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FORT RENO: With an audience looking on, Greg Parker (center) commands his "powder monkey" Cole McGavock, 13, to help load the cannon during the annual Christmas Guns celebration at Ft. Reno in El Reno, Oklahoma on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

With less than three days left this year, it seems unlikely that I’ll get through all of the best of the year pictures before January. I didn’t want to get too far away from Christmas though, before re-publishing a couple of pictures I liked from around the holidays. We’ll get back to the Best of 2010 later this week before we resume blogging as usual. You can take a look at our photo galleries including the best news and feature pictures of the year and the Christmas Guns, by clicking here.

CHILD / CHILDREN / KIDS: Three-year-old Alejandro Sanchez watches as his plate is filled during the annual Red Andrews Christmas Dinner at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

-John Clanton