Christmas is a time for being with family, but things are going to be a little more complicated in the Pitt-Jolie household this year.
According to reports, Brad Pitt, who turns 56 on December 18, will spend his birthday celebrations and Christmas Eve with three of his children, whom he shares with ex-wife Angelina Jolie.

Brad Pitt will spend the festive season with just three of his children.
(Image: Getty Images)According to Entertainment Tonightโs source, Pittโs 13-year-old biological daughter Shiloh and 11-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne will be with their father on his birthday and at his Los Angeles area home on the day of Christmas Eve.
However, the source did not reveal why Pittโs adoptive children Maddox, 18, Pax, 16, and Zahara, 14, wonโt be joining their siblings.
While the source noted that โall are always welcome at Pittโs home,โ all six children will be with their mother on Christmas Day.

All six children will spend Christmas Day with mum, Angelina Jolie.
(Image: Getty Images)According to a previous report by Womanโs Day, Brad and Angelina have been locked in an ongoing custody battle and the elder children arenโt keen to maintain a relationship with their adoptive father.
โThe older kids donโt want to see Brad โ itโs an opinion theyโve repeated several times, and heโs accepted thatโs probably never going to change, especially with Maddox.โ

โThe older kids donโt want to see Brad.โ
(Image: Getty Images)However, for the younger children, theyโre getting caught in the crossfire, especially Shiloh.
โThe twins are too young to understand, but Shilohโs having trouble coming to terms with it all,โ spills our insider, who Womanโs Day cannot name for legal reasons.
โSheโs the one who wants to repair her relationship with Bradโฆ but Angelina worries heโs going to cause real damage because he struggles to accept and understand her desire to dress like a boy.โ

Brad Pitt with a young Shiloh.
(Image: Getty Images)Tensions between Brad and his eldest son Maddox were recognised shortly after the 18-year-old arrived to study at Yonsei University in South Korea
In a video obtained by In Touch, Maddox was questioned by paparazzi about his family, with one asking if Brad was was going to visit him at university, to which he replied, โUm, I donโt know about that โฆ whatโs happening.โ
Maddox was then asked if his relationship with his father is over for good. And ever the diplomatic son, Maddox simply replied, โWhatever happens, happens.โ