var xmlreader = require("xmlreader");
var fs = require("fs");
var xml_string = '<response id="1" shop="aldi">'
      +    'This is some other content'
      +    '<who name="james">James May</who>'
      +    '<who name="sam">'
      +      'Sam Decrock'
      +      '<location>Belgium</location>'
      +    '</who>'
      +    '<who name="jack">Jack Johnsen</who>'
      +    '<games age="6">'
      +      '<game>Some great game</game>'
      +      '<game>Some other great game</game>'
      +    '</games>'
      +    '<note>These are some notes</note>'
      +  '</response>';
xmlreader.read(xml_string, function(errors, response){
  if(null !== errors ){
    console.log(errors)
    return;
  }
  console.log( response.response );
  console.log( response.response.text() );
});

{
  attributes : [Function],
  parent : [Function],
  count : [Function],
  at : [Function],
  each : [Function],
  text : [Function],
  who : {
    array : [[Object], [Object], [Object]],
    count : [Function],
    at : [Function],
    each : [Function]
  },
  games : {
    attributes : [Function],
    parent : [Function],
    count : [Function],
    at : [Function],
    each : [Function],
    game : {
      array : [Object],
      count : [Function],
      at : [Function],
      each : [Function]
    }
  },
  note : {
    attributes : [Function],
    parent : [Function],
    count : [Function],
    at : [Function],
    each : [Function],
    text : [Function]
  }
}

This is some other content