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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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11-20-2002, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Christmas Eve Recipes?
We are doing our first ever Christmas Eve in our new house and I am cooking dinner for 7 (Shawn's parents, Aunt & Uncle, Grandmother and us). Christmas Eve is not a big tradition in our family so I was hoping some of you might be willing to share yours! The only thing I really can't make is Turkey because my MIL is making that X-mas day. Thanks!!
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11-20-2002, 11:17 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: Christmas Eve Recipes?
Anyone allergic to anything?
How time-consuming a recipe can you deal with?
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11-20-2002, 11:18 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Christmas Eve Recipes?
Sara, Christmas Eve is a HUGE event on my wife's side of the family and now that we don't travel for the holidays with the kids we have made it a big event in our lives so that we can pass this tradition down to our children. Susan's family is Swedish and rich with tradition. Here is our menu, directly from Susan's Nana - if anything strikes your fancy that you don't have a recipe for, let me know...
Appetizer:
Fruchtsoppa (Fruit Soup)
Main Courses:
Sill (Pickled Herring)
Thuringer (Smoked Hard Salami)
Keilbasa
Swedish Meatballs
Sliced Ham
Scalloped Potatoes
Bruna Burnor (Homemade Baked Beans)
Jellied Salads (2 different kinds - each a different color!)
Limpa - Knackerbrod (Flat Bread)
Dessert:
Grot (Rice Pudding)
Homemade cookies
Coffee
I first had this dinner when I was dating Susan at age 16 and 19 years later I still have NEVER had the pickled herring [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] , but everything else is wonderful - especially the rice pudding!! [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img]
Have fun!
[ 11-20-2002, 11:27 AM: Message edited by: Dadtojbj ]
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11-20-2002, 11:30 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago
Posts: 4,812
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Re: Christmas Eve Recipes?
While I was growing up, my Christmas eve dinner would be a dinner roll! The stuff we had was just NOT kid friendly. There was fish in EVERYTHING - even the spaghetti. We had squid, smelts, octopus, eel etc. It's an Italian traditional meal. I maybe would have eaten the fresh oranges, but they put oil and salt and pepper on them. Yuck!
I am all for traditions, and keep as many as I can for my girls, but now that I have my own house, I make a completely different Christmas Eve meal. We usually have a ham, some homemade raviolis (meat for me and cheese for DH), maybe au gratin potatoes or something similar, a veggie, sweet potatoes, rolls. Now that my mom has come to live with us, she makes fish, but normal scrod - not eel or anything slimy!
Maggie
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11-20-2002, 11:35 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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Re: Christmas Eve Recipes?
Christmas Eve is HUGE in my family as well [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] My mom does the traditional Italian fish spectacular - during which I eat honey ham, turkey or roast beef because I don't like seafood [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] Anyhow, the menu consists of:
linguini w/white clam sauce
mussels in tomato sauce
raw clams on the half shell
baked clams
scungilli in a hot sauce over hard biscuits
fried calamari
cold fish salad (octopus EEEEEEW!)
shrimp - both fried and steamed
king crab legs or lobster tails (usually every other year, one or the other)
That's all I can think of right now. Not sure if any of that appeals to you, but if you need any of the recipes I'm sure my mom would be glad to pass it along [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] `
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11-20-2002, 11:50 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: VERMONT
Posts: 4,201
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Re: Christmas Eve Recipes?
We do an open house on Christmas Eve and invite all of our family and friends. We go the appetizer/buffet route.
Meatballs Marinara
Shrimp Cocktail
Scallops Wrapped in Bacon
Chicken Wings
Stuffed Mushrooms
Hot Crab Dip
Crescent Wreath with Spinash Dip
Dill pickle wrapped in cream cheese and ham (Sounds Yucky but is really good)
Vegetable Crudite
Chicken and Cheese quesidillas
Chips
Cookies and sweets
as well as nuts and party mixes etc. scattered around the house.
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