"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - She & Him duet with Conan O'Brien

You may or not be aware of She & Him, the band comprised of folk musician M Ward and Zooey Deschanel - the gorgeous one from Elf, Yes Man, 500 Days of Summer etc. They make gentle, warm acoustic folk music where simplicity is the buzz word.



There's a lot of crap spouted about She & Him. Overly twee, sickeningly sweet, forced, are just a few of the judgements passed on them and their music. Poor Zooey draws a lot of the abuse as well from snobbish indie types who say she embodies a fake idea of what an "indie" girl in "indie" films and "indie" music is, due to the roles she picks and because she's so doe-eyed, stop dead in your tracks beautiful.

But I think those kind of insults and such totally miss the point and show an inability for snobbish indie types to let their guards down and just enjoy music that is simple, sweet, heartfelt and organic. And in this festive season, She & Him have allowed their wonderfully disarming sweetness to shine through in a private duet of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" which they performed with US talk show host Conan O'Brien in his dressing room when they visited his show.

The performance is sweet, open, cosy, friendly, warm and Christmassy. I just wanted to share it in the hope of injecting some warm Christmas cheer into your day :) It makes me feel like I'm watching Elf all over again...