Rome... Stockholm...at Christmas

[Phteven]

The wonderful thing about Rome in winter is that it's not so packed out with tourists.

ETA - Venice is wonderful and so is Luca.

[LionsandBears]

Of course, Santa lives closer to Stockholm so doesnt have as far to go

I think a Scandinavian Christmas would be delightful.

[Violet Star]

Out of the 2 options, A Scandinavian Christmas would be devine IMO.

[LuluHB]

A guy I used to work for had a Swedish wife and they went back to Stockholm one Christmas. He's done an enormous amount of world travel and said he would never again go there at that time of year - said it was -40 odd and just so very bitterly cold that it was unpleasant to do much outside for any length of time. Don't know if that was a particularly cold winter, or just the norm.

My SIL is in Austria at the moment and says its fantastic. I know its not on your list but it may be far enough south that its a little more pleasant weatherwise, but still absolute guarantee of a white Christmas.

I'd love to do one too. Something pretty magical about snow at Christmas - at least it looks that way in the pictures!!

[Phteven]

I think Lulu has made a good point. At the winter solstice you'll be looking at very few daylight hours each day whereas a bit further south you would get more daylight and in the Alps you would get snow too.