Jennifer Aniston used to go out with Brad Pitt, but she still dines with his mom on Christmas.

Jennifer Aniston supposedly stole the coveted #1 spot at the box office this past Christmas from her much publicized ex hubby, Brad Pitt. Both movies opened right on Christmas Day. Jennifer’s movie, Marley & Me, co-starring cutie pie Owen Wilson, beat out Brad’s movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, forcing it to take the #2 spot.

This got me wondering if Jennifer was a bit tempted to rub it in Brangelina’s face (just a bit)? I mean who could blame her if she did? After all, it could be done with her usual wit and style without being too over the top obvious. Couldn’t it? Maybe her next year’s Christmas cards could be reminiscent of the year past and depict Jennifer and Owen smiling happily with their arms wrapped around each other in front of the movie theater; the line behind them showing her movie sold out in bright lights at the ticket booth with, sadly, no line at all for Brad’s movie.

Or better yet, Jennifer could send out Christmas cards featuring a photo of her dining with Jane Pitt, Brad’s mother, for Christmas dinner. That’s right, according to Star Magazine, Angelina went nuts after finding out that dear Jane invited Jen (who is apparently still on friendly terms with Brad’s mom) to Christmas dinner! Now that certainly puts old Brad into a rather difficult position come the holidays. Maybe the Pitt-Jolie family will decide to embrace Jen and include her in their own holiday photo cards this year. After all, with all those kids who would even notice one extra face at the family dinner table?

Seriously though, there are few things I enjoy better than getting to see some real life snippets showing real celebrity life. I would love to know how to get on a celebrity Christmas cards mailing list. It doesn’t necessarily have to be of the Brad or Jen celebrity caliber. Although, I must admit I would love get my hands on Paris Hilton holding her pet pooch so I could proudly display it on my refrigerator directly above Aunt Bessie’s annual Christmas card featuring her five cats and poodle, Grinchy. You see, Grinchy is appropriately named for trying to eat your fingers off if you so much as step near her pink rhinestone-studded food dish as she nibbles of some fillet Mignon while I am being served a cheeseburger.

Well I don’t know for certain if Jennifer Aniston will use her holiday cards as a vehicle for revenge or not, knowing Jen, or not knowing her as the case may be. I’m sure she will do the Jen-like thing and send her cards out not with malice in her heart but with a cheerful smirk.

Christmas cards from Brangelina and family several years down the road

A few years ago, Tom Umbarger gave us a glimpse into the Christmas of the Jolie-Pitts’ future. Hard to believe that just four years ago, there were only two Jolie-Pitt kids. In Umbarger’s imagined Christmas cards for the royal celebrity family, Maddox is still rocking the punk look he cultivated in preschool…and wearing a Team Aniston shirt to boot! (It’s bad enough we’re still talking about this in 2009. I certainly hope we’re not still choosing sides at the end of next decade!) Zahara, or Zee, as she’s known to tabloid blogs around the Internet, appears as a diva with her diamond “Z” pendant and matching earrings. What the artist imagines for mom and dad can only be described as a “Curious Case of Balding and Botox.” Brad is wearing a horrible Christmas ensemble and holding a prop from his role in True Romance (for those who aren’t familiar with the movie, he was not using that honey bear for his addiction to tea). Angelina appears to be wielding a scalpel, which, when presented with the marks under her eyes, can only suggest self-performed plastic surgery.

One can only guess what the Christmas cards Umbarger would create with an updated family snapshot. Would Pax, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox fare any better than their brother and sister? Would Brad have discovered hair plugs? Would Angie have decided to age gracefully? Fortunately, this satirical look at the Brangelina brood is far from reality. Brad and Angelina were both nominated for Golden Globes this year, and continue their work as social activists around the globe. We can only hope that their kids will be as concerned about these issues as they are.