Britney Spears Doesn’t Want to Let Her ‘Anger’ Towards Kevin Federline ‘Ruin’ Christmas With Her Sons (Exclusive)

Britney Spears is back in touch with her kids and making plans to see them as much as possible over the holidays – and a source tells Star that it’s giving her a welcome boost as she looks to get back on track following another year of utter turmoil.

“Britney is really trying to move forward with positivity,” the source says of her relationship with Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19. “The chance to reconnect with her boys is precious and she doesn’t want to let her anger towards Kevin [Federline] ruin it, so she’s doing her best to put all her negative feelings about him to the side.”

That’s not to say Spears, 43, has gotten over the claims Federline, 47, made in his memoir, You Thought You Knew.

“She has plenty to say about him but she doesn’t want to put her boys in the middle, so she’s biting her tongue,” the source explains. “She is very grateful that they are speaking to her, and she’s just doing everything possible to work through this with them.”

The source adds that some people in Spears’ life are telling her to “take baby steps” but the pop star “can’t do that.”

“She’s pushing to see her sons face to face and has said she will fly them anywhere they want to have a holiday with her,” the source continues. “She’s already talking about everything she wants to get for Christmas, too.”

The “Toxic” singer would “love to be with them Christmas morning,” the source says, but “the odds are not high of that happening.”

“Their loyalty is still with their dad, sadly,” the source concludes, “but she’s stoically accepting that, and has said it doesn’t matter what day it is, as long as she gets to see them, they can make Christmas any day. All that matters to her is they are back in her life.”