, the season’s charm may have warn off on the world outside, but Dougie can bring a a hint of magic back in if you let him.

Dougie Poole’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” single is available now on Wharf Cat Records.