Zooey Deschanel hasn’t been able to take her family through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, past the sea of twirly-swirly gum drops.

Especially because her kids Elsie , 10, and Charlie , 8—who she shares with ex-husband Jacob Pechenik —aren’t exactly the biggest fans of their mom’s 2003 hit film Elf .

“They've seen part of it,” Zooey explained to E! News’ Will Marfuggi during an exclusive interview alongside Merv costar Charlie Cox , “but they weren't really that into watching it.”

As for why her children couldn’t get into the Christmas classic? As she put it, “I think it was a little weird.”

Still, the 45-year-old is hoping for a bit of an Elf resurgence for her kids this year.

“A bunch of my daughter's

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