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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-13-2005, 08:46 PM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: When it comes to stocking stuffers......
I traditionally always put a magazine (usually a favorite one or if something on the cover catches my eye and makes me think of DH or Myka) in the stocking! I then load it down with candy and fun things! I get hand held games, gift cards, scratch off tickets...just things I begin picking up in October and keep getting through the week of Christmas!
Last year I stuffed our stockings so full that it all wouldn't fit! I just kept picking things up at the store without thinking!
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11-13-2005, 09:03 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: The Jersey Shore
Posts: 7,249
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Re: When it comes to stocking stuffers......
Sugarless gum, gift cards, scratch off tickets, toiletries, little boxes that might get lost under the tree (earrings, etc.)
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11-13-2005, 09:11 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 34,171
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Re: When it comes to stocking stuffers......
I have always had "Life Savers Sweet Story" as long as I can remember. (you know the "book" with 8-10 life savers rolls in it?). I have continued this with my boys and my mom still puts it in mine!
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11-13-2005, 09:17 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northwest Florida Panhandle/Lower Alabama
Posts: 568
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Re: When it comes to stocking stuffers......
Fun little things I start picking up in October... of course there has to be some candy too...
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11-13-2005, 09:30 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: When it comes to stocking stuffers......
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I have to put a small orange in the bottom of the sock because DMIL does this - I think it might be some sort of English or Scottish custom, but not sure.
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I had to investigate that, Deena, because my Mom always put an orange in the bottom of our stockings (also an apple and some walnuts). Here's what I found:
Stocking Fillers history
The most ancient Santa was St Nicholas. Legend has it one of his gracious deeds was to give gold to a poor man with three daughters. This meant the girls could have dowries and marry well. Because St Nicholas wanted to remain anonymous he threw three bags of gold down the chimney. The gifts landed in the girls stockings and henceforth we hang up Christmas Stocking at Christmas Eve. Some people believe that an orange in the toe of the stocking symbolizes the lump of gold Saint Nicholas left for the girls. Others believe that an apple in the toe of your stocking and an orange in the heel means that you have been good.
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11-13-2005, 11:00 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: When it comes to stocking stuffers......
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I have to put a small orange in the bottom of the sock because DMIL does this - I think it might be some sort of English or Scottish custom, but not sure.
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I had to investigate that, Deena, because my Mom always put an orange in the bottom of our stockings (also an apple and some walnuts). Here's what I found:
Stocking Fillers history
The most ancient Santa was St Nicholas. Legend has it one of his gracious deeds was to give gold to a poor man with three daughters. This meant the girls could have dowries and marry well. Because St Nicholas wanted to remain anonymous he threw three bags of gold down the chimney. The gifts landed in the girls stockings and henceforth we hang up Christmas Stocking at Christmas Eve. Some people believe that an orange in the toe of the stocking symbolizes the lump of gold Saint Nicholas left for the girls. Others believe that an apple in the toe of your stocking and an orange in the heel means that you have been good.
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Thanks Nancy. I didn't know that story. DMIL also puts those little bags of gold chocolate coins in the kids stockings as well.
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11-14-2005, 08:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: When it comes to stocking stuffers......
I love doing gift cards--Blockbusters, gasoline cards, movie cards, BestBuy....my kids really like to get the gift cards but I agree I probably spend a ton on stocking stuffers.
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11-14-2005, 11:54 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern NV
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 12,516
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Re: When it comes to stocking stuffers......
We do the orange too. My grama always did it because when she was a kid it was the only time they ever got oranges. I always get my kids new crayons or markers for school, as they seem to be worn down by this time in the school year.
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11-14-2005, 09:19 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhode Island - Red Sox Nation
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 27,451
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Re: When it comes to stocking stuffers......
I usually put a variety of things in DS and DH's stockings. I always get socks only I 'wrap' their stocking stuffers with the socks and then tie them up with curling ribbon. I never get complaints about the socks!!
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