Alice in Dallas

FOX 4 wants your holiday pictures!

Post your photos of your house, your decorations, your pets, your kids-- in short, EVERYTHING good about your holiday!

Just upload 'em to your blog and we'll do the rest. Your photo might end up on FOX 4 news -- so don't delay, post today!

Dear myFOXdfw Bloggers,

Since we launched the Community page in July, we've grown into a community of more than 4,100 people! That's a LOT of different opinions to share!

We want everyone to feel open to sharing their thoughts on this board. But with that opportunity comes responsibility on EVERYONE's part.

It's very easy to type something on the fly with passion—especially when responding to a comment or post you don't agree with. I am asking you all please, please do one little thing; you can call it an early Christmas present to me and my co-workers:

PLEASE COUNT TO TEN BEFORE YOU TYPE.

Please ask yourself: is it right to be childish in response to someone else's childishness? Someone called me a name – do I have to stoop to that person's level and return the gesture? Is this the response of a mature adult? And finally, would I be better off just ignoring this person?

The moderators will henceforth NOT penalize someone for being mean or disagreeing with you. We'll only penalize someone for breaking one of our rules, to which you all agreed. (To see them again, click "Blogging Policy" at the very bottom of this page.) If you spot someone breaking a rule like selling something on their blog, report it by all means. Otherwise, please let us concentrate on the reason we're here: to update the latest news and information on the rest of the site.

We need YOUR help keeping the calm in the blogs – and we can all start by keeping calm every time we type something.

Thank you, and please take time to enjoy some of the good things this holiday season.

Welcome to myFOXdfw's Community page! This is a great place to interact with neighbors, other viewers and FOX 4 personnel.

If you're new to blogging, here are a few tips to keep things smooth:

1. PLEASE DO NOT POST IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
This is like "shouting" in the online community and is considered a bit rude. It is also easier for the human eye to read lowercase and upper/lower combinations in longer posts-- people will stay to read your stuff!

2. Think carefully before you post.
Is the subject matter and language appropriate? Please note that inappropriate comments and posts can be deleted by the monitors.

3. Please play nicely.
While a vigorous exchange of ideas and differing opinions is welcomed, we ask that you be respectful in your posts. They call it "remember the human" in the blogosphere (world of blogs)-- so please treat people as you would like to be treated. Try to refrain from name calling, unnecessary snide comments, etc.

4. Double-check your post for spelling and grammar--it makes your idea so much easier to read! One hint is to write your post (especially long ones) in Microsoft Word or another word processing program, then copy it to your blog. These programs often catch spelling errors or typos.

Thanks for joining the myFOXdfw.com Community!

-Alice, myFOXdfw.com content producer