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A Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays to everyone who's been following things here on Art Blog By Bob over the years. 2010's been an eventful year. Alex is a year older now. Little brother Jamie arrived in February and has been 10 months' worth of love. I completed my MA in Education and plunged into the teaching profession full time. Ironically, I fled the corporate world and found myself teaching a college class in, of all things, writing for the corporate world. Blogging for Big Think has changed the look and feel of Art Blog By Bob from the first few years--making it less personal at times--but I hope that the same individual voice comes through in the writing. However, going professional, so to speak, doesn't allow me to indulge in these personal little asides. So here are some photos to put you in the holiday mood. Peace and joy to all in a better and more beautiful 2011.

What do you get for the child in your life? That’s the big question for so many people around this time of year. If I can make a suggestion for a gift that keeps on giving—for a lifetime—give the gift of art. I recently took my older son to experience a child-oriented activity at our local museum and he came away from it with a new joy in the simple acts of looking and making something with his own hands. If you’re trying to teach a child the alphabet of life, you can do no better than starting with “A Is for Art Museum.” Please come over to Picture This at Big Think to read more of "A Is for Art Museum."

[Image: Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians. Oil on canvas, 80 ½ x 74 1/8 inches, 1921. Philadelphia Museum of Art: A.E. Gallatin Collection, 1952.]