{"id":1340,"date":"2014-12-24T11:36:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T10:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2015-03-09T10:12:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T09:12:58","slug":"night-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/night-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Night Before Christmas >> 20 Stunning Resorts on Xmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wish you were there right now?\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0We do!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here’s 20 of the most choc-box-perfect alpine resorts.<\/p>\n

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See\u00a0how they’re celebrating a very cool Yule!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Zell am See<\/a>, Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Zell<\/a>

\u00a9 Zell am See Tourism and Niki Faistauer<\/p><\/div>\n

Zell\u2019s festive offerings include a Christmas Market, complete with music and children\u2019s activities as well as a \u2018Magical Christmas Train\u2019 ride through the town. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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St Moritz<\/a>, Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 St Moritz Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Passenger rides on vintage bobsleighs are the highlight this Christmas Eve – if it\u2019s anything like previous years, St Moritz will see the locals celebrate with the likes of carolling and Christmas Eve feasts. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kitzb\u00fchel<\/a>, Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Kitzb\u00fchel<\/a>

\u00a9 Kitzb\u00fchel Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Local artists have created a lovely nativity scene to accompany Kitzb\u00fchel\u2019s Christmas Market in the medieval town centre \u2013 the market is open today, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Crans Montana<\/a>, Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Crans<\/a>

\u00a9 Crans Montana Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Little ones can meet Santa under the Christmas tree for photos and gifts, and later on in the evening, Santa will be serving cocktails in the Casino\u2026 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Arabba<\/a>, Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Arabba<\/a>

\u00a9 Arabba Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Santa Claus pays a visit to the town centre on his horse-drawn sleigh, bringing Christmas gifts to children. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Les Carroz<\/a>, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Les Carroz Tourism and G. PIel<\/p><\/div>\n

Families can visit the Christmas Carpentry workshop and have a go at some Christmas decoration making before the arrival of Santa Claus himself. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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St Anton<\/a>, Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"St.<\/a>

\u00a9 St. Anton am Arlberg Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

As always, there\u2019s sure to be a cracking party at the Mooserwirt and Krazy Kangruh and the local restaurants will be dishing up some fabulous Christmas Eve dinners.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Les 2 Alpes<\/a>, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Les Deux Alpes Tourism and Bruno Longo<\/p><\/div>\n

Christmas Eve’s fun and games here include Gingerbread man decorating, a torchlight parade and ESF show with\u00a0free Vin Chaud and Hot Chocolate\u2026 and of course meetings and photos with Santa.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Chamonix<\/a>, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chamonix<\/a>

\u00a9 Chamonix Tourism by Patrice Labarbe<\/p><\/div>\n

Head to Les Houches for sweets, music and hot chocolate \u2013 look out for Santa who stops by for photo opportunities before his round the world trip\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nendaz<\/a>, Switzerland\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Nendaz<\/a>

\u00a9 Nendaz Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyone can join in or watch the Christmas Eve carol singing by the ice rink, getting into the Christmas spirit before Santa paraglides (yes, paraglides!) into the resort tomorrow.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meribel<\/a>, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Meribel\"<\/a>

\u00a9 Meribel Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Plans for this evening include Christmas carols and the all-important visit from Father Christmas, with free hot drinks outside the tourist office. There\u2019s also a Christmas Eve Mass at the Olympic Ice Rink.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cortina<\/a>, Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Notturni<\/a>

\u00a9 Cortina Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Cortina holds a traditional Christmas market on Corso Italia and advent image number 24 will be projected onto the walls of the city hall. Tomorrow, Cortina Music Band bring musical greetings in traditional costume.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Megeve<\/a>, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"MEGEVE\"<\/a>

\u00a9 Megeve Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Megeve is transformed into \u2018Christmas Village\u2019 at this time of year, with baking and craft workshops for children, regular story readings and much more\u2026 Christmas Eve is the climax with the visit of Father Christmas on his sleigh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Corvara<\/a>, Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Alta<\/a>

\u00a9 Corvara Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Corvara\u2019s Traditional Christmas market started at the beginning of December and will keep going until the 4th<\/sup> of January \u2013 but it\u2019s particularly magic on Christmas Eve (not to mention great for last minute stocking fillers…).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Val Thorens<\/a>, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Val<\/a>

\u00a9 Val Thorens Tourism and C. Cattin<\/p><\/div>\n

Children will love Father Christmas\u2019 cabin, with its Elf fanfare and meetings with Santa and there\u2019s also a ski show and torchlit descent on the 24th<\/sup>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Klosters<\/a>, Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Klosters<\/a>

\u00a9 Klosters Tourism<\/p><\/div>\n

Meet Santa and his helper in Klosters, who will take you to R\u00fctiwald to experience \u2018Holy Night in the forest\u2019 with Christmas songs, mulled wine and punch.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Val d’Isere<\/a>, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Val<\/a>

\u00a9 Val d’Isere Tourism and JP Noisillier<\/p><\/div>\n

Val is another of Father Christmas\u2019 ski resort stop-offs on Christmas Eve, here he brings along Mother Christmas and other fairy-tale characters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ischgl<\/a>, Austria<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ischgl<\/a>

\u00a9 Ischgl Tourism and Albin Niederstrasser<\/p><\/div>\n

While there are more than enough bars for a toast to Christmas Eve\u2019s past, present and future, the main event here is on Boxing Day this year, when the \u2018Christmas In The Mountains\u2019 event features carols from around the world. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Zermatt<\/a>, Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Zermatt<\/a>

\u00a9 Zermatt Tourism and Kurt Muller<\/p><\/div>\n

Instead of Santa, Wolli, the resort\u2019s friendly sheep mascot and the Christmas angel ride through the town on a horse-drawn carriage, giving out gifts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Courchevel<\/a>, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Patrick<\/a>

\u00a9 Courchevel Tourism and Patrick Pachod<\/p><\/div>\n

Today won\u2019t be the first day Father Christmas visits Courchevel, he started off in Le Praz on Sunday and is making his way through the villages on top of other events like music performances on the streets and children\u2019s workshops.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you’re out there now\u00a0or heading back soon, send us your Christmas ski pics!<\/p>\n

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Want someone to “get the hint” of what you’d like for Xmas? \u00a0SHARE with hash tag\u00a0#SNOidea\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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  Wish you were there right now?\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0We do!   Here’s 20 of the most choc-box-perfect alpine resorts.   See\u00a0how they’re celebrating a very cool Yule!       Zell am See, Austria Zell\u2019s festive offerings include a Christmas Market, complete with music and children\u2019s activities as well as a \u2018Magical Christmas Train\u2019 ride through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ski-holidays","has-post-title","no-post-date","has-post-category","no-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1340"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions\/1907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}