Ski Dubai, the billboard read, as we descended the stairs from the plane into the 80-degree December night air.

NPR: United States, Dubai: Understanding the Links

Ski Dubai, where it snows every day.

NPR: United States, Dubai: Understanding the Links

While most people know the joys of Ski Dubai, the infamous man-made ski centre at Mall of the Emirates, not everyone is aware that you can also have a ski vacation in one of the hottest cities in the world.

BBC: Cool down in a Dubai ski chalet

Guests also get free entry to the Snow Park, the non-ski slope part of Ski Dubai, where you can make snowballs and snow angels, try sledding and toboggan runs and indulge in all your mid-winter, cold weather fantasies while everyone else is sweating rivers outside.

BBC: Cool down in a Dubai ski chalet