Calling and Not Calling My Ex Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Targetpractice.v01 

Cover art for Calling and Not Calling My Ex lyrics by Okkervil River

"And you won't wait for me in some secluded stand of trees some Christmas Eve some god was kind enough to set aside"

I am almost certain that this is a (brilliant) reference to another brilliant song, performed by Iron & Wine and Calexico on their joint album "In the Reins".

http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858559693

The song is "Sixteen Maybe Less" and the line that is most closely referenced is "My brother told me he saw you there In the woods one Christmas Eve, waiting."

The plots of these two songs make for a great comparison and contrast.