Invites to swanky Hollywood parties must have been abundant, but Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt showed true festive spirit by spending Christmas Day with refugees in Costa Rica

Invites to swanky Hollywood parties must have been abundant, but Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt showed true festive spirit by spending Christmas Day with refugees in Costa Rica.

Whatever you think of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt no one can deny the good work the couple do for charity.

With some 11,500 refugees in Costa Rica, most of who fled Colombia because of a conflict between leftist guerrillas, soldiers and paramilitary forces, the pair Brangelina handed out gifts to impoverished youngsters of and chatted to thier families.

Jolie, a UN goodwill ambassador for refugees, said: “”The conflict in Colombia is the greatest humanitarian tragedy in the Western Hemisphere, but it receives very little international attention. But we have not forgotten them.”