They have been in the news, on tv stands, and even on our coffee tables at home. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have spent this past year helping others and they continued giving on Christmas day. According to People, the couple spent Monday handing out gifts to refugee children in the Costa Rican capital San Jose.

Jolie's visit was part of her work as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She said, "We had a wonderful Christmas both with the Costa Rican people and the Colombian refugee families we met."

The UNHCR reports that about 11,500 refugees have come to Costa Rica, most of them from Colombia, where an armed conflict between leftist guerrillas, soldiers and paramilitary forces has forced them to flee. An estimated 3 million Colombians have been forced from their homes.

"The conflict in Colombia is the greatest humanitarian tragedy in the Western Hemisphere, but it receives very little international attention," Jolie said after her arrival in San Jose. "My Christmas message to Colombian refugees and to the millions of displaced people in Colombia is that the world has not totally forgotten them."

I'd have to say that Angelina and Brad are great role models for their children.

Posted 1:25pm EST 12-27-06