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Who's going where for Christmas?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm staying here.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think the family are at ours this year. 
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Serre Chevalier. First time there and looking foward to using the thermal baths.
Looking foward to it so much now.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Christmas - my mum's house.
New Year - Zermatt 
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Courmayeur for Chrimbo and my birthday
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Christmas - Zermatt for the 3rd year running and my 6th xmas away skiing. Couldn't imagine a xmas at home at the mo.
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Staying at home with BOTH sides of the family in one house, for the first time in 16 years  I may need therapy by Boxing Day......
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I'm taking my dad away for Xmas... to Chamonix so I can get a few days skiing in 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Staying here is Plan A
But if there's snow and I spot a cheap deal - a ski trip may be in order
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Les Arcs for Christmas and New Year. Can't imagine being in the UK for Christmas anymore - it just wouldn't seem right! Hoping this Christmas will have conditions as good as last year's 
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You know it makes sense.
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Hoping this Christmas will have conditions as good as last year's
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Indeed. But it's improbable; last Christmas (at home in UK with mother in law) was exceptional. We'll be here this Christmas, but not counting on heaps of snow. If you go skiing at Christmas, best take some walking shoes and good books. 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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If you go skiing at Christmas, best take some walking shoes and good books.
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Disagree - went skiing Xmas 05 and 06 and had plenty of skiing both times - 06 was the really bad year as well
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Poster: A snowHead
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Boris, sorry, but two season's experience doesn't mean it's always like that. It's not always good snow at Christmas, but it's still great to be in the mountains.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've skied at Christmas for most of the last 12-15 years. Always had enough snow to ski on, with the majority of the pistes above 1600m open. Some years were not brilliant, some were excellent, but always enough to have a full week of skiing
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Don't know, family arguments, I mean discussions, still in progress. 
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Family skiing in Flumserberg, can't wait....
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I have suggested a week at christmas to my wife and teenage kids, but they remain unconvinced. Is there something that would sell it?
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rob@rar, I agree, we have never been unable to ski at Christmas due to lack of snow.
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Morzine.
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Alpe d'Huez
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I love the idea of doing it, but I'm scared! I like my home comforts, I like my Christmas dinner just *so*, I like Boxing Day footy and turkey sandwiches through to the 29th...
...but I haven't had a white Christmas in my lifetime, and the mountains sound *wonderful*. Is it really worth sacrificing what you know and love?
Also, how *do* you get the presents over there with you?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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My first ever skiing was a Christmas day morning in Austria.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I'm a convert to skiing at Christmas - Alp d'Huez, St Mortiz and Flims Laax for the last 3 years. Still undecided for this year. I like to wait and see who has snow - I booked St Moritz and Flims Laax the week before Chirstmas without any problems.
For selling the concept of skiing at Christmas, that should be easy for a hotel stay: no cooking! Selling it for self-catering might be more difficult...
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You could roast a marmot.
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You know it makes sense.
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FastEddie, First Christmas away last year, wouldn't look back. We had a pre-christmas family dinner with ALL the trimmings and presents the weekend before.
Having a white Christmas was as magical for us as it was for our little boy. There was such a lovely atmosphere and at 35 I would say it was one of the best I've ever had. We took a few smallish presents and I booked my husband a private lesson (no need for space or wrapping!!) Try it, if you don't like it you can stay at home next year.
hbunny, Christmas dinner on self-catering was good. We ordered a couple of rotisserie chickens from the shop (they were all open until 6). All the other food stuff was easy to get and prepared before hitting the slopes in the morning. A lovely meal and all washed down with copious amounts of plonk!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Avago, you're definitely selling it to me!!! Might have to wait until Tommy is 4 or so and is bouncing off the walls waiting for Christmas....plus, it's a hell of a lot cheaper than Lapland!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| FastEddie wrote: |
| Avago, you're definitely selling it to me!!! |
You won't regret it! We also do a pre-Christmas weekend with all the family, then get to spend the real thing in the mountains. All the frippery that normally goes with a traditional Christmas Day just seems to lose its importance when you're out there for the holiday season with the people you love
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Tignes
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Samoens 
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We have done Christmas away skiing it was fantastic - would do it again but family commitments don't allow this year. Soooo going to Tignes Les Brevieres out 17th December and home Christmas Eve! Freezer will be jam packed
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You lot are so lucky to be skiing at Christmas - I'll be stuck in zermatt with 25 mates !
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| paulio wrote: |
| You could roast a marmot. |
But would the missus join in?
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Montybear with Boredsurfing, and family.
Tough life
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Christmas in the Cotswolds, New Year in Valloire, hopefully snow in both locations
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