Lapland - Pre Christmas Trip for Adults?

[20jar18]

Looking to book a trip to Lapland, possibly Saariselka in December 2018 but open to suggestions for other destinations in Lapland for 2 adults, no kids.

Any recommendations for the best way for adults to experience the snow, reindeer, huskies, northern lights, snowmobiles, skiing etc with a little bit of Santa thrown in.

Been looking at organised 2/3 night holidays with the big travel companies which include a Santa days or search for Santa rides, would these be suitable for 2 adults or a waste of a day?

Advice from anyone who has been (with or with out kids) would be great! Thanks.

We've been to Saariselkä (skiing) and Rovaniemi (Santa). Saariselkä was a DIY trip and the Santa trip to Rovaniemi was by Thomson.

Both places are lovely, rather small, unspoiled despite the Santa tourism and the scenery is to do die for.

The organised Santa trips tend to include a "gala-dinner" in the end, which includes meeting the Santa (ours was one to one). You could just skip all that and book your own excursions through www.laplandsafaris.com/en/ They are very good and very helpful.

We did the TUI one - stayed at Santa Sport three days over Christmas - got a last minute deal of c400 per person and was pretty amazing. Is lots of families but also fine for adults - included a gala dinner with fireworks and santa arriving on a sleigh with reindeer, reindeer sleigh rides, husky sleigh rides, flights, 3 nights hotel with huge pool with spa parts, snowmobiles, warm clothing and boots, trip to elf workshop etc. Skiing was possible but extra but be aware it is bitterly cold around -25C so hard to stay out for any length of time (say more than a couple of hours unless you can go in and out of somewhere warm like a restaurant) even with all the gear. Maybe price up doing it independently. There's only a few hours daylight a day which you can work around but do need to take into account for trips.