Operation Lille Neige brings together around twenty activities for families who, in particular, do not go away during the winter holidays. Marching band, wooden chalets and toboggan run.

Two out of three children do not leave during the February holidays, recalls the mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry. "We are on the theme of snow, the mountains, we escape. The impression of being in another world. A vacation before its time,” he explains.