Hmm considering The drive at the moment, Will probably hire a people carrier as a fammily plus junk In a Alfa GTV for 20 hrs sounds like a national lampoons holiday.
Glyn

Not going in an Austin Maxi and getting stuck on a roundabout then?!!

I can recommend Sauze d'oulx in Italy, huge area, and you can ski into France for lunch without any problem

Great night life too! :-)

http://www.sauzedoulx.uk.com/

Ski Information:

Sauze D'Oulx

No of Runs 7 blue, 25 red, 4 black

Km of Runs 100 kms

Snow Canons 150

No of lifts 20


Milky Way

No of Runs 39 blue, 93 red, 32 black

Km of Runs 400 kms

Snow Canons 1000

No of lifts 88

Glyn
In Switzerland look on the web sites for:
Meiringen Hasliberg - easyJet or Swiss Air Basle - overlooking the Egger
Grächen - easyJet or Swiss Air Geneva - overlooking Matterhorn

Both car free villages and reasonable prices for Switzerland and snow for Christmas!

Austria is more friendly but is generally lower and so maybe the snow will not be there (I've seen green slopes in Austria too many times) - there are a few truely car free resorts which is great for kids and parents but transfer times can be long. Look at:

Gargellen in the Montafon Vorarlberg - long transfer Zurich Swiss Air or BA
Serfaus or Obergurgl in Tyrol - Flights into Innsbruck
Katschberg or Turracher Höhe - RyanAir into Klagenfurt (both these resorts have great Childrens Hotels - even the toilets are lower for the kids)
All car free in the winter.

All resorts mentioned have loads of things to do like sauna swimming sledging snowshoe trekking paraskiing skiing snowboarding curling etc etc.

Have Fun

Try www.Kickinghorseresort.com Very good powder from mid december. If youy need more info pm me we have a flat there its fab!

Went to Val D'Isere for New Year last year......great resort.....huge amount of piste / off piste.....atmosphere in the town was great and the resort appeared to be rug-rat friendly.