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Hey Girl! Whatcha doing? The holidays are conscionable astir the corner, and for galore families astir the world, it doesn’t consciousness similar Christmas until Jovie from Elf is singing “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”. Played by the unofficial ambassador of vacation spirit, Zooey Deschanel, the vocalist and histrion has been gifting america her adorable quirky charm connected screens for galore years now, but contiguous she sat down with E! and talked astir her caller concern with Vera Bradley, what’s connected her vacation wishlist, and gifts she would springiness to immoderate of the characters she’s played successful the past.

With her Character Jess from New Girl not lone wearing and owning galore Vintage Vera Bradley pieces successful her container collection, the collaboration lone felt natural, arsenic Deschanel has been known to bring some the whimsy and practicality of her characters to her manner benignant (IRL), “Inevitably, 1 of the things astir being an histrion that's benignant of comic is that you effort connected truthful galore clothes, and if you similar apparel and fashion, you extremity up getting introduced to things that you mightiness not person been introduced to conscionable due to the fact that you're conscionable perpetually trying connected stuff.”

E!: Are determination immoderate vintage Vera Bradley pieces that you inactive clasp beloved to yourself and find yourself reaching for?

ZD: I truly similar the aged stuff, which is inactive benignant of available, but I similar the classical Vera Bradley look. I person a batch of classical Vera Bradley stuff.

E!: If you could take 1 Vera Bradley container oregon accessory that you consciousness perfectly represents its caller rebranded benignant portion paying homage to their archetypal eccentric floral designs, which 1 would you choose?

ZD: The Mini Hathaway Tote. It's portion of the caller vacation collection. I deliberation it's truthful cute. It's a small tote bag. It's my cleanable size bag.

E!: If you were going to springiness gifts to Jess and Jovie from the Vera Bradley Winter + Holiday collection, what would you choose? And why?

ZD: Oh, I'd decidedly springiness Jess the bear, you are truthful right, this is decidedly Jess's bag.

And Jovi? It's been specified a agelong clip since I played her, but I deliberation she's benignant of classic, she's no-nonsense, I deliberation a container similar this Blake bag, it's a beauteous velvet crossbody benignant of evening bag. I deliberation she mightiness similar that.

E!: In a New Girl Christmas episode, Jess took 2 approaches giving Nick a vacation gift. She got him sunglasses and she flies successful Reagan arsenic a concealed Santa gift. With that successful mind, I’d emotion to cognize if you similar a acquisition that's much of an experience/sentimental motion oregon an point that is useful?

ZD:  I mean, it depends. I deliberation a sentimental acquisition is ever truly peculiar and memorable. But it's ever truthful large to get thing that you truly request too. I was reasoning of a operation of the two, wherever it feels similar thing idiosyncratic truly needs that they ne'er bargain themselves and it's thing sentimental.

Jonathan (Scott) made maine a scrapbook from erstwhile we archetypal worked unneurotic that was truly saccharine and it had each these tickets from shows we've been to and pictures, it was truly nice. And of course, it's truly cute erstwhile my kids springiness maine truly saccharine things, similar for Mother's Day wherever they took their handprints and enactment small flowers connected it, and made their handprints retired of flowers and past framed it.

E!: I person to inquire this question for the fans, volition we ever beryllium getting a New Girl reunion?

ZD: I'm up for it, it's hard to wrangle that galore people. I surely can't springiness you immoderate answers successful that we person thing planned and nobody's asked america to reunite. So I can't springiness you an reply connected that, but I would bash it if idiosyncratic asked me, I would accidental sure. As agelong arsenic I'm available.