Chris Hemsworth and his 3 preteen kids rock matching pajamas for the family Christmas selfie

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky celebrated the holiday with their three children in tow, marks an intimate family Christmas in their home.

The couple live with their preteen children in Byron Baya surf town just off Australia’s Gold Coast, close to Chris’s family. They moved in 2015.

For the holiday, Elsa, 48, took to her Instagram to share a cute family Christmas selfie of the five rocking their matching pajamas, with hoodies and pictures of Dr. Seuss’ the Grinch and his dog Max.

Chris, 41, and Elsa’s twin sons Sasha and Tristan, 10, stood behind their big sister India Rose, 12, who made a silly face. Their father posed in the background near their beautiful tree.

“Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!!!!” she wrote, adding the same in her native Spanish as well, receiving sweet holiday greetings from fans in return.

The Marvel star has previously spoken The father hood about his decision to move back to his native Australia with his family despite his blossoming Hollywood career.

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“There was a period of time where I had to be there (in LA) just to knock on doors and go to auditions and meetings,” he explained. “But once I got my foot in the door and I didn’t have to be there every day, we very quickly made the decision to come back home.”

“And my wife, who’s from Spain, obviously loves Australia, it wasn’t much of a conversation,” he continued. “Maybe that will change down the road, but at the moment we have the luxury of traveling back and forth.”

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Expanding on some of the natural beauty the country had to offer, Chris added: “It’s always been a dream of mine to work around the world but still call Australia home and come back and raise my children there , especially on the beaches in northern NSW, where we are now… They have a lot more fun in Australia than they had in the States, I can tell you that.”

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He also spoke about how his life has changed since becoming a father, welcoming his first child with the Spanish model in 2012 and their twins in 2014.

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“It’s about you before kids. And then you have kids and you’re still trying to hold on to that, you say ‘I am who I am’. And then that goes out the window,” the Thor star shared.

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“A lot of my decisions now are based on how things are going to affect the family. What’s the location where the movie is shot? If it’s an obscure, not-so-attractive location, do I want to drag the family there for four months?”

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“And then there’s the question of what is the role going to do to me? Is it going to put my head in a space that’s quite immersive? There are times (a role comes up) where I say, maybe not that one yet. “

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Considering his “dream” to be a father who was there for his children, he continued: “My dream would be that one day they would talk about me as a parent and say he was always there playing with us, he was present, he listened, he was attentive.”