Established in 1994, Trillium Village Collectors Club is one of Canada's oldest Department 56 collector clubs.  We are based in Toronto but have club members all over the province of Ontario.

The objective of our club is to provide a meeting place for club members to share the joy and excitement of their hobbies and to share display ideas featuring their favourite collectibles.  All collectors and retailers of Department 56 Village and Holiday products are welcome to join the club.  Club membership also includes an informative newsletter mailed physically or electronically to each club member every other month.  Membership form is available for download on the "About Us" page.

Trillium Village Collectors Club is a not-for-profit organization.  Although we appreciate support from our retailer members, the club is not affiliated with any Department 56 retailers.

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January 17, 2017

2016 in review


1.  As we looked back in 2016, we had 5 wonderfully organized meetings.   Each meeting is different from the ones before but they were all entertaining and fun.   Would you like to do some reminiscing?  

The photographs below are snapshots from each of the club’s 5 meetings.   Clicking on each photograph takes you to the highlights of that particular meeting.  (Or click here to see the highlights of all of our club meetings in the past.)

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2.  Department 56 introduced some new pieces in May 2016.  In case you forgot what they were, click on the pictures below to open up the 2016 midyear village and Snowbaby catalogues.

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There were also exclusive lighted buildings introduced for everyone’s favourite ice-cream company, Dairy Queen.
SV Dairy Queen NP Santa's DQ Cone House

3.  In 2016, Department 56 celebrated its 40th anniversary by introducing a number of anniversary lighted buildings and accessories.   Here are just a few:

DV Anniversary Gazebo, 40th Anniversary SV Anniversary Gazebo, 40th Anniversary The Inn At Bethlehem, 40th Anniversary Village Express Van - 40th Anniversary
       

4.  At the end of 2016, the company had also retired many of its products in order to make room for new ones to come.   Click “here” to see the village retirement list and “here” to see the Snowbaby retirement lists.


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