Posted: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 11:22 pm. Filed in New Features.
Tags: christmas, holidays, snow
A Little Snow for the Holidays
I’ve seen my fair share of snow growing up in northern Michigan. The sun was shining today, but there is a good chance we’ll have snow on the ground by the end of the week. My favorite things about snow have always been making snowmen, building snow forts, and having snowball fights.
Many of you don’t get a chance to experience the fluffy white stuff, so we’re bringing snow to WordPress.com like we’ve done the last two years. What do you like about snow?
To make it snow on your blog:
- Go to your dashboard.
- Navigate to Appearance -> Extras.
- Check the box next to “Show falling snow on this blog.”
If you used snow last year it is automatically turned back on. If you want to turn it off, follow the steps above but uncheck the box.
Older computers may run slow or stop responding due to snow. Use the following links if you run into a problem (the options below only affect your user account):
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:00 pm
I like this effect.
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:15 pm
I love this feature! It was so much fun last year, and I’m thrilled it automatically returned. I noticed yesterday that it had suddenly started “Snowing”. This is especially lovely timing for my Christmas and holiday posts. Thanks again!
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Thank you WordPress! I love you more! I’ve been jealous about the “falling snow” in my friends’ blogger blogs for days now..
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:07 pm
thanks, i’ll have to make sure my visitors brings a shovel.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I have a snow blower to help clean up real snow, and don’t want to clean up this WP snow….. What’s nice with WordPress snow is that you can “control the weather” if you wish….. It must be a still day, because the snow comes straight down gently….. Very nice.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:26 pm
How festive is that! Simple pleasure, thanks. Perfect timing.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I spoke too soon….. This crazy WordPress snow goes whereever you point your cursor.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I liked having this feature last year!
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Yea, It’s Snowing!!!
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I was very happy to see the snow return! I had forgotten about it from last year. It is so much fun, thank you!
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Thanks! I always look forward to this addition to my blog at the holidays!
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:29 pm
i love it
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I love the snow; thanks for bringing it back
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I’ve seen the snow before and thought I was seeing spots on my monitor.
Thanks for clearing that up!
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Thank you – this is wonderful
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:24 pm
fantastic… I’ll add the snow in a couple of seconds…
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Hey Guys…..
Snow is pretty awesome……….
December 4th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Yes, Now I can see snow at my blog although I live in tropic
December 4th, 2009 at 12:34 am
This is a nice feature, I’ll try it…thanks for the info Nick..
December 4th, 2009 at 12:35 am
this seems so nice
December 4th, 2009 at 12:35 am
This is great! I recently moved to Michigan and have been waiting patiently for snow (still waiting) – but now at least I can have it on my blog! This is a really fun feature – thanks so much!
December 4th, 2009 at 12:50 am
cool!
December 4th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Nick: I’m sitting here half an hour below the Bridge and the last thing I need is snow on my blog, too. We’ve got a chance of up to a foot by Saturday night. http://www.accuweather.com/watches-warnings.asp?partner=forecastfox&zipcode=49706&county=MIc047&zone=MIz016&metric=0 I live a mile from the state highway mentioned in the warning.
I’ll let others have the blessing of cyber snow.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:23 am
Love the snow. Had it last year, had wandered around looking for it this year, checking the forums and such. Then suddenly, a couple of days ago, I detected a chilly feeling about my computer, and when I opened to my page which I had already converted to a Christmas theme, there was a languid drift of snow moving over my screen.
Fun. Thank you.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:31 am
This effect just makes me feel the festive time is here ! thank you for boosting the good feeling you are trigerring with just a bit of coding. Living away from home, my immediate environment does not allow any scope of seeing snow. So, this effect is bang on !
December 4th, 2009 at 2:36 am
Here in Florida wordpress is providing the impossible…
let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
many thanks
December 4th, 2009 at 3:07 am
thank you for free snow..
December 4th, 2009 at 3:16 am
YESSS!!! And keep it going all winter, please. Merry Christmas from Ralph!
December 4th, 2009 at 3:16 am
let it snow love it…
December 4th, 2009 at 3:36 am
It doesn’t snow in my country unfortunately..
This definitely help liven up the mood for my Christmas this year~
Thank you WordPress!
December 4th, 2009 at 3:41 am
It’s the little things in life that count…thanks for this, it not only brightens our day, but hopefully also our readers.
-YHL
December 4th, 2009 at 3:43 am
This is awesome! Thank you!
December 4th, 2009 at 4:00 am
Yay! fun snow again! Love it! Made my whole day… thanks
December 4th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Got my blog these beautiful snowflakes – thanks!!! It’s snowing in Bangalore now!!!! Wow!!
December 4th, 2009 at 5:46 am
wow!! thanks for the tip down here in texas it never snows so any bit o snow counts
December 4th, 2009 at 5:51 am
I love snow and now I have some every day, bring it on
December 4th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Ooh, thanks! I love this here in Finland, Santas homeland
December 4th, 2009 at 7:41 am
phew…now i can feel the snow…
thanks…
December 4th, 2009 at 7:45 am
hihihi, cute!
snow is falling on my blog;)
December 4th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Thanks
))
It’s like real
December 4th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Sorry, I didn’t make myself clear – I know the snow is only available until 4th January 2010 – what I meant to was that all year round, I look forward to WordPress switching on the snow option for us. Thanks guys.
December 4th, 2009 at 9:19 am
How nice! Thank you so much. Living in sunny Southern California, snow isn’t part of a typical winter for me. It’s nice to have it on my blog though, adds a little something to my downtown LA header.
December 4th, 2009 at 9:34 am
nicee………
thanks
December 4th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Thank you for the snow! Makes me happy.
December 4th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Thank you!
When it snows in my country, it will mean that the climate has gone awry.
December 4th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Fantastic!!! Love snow but don’t see too much of it here.
December 4th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Haha!! I love it!
Thank You.
December 4th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I noticed that you use the variable setting ?holidaysun= to control whether it is sunny or snowing, but this obviously only works when the user viewing my blog has a WordPress account and is signed in.
Is there a way to provide an option to turn the snow off/on for my blog readers who do not have a WordPress account?
Thanks!
(I love the snow. I’m just not sure that all of my blog readers will.)
December 4th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Correct. The disable only works for WordPress.com accounts.
December 4th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Please, please make this available as a down-loadable plugin. There are plugins out there, but they don’t work as well as the one you guys built.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
We used this script. We only modified settings. http://www.schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/
December 4th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
sweet. merry christmas wordpress buddies!
December 4th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Thanks for the snow. ¡Es gratificante!
December 4th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
This sooooo cool!
December 4th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
The chances of having a white christmas have just risen. Leaves in Autumn next?
December 4th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
How lovely, the whole screen is full of snow. Thank you, cause here in Ermionida Greece it never snow.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Great text, i love snow
December 4th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I’m in Cleveland, Ohio and its so nice out this morning, I had to cut off the heat and open the window to try and get a breeze…that failed. I’ve been waiting on Snow since October, lol.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
I really like this….
and if you get to embed a YouTube video on your WordPress blog…
and do a right-click on it,
suddenly… ( well, I’ll let you figure this one out for yourselves )
December 4th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Thank you Nick for snow!!! I think we’ll miss these snow in the near future. The mountains will be naked and we human will be shy or embrassed to see these mountains naked coz it is we,humans who is destroying snow creating global warming.
December 4th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I LOOOOOVE IT!!!!
December 4th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
Our first snow of the season here in Coney Island, New York
Thank you and Happy holidays to everyone at WordPress!
December 4th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Thank you! That is so cool – just found out today, and just after I wrote about the snow! Thanks again!
December 4th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
very cool!!! Merry Christmas!!
December 4th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Yay. I love this. Everybody will have Christmas for sure.
Unfortunately, here, in Jakarta – Indonesia, will not come any snow at all
December 4th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Funny I must be the only one that doesn’t have this option for snow? I am using the Mystique theme, might that be the problem here?
December 4th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
cool
December 4th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Hubiese preferido que solamente se viese la nieve en la cabecera. Ya que los que tenemos plantilla con fondo negro, es un poco molesto estar leyendo una entrada con la nieve de por medio.
December 4th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Whoo Hoo!! Thanks!
December 4th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Cool!
December 4th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
This is really nice. We just moved from northwest Ohio to the south and I really miss the Ohio-Michigan winters.
December 4th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Thanks !!! Makes my Christmas cake photos look great.
December 5th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Wow, I love it, thank you!!
December 5th, 2009 at 3:37 am
Hey – It’s snowing on my blog! Awesome! thank you!
December 5th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Even though it is not a new feature to me, I always get excited and pleased to see it.
Thank yuo for this option.
December 5th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Thanks, Nick! Great stuff!
December 5th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Not for me but appreciate having the option!
December 5th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Seriously, the “snowflakes” reminded me of meteors or stars fading out more than snow. So I got other pictures in my mind than christmas holidays.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Happy holiday with snow, lovely snowmen, snow forts!
December 5th, 2009 at 11:45 am
THANK YOU!! This is great! I miss snow here in the UAE seeing as how it’s part of Canadian life….so thank you once again!!
December 5th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Hey, thank you WordPress! This is what really makes winter. Here in Durban, South Africa, we have never seen snow, ever! Serves us right for being in the best (geographical) space around, I suppose.
December 5th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
This is a brilliant feature. thank you. I love it!
December 5th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Annoying!
It even shows on the first screen after I log in, the one with the list of my blogs, and yet some of the cool things I’d like to do on my blogs aren’t allowed.
Bah, humbug…..
December 5th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
how awesome is that? dandruff for my blog! ha
December 5th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
thx
December 5th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Thank you!
December 5th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Love the snow thing! It should last longer than January 4th… I’m from Michigan, too, and we just got our first little bit of snow yesterday morning! And hey Gaylord person!!! I am coming up there in January!!!
I wanna see cute elks and that huge ice glob thing 
December 5th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Excellent
Great work Thank you
Merry Christmas
December 5th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Great. Love to see snow once in a while!
December 5th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
FYI, I did have it turned on last year, but it didn’t automatically start up again for me this year…
December 5th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Right now we have 30°C in Santiago, Chile. To see snow in my blog is just perfect.
December 5th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
YESS!! Thank you! I love the snow extra! Too bad it’s only available to Jan. 4 It’s a nice touch up though!