Jon Voight is only one of a million other fathers out there who will be seperated from their kid's/family at Christmas...this song " Lonely Christmas, Lonely Day " by Bobbi Lee Justice focuses on their plight and deserves a listen to...check it out at this link http://www.songramp.com/mod/mps/viewtrack.php?trackid=61095 it says it all!

BAH......HUMBUG!

Julian Lennon has said that his dad was no father at all. We never hear about John Lennon's failure as a father, however. I guess it matters whether the child is pretty or not when it comes to whether or not the parent shall be held responsible by the world at large for not being both a star and a good parent.

He's not exactly going to spend Christmas alone. Relatives (distant though they may be) in the form of grandnieces are spending it with him. So I'm not going to worry about his dreary lonely Xmas. Sounds like it is going to be okay. Everybody who's worried about it should get over it. It's none of our business. There's lots of reasons to not spend Xmas with family. My husband spent 22 years in the military. We very seldom got to spend a Christmas with either sets of our parents. Lots of military families go through this every year and don't think it terribly odd.

Whatever their problems might be,there has to be
a time to learn how to forgive.
I've made peace with a few people recently and feel much better for it.
It will be too late after he is dead.
Hate and blaming other people for our problems
grows like a cancer tumor and can destroy us.
Better to be the bigger person who can hold out their
hand instead of bearing a life long grudge.

If my grandmother had not been my father's mother, I would not have chosen to have her in my life. She was mean-spirited, racist, rude, and arrogant. I'll give her credit for one thing -- my father and my aunt turned out to be really cool people, so something went right along the way.

If Voigt's kids don't want to spend time with him, there is probably a reason for it. It's a shame he's too clueless, lazy, and/or self-absorbed to figure it out.

Oh yeah. "Midnight Cowboy" was a great movie. And that matters because...why?

So sad...I picture him all alone at home on Christmas morning in his tailored tuxedo reading old cards and dabbing the tears with his white cashmere scarf.

Well he must have done something to Angelina, which would explain her being with Billy Bob then going on to Brad....Now she wants to change the world. What's up with those two. Brad is pushing to rebuild the 9th ward which should be turned into a lake. And old man Voight dances around the issues and plays nice with everyone else but his own flesh and blood. Although maybe Angelina has few screws loose? Oh and hey Brad...have fun changing all those diapers....Sucker!!!!!

Screw your family over and sometimes they forgive you, sometimes they don't.

people do unforgivable things in life.
perhaps jon voight did something to his kids,
or their mother they cannot put behind them.
She seems genuine with her children and
charitable causes.

It's astounding how so many strangers to both Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie think they have a read on the situation.

It isn't my business. I know nothing but what i read in the papers -- which are notoriously inadequate for getting things right, especially in terms of character. So, my only opinion is that it's obvious that many are using these people as a screen onto which they're projecting their own family experiences.

Just not lest ye be judged.

My guess is that his family doesn't want to spend a Christmas with a hypocritical, born-again christian, nut-case creep who dumped his family as soon as he became a star.

I don't blame them.

How dare anybody call out Jolie? She's a saint! Bullshit! She's a terror and will never be happy and continues to keep her father out of her life. And of course the brother goes right in line b/c he's a follower. And yes, she is a famewhore.

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I have been lucky enough to say that my family - mom and dad, 10 brothers, 5 of which are married, 33 nephews and 3 nieces are close. Oh yes, we have hurt each others, we have had differences and issues. But at the end of the day, we are family.
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I don't pretend to know Angelina Jolie personally, nor the truth of her relationship with her father. I will not make assumptions about Brad Pitt or Aniston (sorry, but I forgot her name). But I had the privilege of seeing Jolie's work in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan. Her love for these most unfortunate children is boundless. She wiped snow on their faces, sing and joked with them as she handed them food and blankets and give them hugs. Some of the little boys lined twice just to get a hug. The kinsman and soldiers were mezmerized. The scene was sad and yet uplifting !
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Despite that, Jolie didn't get any special accommodations. She was treated the same as any of the DWB volunteers.
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You can see the children responding to her in the most beautiful way. One thing with children is the can see through you. And, she makes them feel very special. The world is just fascinated with her. There's got to be something special in her HEART !
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And only for that reason that I hope, she and her brother will give it a chance to be reunited with her Dad. I cannot imagine that heart of hers had completely stop loving her father.
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She maybe incredibly hurt by what her father did or did not do, but I believe she never stop loving her father. Not that HEART OF HERS.

Jon Voight is a very talented actor, bringing something to every role. As he himself admitted, he wasn't a good father or husband. If he had done nothing bad except call Angelina crazy in front of the whole world on tv - without giving her the courtesy of a heads-up, blindsiding her, IN THE MIDDLE OF MADDOX'S ADOPTION PROCESS, endangering the adoption - I would have severed the relationship too.
Voight has to make amends to his chilren first - before he earns access to his grandchildren.
Sometimes there's no other choice than ending a relaionship to a toxic family member, like some incest survivors & their families of origin.