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Christmas Expo is heading back to Dallas, TX!

After looking at numerous cities, it was that great Texas hospitality that was the deciding factor. We’ve just returned from Dallas where contracts were signed and Christmas cookies were eaten (yes, they baked Christmas cookies for us!) and we know you’re going to LOVE the new location – it couldn’t be any better if Santa had picked it himself.

The Mesquite Convention Center, just northeast of Dallas, is a perfect facility for us. Offering easy parking and easy access, the vendor hall and the classrooms are within steps of each other. No more running up and down stairs!

In addition, the facility is attached via a short, enclosed walkway to the Hampton Inn & Suites, Mesquite. It boasts a large lobby and a large pool deck, perfect for meeting up with friends old and new, as well as that all-important networking. If you haven’t been able to snag a reservation in the Hampton, our backup hotel is the TownePlace Suites Dallas/Mesquite and it’s right across the street!

See you in Mesquite!

Thank you Nashville!

• See a video from Nashville NewsChannel5’s visit to Christmas Expo
• Read an article in the Lebanon Democrat

ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight is casting now for 2016. If you’ve been watching the show, you’ve seen many of our Christmas Expo family compete and a few have even won the $50,000!

The producers of The Great Christmas Light Fight are looking right now for over the top displays for their 4th annual televised competition – 24 homes will be chosen to compete for a 1 in 4 chance to win $50,000 and the coveted trophy.

If you think you have what it takes, don’t take down your Christmas decorations this year until you’ve taken a video of your display.
• Videos should not exceed 10 minutes
• Introduce your team on camera and then walk with the camera through your display
• Make sure everything can be seen and heard clearly – hold the camera steady and move it slowly
• Include wide shots of your entire display and close ups of the details that make it special
• State the names, ages of all your teammates and name your hometown in your video

Once you have your video, go to www.lightfightcasting.com to submit the video and apply to be on the show. You only have a few weeks before the first round of casting ends so don’t delay, apply now!

This year’s Roundtable Discussions will be on the following topics:

• The Art of Sequencing
• General Discussion
• Christmas Lights Business
• Future of RGB
• Over the Top Displays
• Future of the Industry

Roundtable discussions are informal meetups where the table topic remains the same and you simply wander from table to table to either listen to or join in the discussion.

Planning ahead? As we announced at the 2013 Expo, Christmas Expo will always be held the third week of July from Thursday to Saturday of that week. While locations may change, the dates will allow you to put Expo on your schedule. We know we’ll be there – we ho-ho-hope you will be too!

July 14-16, 2016
July 13-15, 2017
July 19-21, 2018
July 18-20, 2019
July 16-18, 2020