The song describes Dominick, a donkey who helps Santa Claus bring presents ("made in Brooklyn") to children in Italy due to the reindeer, despite their flight, being unable to climb the mountainous terrain.

In the week leading up to Christmas of 2011, the show hinted at listeners to download the song from iTunes and Amazon.

In 2023, the song was covered by The Philly Specials – a vocal trio composed of Philadelphia Eagles offensive linemen Lane Johnson, Jason Kelce, and Jordan Mailata – featuring Jason’s brother and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

[9][10] The lyrics in this release are altered slightly to state that the presents Dominick is carrying for the children of Italy were "made in South Philly" – Philadelphia's traditional Italian immigrant neighborhood – rather than in New York City’s traditional Italian immigrant borough of Brooklyn.

[14] The War on Drugs’s drummer Charlie Hall, who produced the full album, said of the song: “We turned it into this lysergic fever dream.