Annual Conventions
Conventions Future
43rd Annual Convention: 2023 Arlington, Virginia
A Christmas Story in the Nation’s Capital
Wednesday-Saturday, August 16-19
Wednesday-Saturday, August 16-19
44th Annual Convention: 2024 Dallas, Texas
A Lone Star Christmas
Wednesday-Saturday, August 7-10
Wednesday-Saturday, August 7-10
45th Annual Convention: 2025 Chicago, Illinois
Wednesday-Saturday, August 20-23
Conventions Past
41st Annual Convention: 2021 Norfolk, Virginia
An Atomic Christmas: Welcome to the Nuclear Age!
[canceled due to pandemic]
[canceled due to pandemic]
40th Annual Convention: 2020 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A Very Merry Pittsburgh Christmas in the Steel City
[canceled due to pandemic]
[canceled due to pandemic]
39th Annual Convention: 2019 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Christmas, Part 7
38th Annual Convention: 2018 Cincinnati, Ohio
Christmas in the Queen City
37th Annual Convention: 2017 Asheville, North Carolina
Christmas in the Enchanted Forest
36th Annual Convention: 2016 Rye, New York
Christmas All Around the World
35th Annual Convention: 2015 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Christmas, Part 6
34th Annual Convention: 2014 Chicago, Illinois
Santa Sells! The Retailing of the Christmas Story
33rd Annual Convention: 2013 Lansing, Michigan
Water-Winter Wonderland
32nd Annual Convention: 2012 Asheville, North Carolina
A Southern Appalachian Christmas
31st Annual Convention: 2011 Rye, New York
It’s Christmas Time in the City
30th Annual Convention: 2010 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A Patriotic Christmas
29th Annual Convention: 2009 Sacramento, California
California Dreamin’
28th Annual Convention: 2008 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Christmas, Part 5
27th Annual Convention: 2007 Columbus, Ohio
Heartland Christmas
26th Annual Convention: 2006 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Christmas, Part 4
25th Annual Convention: 2005 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Our Silver Anniversary
24th Annual Convention: 2004 Lansing, Michigan
Colors of Christmas
23rd Annual Convention: 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Nostalgic Christmas
22nd Annual Convention: 2002 Columbus, Ohio
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: A Christmas Fantasy
21st Annual Convention: 2001 Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A New England Christmas
20th Annual Convention: 2000 Albany, New York
An Old-Fashioned Homemade New York Christmas
19th Annual Convention: 1999 Lansing, Michigan
Christmas Through the Decades
18th Annual Convention: 1998 Reading, Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Christmas, Part 3
17th Annual Convention: 1997 Madison, Wisconsin
16th Annual Convention: 1996 Louisville, Kentucky
15th Annual Convention: 1995 Reading, Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Christmas, Part 2
14th Annual Convention: 1994 Madison, Wisconsin
13th Annual Convention: 1993 San Mateo, California
Christmas: A World of Tradition
12th Annual Convention: 1992 Reading, Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Christmas
11th Annual Convention: 1991 Little Rock, Arkansas
10th Annual Convention: 1990 Minnetonka, Minnesota
9th Annual Convention: 1989 Louisville, Kentucky
8th Annual Convention: 1988 Lenexa, Kansas
7th Annual Convention: 1987 Golden, Colorado
6th Annual Convention: 1986 Grand Rapids, Michigan
5th Annual Convention: 1985 Chicago, Illinois
4th Annual Convention: 1984 Rochester, New York
3rd Annual Convention: 1983 Princeton, Wisconsin
Third Annual Bulb Meet
2nd Annual Convention: 1982 Plymouth, Minnesota
Second Annual Bulb Meet
1st Annual Convention: 1981 Brookville, Ohio
First Annual Bulb Meet