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Swap Christmas at home for a catered ski chalet
Hosting an extended family Christmas at home requires a lot of logistics. Between coordinating guest bedrooms, preparing multi-course meals, and managing the daily schedule, the hosts are often left working through the entire break. Shifting the celebration to a fully catered chalet in the French Alps removes the stress of entertaining entirely. You gather your family under one roof, surrounded by snow-covered peaks, and leave the execution to our dedicated team.
A luxury catered Christmas chalet provides a private chalet chef to design tailored festive menus, dedicated resort driver service that’s available 24 hours a day, and daily housekeeping. This eliminates the holiday hosting coordination, allowing multi-generational families to focus exclusively on skiing and shared traditions in a festive setting.
Catered Over Self-Catered at Christmas
Large family gatherings require careful planning to ensure grandparents, parents, and young children are all happy. Self-catering splits the family’s attention between grocery runs in unfamiliar towns, cooking for a crowd, and clearing up after every meal. A catered chalet preserves your time, keeping the family together.
What to Look for in a Christmas Chalet
The local atmosphere of Morzine and Les Gets (links) provide the setting, but the layout and facilitiesof your chalet dictate how well a large group relaxe sover a week-long stay.
1) Communal Areas
Extended families need room to breathe. A generous lounge or places to cosy up in front of comfy seating and a fireplace create a warm space where the whole group can congregate after skiing without feeling overcrowded.
2) Private Spas and Saunas
Wellness facilities offer a necessary quiet space to recover tired ski legs. Outdoor hot tubs positioned with mountain vantage points, cedar saunas, and steam rooms provide a peaceful retreat for the adults once the children are asleep. Lodge Des Nants in Morzine even has a whole floor dedicated to wellness, with an indoor swimming pool and Hammam. Our concierge team can also book treatments at extra cost, with our spa therapist coming to your chalet so you don’t even have to step outside the chalet.
3) Dedicated Cinema Rooms
A private TV or cinemaroom is perfect for children or family movie nights, settling the house down after dinner with festive films. Our team of hosts can even provide the popcorn.
Service & Experience
Navigating a ski resort with an extended family, especially with children and ski gear, is notoriously difficult. Our teamin Morzine and Les Gets can handle the logistics for you.
- In-Chalet Ski Fitting: Equipment is fitted privately in your chalet boot room upon arrival. You bypass crowded village rental shops and start your first morning walking straight to the lift.
- Resort Chauffeur: Our 24-hour on-call resort driver service means no long walks in heavy ski boots and no waiting for public village shuttles in the cold.
Family Christmas Chalets
We have several properties available in Morzine and Les Gets, perfect for a Christmas celebration with family.
- Lodge Des Nants: This is one of the best chalets in Morzine. This multi-tiered property hosts large groups effortlessly. It features an indoor pool under a starry ceiling, an expansive deck with a rooftop hot tub and views over Morzine and Avoriaz. There’s also a pool table, bar area and a whole floor dedicated to wellness, with a Hammam, sauna and spa treatment room.
- The Old Macaroni: The Old Macaroni combines sweeping valley views with a glass-fronted sauna and an indoor cinema room, offering an incredibly atmospheric setting for a family Christmas dinner prepared by your chef. This chalet is full of charm – and the grand piano in the lounge plays itself, creating a festive backdrop.
- Chalet 46: This property centres around an open-plan lounge and kitchen (with its own beer pump), an outdoor pizza oven for relaxed evenings, and a spa area tailored for quiet recovery. There is also an adjoining apartment, so perfect for multi-generational stays.
Confirming your catered chalet early ensures your dedicated private chef can begin tailoring menus and pre-arranging logistics well ahead of the season’s first snowfall. Guests securing their September reservation receive a 10% seasonal concession.