"Hold You (On Christmas Eve)," Carly Thomas (self-issued)

This singer-songwriter from London, Ontario has a nice original holiday love song that I missed in 2015 as it came out very late in the year. Sounds like a cross-border romance, with a boyfriend in NYC while she's back in London; a bit on the nose, perhaps? The duet with the guitar player really sells it, by the way. It's a delightful folk-pop shuffle that will brighten up your mix discs and playlists. UPDATE: Stubby's interpretation is that Mrs. Claus is the narrator here, which is a better interpretation than mine.