Linq to XML with namespaces

gistfile1.cs

    public static class LogQueueHelper
    {

        public const string exampleXml =
       @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>
<events version=""1.2"" xmlns=""http://logging.apache.org/log4net/schemas/log4net-events-1.2"">
<event domain=""MessageDomain"" level=""INFO"" logger=""Logger"" thread=""AMQP Connection amqp-0-9://localhost:5672"" timestamp=""2014-05-08T13:16:02.6990183+01:00"" username=""rsgoheen"">
<message>LogMessage</message>
<properties>
<data name=""log4net:Identity"" value=""""/>
<data name=""log4net:UserName"" value=""rsgoheen""/>
<data name=""log4net:HostName"" value=""localhost""/>
</properties>
</event>
</events>";

        public static void Main()
        {
            foreach (var message in GetMessages(exampleXml))
                Console.WriteLine(message);
        }

        public static IEnumerable<string> GetMessages(string message)
        {
            var xdoc = XDocument.Parse(message);

            foreach (var node in xdoc.Descendants(XName.Get("event", "http://logging.apache.org/log4net/schemas/log4net-events-1.2")))
            {
                yield return node
                    .Descendants(XName.Get("message", "http://logging.apache.org/log4net/schemas/log4net-events-1.2"))
                    .First()
                    .Value;
            }
        }
    }