We will be spending Dec 18-22 in Paris, but hope to move to a smaller village for the days around Christmas. Ideally, we would like to stay in an apartment in the mountains with SNOW where we can arrive in time to purchase provisions for Christmas dinner.
We would love to have it be a smaller town, close to Cross Country Skiing, and spend four days skiing, relaxing, doing a little cooking, attending church or mass, and walking around the village listening to French being spoken (unless everything is closed for the holidays).
What we are looking for is an affordable location (not a fancy ski resort), with real people (not a lot of rich tourists, preferably, not that there is anything wrong with that, but we've had more authentic experiences, and prefer them).
Judith