Answer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11583702

gistfile1.cs

[DebuggerDisplay("{Title}, Desc({Description}), Link({Link})")]
public class Item
{
    public Item(XElement x)
    {
        Title = x.Element("title").Value;
        Description = x.Element("description").Value;
        XElement link = x.Element("link");
        if(null != link)
            Link = link.Value;
        XElement cc = x.Element("channelContents");
        if (null != cc)
            Items = cc.Elements("item").Select(c => new Item(c)).ToArray();
    }
    public string Title;
    public string Description;
    public string Link;
    public Item[] Items;
}

// You fill it using:

Items[] items = XElement.Load(file).Elements("item").Select(i => new Item(i)).ToArray();