Super Quick Linq to XML

contacts.xml

<contacts>
  <contact id="1">
    <firstName>Orlando</firstName>
    <lastName>Karam</lastName>
  </contact>
  <contact id="2">
    <firstName>Lina</firstName>
    <lastName>Colli</lastName>
  </contact>
</contacts>

sample.cs

XDocument loaded = XDocument.Load(@"C:\contacts.xml");

var contacts = from c in loaded.Descendants("contact")
        select new {
						id=(int)c.Attribute("id"),
						name=(string)c.Element("firstName")  +" " +(string)c.Element("lastName"),
						
					};

foreach (var c in contacts)
    Console.WriteLine("Contact: id={0}, name = {1}", c.id, c.name);