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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-07-2003, 06:05 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Christmas Literature
What Christmas stories are your favorites?
Today I read "A Child's Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas. I just love that and Dicken's "A Christmas Carol."
I collect children's Christmas literature and display it during the holidays with my Nutcracker collection. Wacky huh?
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12-07-2003, 06:11 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
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Re: Christmas Literature
I tried to think of Christmas Literature but my mind's drawing a blank. I love Charles Dickens, though
I can only think of the Sesame Street Christmas special they used to show when I was a kid. It was a Sesame Street version of the Gift of the Magi...does anyone remember this, or better Do they still air it? Please say yes!
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12-07-2003, 06:59 PM
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Re: Christmas Literature
O Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" is certainly a classic, but I'm sorry I don't have an answer about the Sesame Street version.
As for literature, it doesn't have to be classic literature. Just any stories you love at this time of year. It could be The Grinch, or Rudolph or "A Visit From St. Nicholas", or anything. 
There are tons of Christmas movies, but not a lot of books I guess.  |
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12-07-2003, 07:24 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Christmas Literature
There's a really good Christmas novel called 'The Golden Ring'. Can't think of the author offhand. Also good is the Christmas Train.
The kids have TONS of Christmas stories. We read a different one every night of December. Some are about Jesus, and some are books like Clifford's Christmas. (still can't see Clifford without thinking of John Ritter)
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12-07-2003, 07:26 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
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Location: Orlando, Fl
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Re: Christmas Literature
Rachel: I'm not sure they still air it..but I do have a copy of it that I found at a yard sale a few years ago! It's one of my favorite Christmas shows! Try ebay if you can't find it in the stores. My brother bought a copy off of ebay for like $2.00!
Kelly
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12-07-2003, 07:37 PM
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Re: Christmas Literature
Tina, may I suggest for the boys "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg. It's a wonderful children's book. But, a warning: It brings tears to my eyes and I have a hard time reading the ending when the boy can no longer hear the "bell". Sometimes life passes so quickly that your imagination gets lost in the schuffle. It is a must read.
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12-07-2003, 07:41 PM
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Re: Christmas Literature
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Tina, may I suggest for the boys "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg. It's a wonderful children's book. But, a warning: It brings tears to my eyes and I have a hard time reading the ending when the boy can no longer hear the "bell". Sometimes life passes so quickly that your imagination gets lost in the schuffle. It is a must read.
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Thanks, Nancy. I'll check at the library for it. Sounds like a nice one.
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12-08-2003, 01:24 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Central NY State
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Re: Christmas Literature
I used to work in a children's bookshop and I  The Polar Express! Another sad one is The Little Match Girl. You gotta love that Grinch, and then there's the original Madeline ("twelve little girls in two straight lines, the youngest one was Madeline"). To give your kids an idea of how Christmas was "in the old days", try the Christmas chapter of Little House on the Prairie; I think Laura and Mary each got a metal lunch pail, some penny candy and a straw doll. |
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12-08-2003, 08:53 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
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Location: Tioga County, PA
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Re: Christmas Literature
<font color="red"> The Night Before Christmas, A Christmas Carol and my new favorite John Grisham's Skipping Christmas. </font>
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12-08-2003, 09:00 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Batavia, Illinois
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Re: Christmas Literature
We get a new Christmas book every Christmas at our house. I started when DD#1 was born and she's 16 now! However, our favorite of the 17+ we currently own is The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey. It's the best for content and illustration in our opinion.
Beth
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12-08-2003, 01:26 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Boston, MA USA
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Re: Christmas Literature
"The Christmas Box" by Richard Paul Evans is a fantastic story. Draws a tear to the eye. It's a must read. That, and Christmas Carol.
In childrens books, I love Polar Express.
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12-08-2003, 03:29 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
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Re: Christmas Literature
Nancy, I have Christmas books that I put out in a basket every Christmas. I always thought if these books were only out during Christmas it would make them more special and sentimental.
Two books we like is The Crippled Lamb and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
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12-08-2003, 03:32 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Massachusetts
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Re: Christmas Literature
Polar Express is my alltime favorite Christmas book. I also used to love The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, but I haven't read that for a few years. Might have to go find it...
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12-08-2003, 05:26 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Oak Park, IL
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Re: Christmas Literature
For some politically correct holiday fun, I really enjoy Politically Correct Holiday Stories by James Finn Garner. It has great "classics" in it, such as "Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer" and "Frosty the Persun [sic] of Snow".
Another favorite is Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory. It's about a boy and his sixty year old mentally impaired cousin and their annual fruitcake bake during the depression. The story always makes me cry, and is just a wonderful work of writing. It's usually sold in the Breakfast at Tiffany's book, which is actually a collection of four short stories.
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12-18-2003, 02:35 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
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Location: Boston, MA USA
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Re: Christmas Literature
Just read "Holidays on Ice" by David Sedaris...laugh out loud hysterical  |
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