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Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Won't Be Spoiling The Kids This Christmas

The couple instill traditional values...

Tuesday 16th Dec 2008

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt say that they won't be using Christmas as an excuse to spoil their children.

The super-rich couple plan on teaching their children that it's the thought that counts by making gifts for one other.

Brad told Hello!, "We do exchange gifts, although we don’t feel any great pressure to make them big or expensive gifts.

"And the kids don’t ask for the big gifts for the reason that they don’t see a lot of the American cartoon television, which is packed with all those manipulative commercials for big toys that look so fantastic.

"When they do see that stuff is when they start asking for the toys, so we figure if they don’t see them they won’t know they’re there.

"So we have gifts, but we try to keep the money spent to a minimum. The rule is that everyone’s got to make something for someone else, you got to put time into it.

"Then, when they give to each other, it’s really sweet. The gift-giving is a very nice time for us.

"It's chaos at times but there's so much joy in our house right now."

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  • Okay you see Angelina shopping with all kids at toy stores all the time..LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL nothing like contradicting everything they do and say .LOL LOL LOL

    by bratt, Mesa, AZ

     11 months, 1 week ago

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    • it seems you are just jealous that you arent able to shop at toy stores all the time. grow the f*** up and leave brad and angelinas parenting alone. they are great parents

      by Tammy, nampa, idaho

       10 months, 3 weeks ago

  • These freaks have no values to instill. They are a joke. Poor kids.

    by againstfundinghypocrites | Send Message Send Message View Profile View User's Comments

     11 months, 1 week ago

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  • I think it´s really great that they want their children to make presents to each other by themselves. In that way the children learn to appreaciate the real meaning of Christmas. I hate the commercial side of this holiday. It makes people crazy when they go from one store to the other. Brad and Angie are instilling the right values to their children from an early age.

    by Kati, Helsinki, Finland

     11 months, 1 week ago

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  • The idea of making gifts is nice but by simply avoiding toy commercials, they are also avoiding a problem. Their children should be able to not ask for many toys even if they are exposed to these advertisements. When I was a kid, I like many of the children I babysit for, are fully aware of all the kinds of products out there but they recognize that they can't get everything they ask for. They will ask for things once in a while but don't take it hard when their parents say no.

    by Skeptical, New York, NY

     8 months, 2 weeks ago

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