Meet Your Favorite Soap Stars At Christmas Con NJ 2025
Celebrate the festive season with these daytime faves!
If you are in the NJ/NYC/CT metro area, mark off December 12-14, 2025 on your calendars! Christmas Con NJ will be once again taking place at the NJ Expo Center in Edison NJ. Two former Days of Our Lives actors will be joining the lineup this year.
Christmas Con Lineup
This is the chance to meet some of the actors from your favorite soaps, including DAYS alums Brant Daugherty (Brian) and Victor Webster (Nicholas). General Hospital’s Cameron Mathison (Drew), All My Children alum Jonathan Bennett (J.R.), One Life To Live alums Brandon Routh (Seth), and One Tree Hill’s Robert Buckley (Clay) and Chad Michael Murray (Lucas).
Actors from the Hallmark Channel will also be on hand, including: Brittany Bristow, Wes Brown, B.J. Britt, Paul Campbell, Rachel Leigh Cook, Antonio Cupo, Nikki DeLoach, Brennan Elliott, Paul Greene, Heather Hemmens, Stephen Huszar, Crystal Lowe, Danica McKellar, Will Kemp, Daniel Lissing, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Mcfarlane, Brendan Penny, Marcus Rosner, Jessy Schram, Jane Seymour, Kimberly Sustad, Travis Van Winkley, and Andrew Walker will all be in attendance to meet and greet fans.
Christmas Con gives the fans the opportunity to meet the actors, attend panels and get Christmas shopping done with an array of vendors offering gifts for everyone on your list. Soap Hub had the opportunity to cover the event last year and you can check out all of our coverage!
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Daugherty’s portrayal of Brian brought plenty of drama to Will (Chandler Massey) and Sonny’s (Freddie Smith) romance. A pre-med student at Salem University, Brian first crossed paths with Will at a gay bar, where Will later introduced him to Sonny. It didn’t take long for Brian to stir up trouble. He bluntly called out Will for staying in the closet, even suggesting Will seemed more comfortable being suspected of murder than living openly—remarks that left Sonny uneasy. From there, Brian set his sights on Sonny, refusing to back down despite being turned down.
The tension boiled over when Brian kissed Sonny while they were closing the coffeehouse—a moment Will happened to see through the window. Brian wasted no time twisting the knife, later hinting to Will that he and Sonny had taken things further, even though it wasn’t true. He and Sonny did come close to being intimate at Brian’s apartment, but Sonny put on the brakes, admitting he wasn’t ready. Brian’s time in Salem may have been short-lived, but he left a lasting mark, creating jealousy, misunderstandings, and a full-on love triangle that kept viewers glued to their screens.
Webster played Nicholas as the first adult incarnation of the character, which was originated by Erik von Detten. The grown-up Nicholas burst onto the scene, arriving alongside his aunt, Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel), who was feigning a terminal illness in a high-stakes revenge plot against Stefano (the late Joseph Mascolo). On the romantic front, Nicholas set his sights on none other than Kate (Lauren Koslow). The pair began a steamy affair—but while Nicholas fell head over heels, Kate wasn’t ready to commit. When she rebuffed him for the final time, Nicholas quietly exited town.
