Hot Country Knights are giving the holiday playlist a very questionable gift. The band will release its four-song Christmas project O Holy Knight on November 20, and the first single, “Mrs. Claus,” arrived November 6 with a music video to match.
If your Christmas rotation needs a break from perfect snowfalls and well-behaved people, this announcement has your number. Doug Douglason and the boys are bringing their country comedy to mistletoe, bad decisions and the strange week between Christmas and New Year’s.
Mrs. Claus starts the holiday trouble
The lead single takes a familiar country setup, an affair with someone whose spouse is out working, and moves it to the North Pole. According to the announcement, Douglason reconnects with an old flame while her husband makes his annual Christmas deliveries. Subtlety apparently did not make the packing list.
Fans can listen to “Mrs. Claus” now and watch the official music video. Dierks Bentley and Jim Beavers return as producers on the project.
O Holy Knight track list
- Call Me Santa (ft. Deez Chest-Nutz)
- Mrs. Claus
- Mr. Mistletoe
- Happy Holitaint
“Call Me Santa” opens the collection with holiday romance, while “Mr. Mistletoe” takes that pursuit to the honky-tonk. “Happy Holitaint,” sung by Marty Ray “Rayro” Roburn, closes things out in the calendar limbo after Christmas.
Country music has plenty of room for a joke, especially when the joke knows its way around a cheating song. This is a Christmas release built for the grown-ups who appreciate the Knights’ ongoing commitment to taking themselves far too seriously.
