The sleigh, igloo, snow saucer, sled and Nort Pole sign are all freebies from Sams 3d - thank you Sharen! The reindeer are by Lyne of Vistainternet.products.com - thanks Lyne.

I think I made the snow by modifying the rain that comes with Vue and saving it as a new object, but it could be the other way round. If you have snow in your miscellaneous objects that is the thing to use. If you have rain, change the pattern of grey lines to white dots.

Below is how I arranged the snow cylinders in the image. There are lots and lots of them. I kept grouping them and copy/pasting them and moving them around till it looked right. You need some at ground level and more higher up in the sky, and you vary the sizes and can slope them too if you want to rearrange the flakes. It is fun to do, but it takes patience. I don't have the patience for animations, but it would not be difficult, just pernickety.