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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

You’ve already been asking… where’s the snow?

For those new to the WordPress.com family, every year we allow our users to spread a little holiday cheer by having snow appear to fall on their sites, which especially looks cool on sites with darker color schemes.

If you’d like to make it snow (not like making it rain) on your blog, follow these easy instructions:

  1. Go to your dashboard.
  2. Navigate to Settings » General.
  3. Check the box next to “Show falling snow on this blog.”
  4. Roast some chestnuts.

If you had it on last year, it’ll still be on for this year.

If you’re anti-snow, for reasons we won’t judge, you can make sure you don’t see it on your personal settings page.

We hope you enjoy! And now for some Sinatra:

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by Matt

Posted: Monday, December 3rd, 2012 at 3:45 pm. Filed in Uncategorized.
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  1. Marow
    Dec 3rd at 3:49 pm

    Thank you! I love this feature :)

  2. Natasha McNeely
    Dec 3rd at 3:52 pm

    That’s great! I loved the little snow effect last year. Definitely using it again this year. :)

  3. YouKai Shinigami
    Dec 3rd at 4:17 pm

    I was wondering about the snow flakes already. I like to see them on this final month of the year ♥

  4. Sean W.
    Dec 3rd at 4:30 pm

    Very nice! I wish we could enable this all the time, or at least through the entire winter season.

  5. Pillows A-La-Mode
    Dec 3rd at 4:31 pm

    I LOVE the snow and I’m so happy to see it back! :)

  6. Pearl Mngomezulu
    Dec 3rd at 4:31 pm

    I live in Africa and we don’t have snowfall in December. Do you have something that’s more relevant to the southern hemisphere?

  7. loktar (@loktar00)
    Dec 3rd at 4:34 pm

    I love the snow :) Just a heads up I created a Jquery snow plugin I’m obviously fond of :P Supports things like rounded snowflakes, and snowflake shadows so they show up better on site that are lighter. Its also used on threadless.com

    https://github.com/loktar00/JQuery-Snowfall
    http://www.somethinghitme.com/2011/10/05/jquery-snowfall-1-5-update-now-with-snow-buildup/

  8. Kyle Kuns
    Dec 3rd at 4:34 pm

    Phew, what a relief to find out this is your idea of snow. I thought there was something wrong with my monitor …

  9. Juliette
    Dec 3rd at 4:42 pm

    I didn’t know about this! Thank you for sharing.

  10. Colline
    Dec 3rd at 4:51 pm

    I enjoy this feature – adds a festive feel to the blog :)

  11. stillalife
    Dec 3rd at 5:01 pm

    Thanks for the explanation. I about freaked out when I saw those white spots crossing my page. At first I thought it was my eyes.

  12. mrscarmichael
    Dec 3rd at 5:09 pm

    For a moment I thought I had a detached retina!

  13. Michele Kearns
    Dec 3rd at 5:19 pm

    Thank you! The snow looks great with my gingerbread house header.

  14. ngrfamily
    Dec 3rd at 5:20 pm

    Love this!

  15. Sherri Ohler
    Dec 3rd at 5:27 pm

    Yaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy! I’ve been waiting for this and your timing is perfect! Later today I am posting a DIY North Pole Terrarium-wouldn’t be the same without SNOW! You rock :D

  16. PiedType
    Dec 3rd at 5:30 pm

    Thanks, WP. I look forward to the snow every year. If it’s not a drain on your resources, could you let it snow all winter? It’s always such a letdown when it stops in the midst of winter’s darkest days and the post-holiday doldrums.

  17. Deli-cious OnTap Oils & Vinegars
    Dec 3rd at 5:35 pm

    i dont see that option on my general settings??

  18. Kevin Drum
    Dec 3rd at 5:41 pm

    The box is not on our blog – http://www.KudzuFilmFest.com – why?

  19. Katharine Trauger
    Dec 3rd at 5:57 pm

    THANKS, THANKS, THANKS, THANKS!!!!! Whew. I was holding my breath. Whew.

  20. Patrice
    Dec 3rd at 5:57 pm

    Love the snow! Now the season has begun.

  21. Chris
    Dec 3rd at 6:02 pm

    It was nice to see the snow falling this morning.

  22. Chuck Muldoon
    Dec 3rd at 6:07 pm

    I don’t see any checkbox labeled “Show falling snow on this blog,” anywhere on my General Settings page. Does this only show on certain themes?

    • Nick Momrik
      Dec 3rd at 7:39 pm

      Nope, theme shouldn’t matter. Looks like you were logged in with Facebook instead of your WordPress.com account though, so we can’t check your blog out.

  23. Kyle Schmidt
    Dec 3rd at 6:07 pm

    OMG, how freaking annoying can you be?! Thanks for at least posting how to make it stop.

  24. Sapphire
    Dec 3rd at 6:21 pm

    I love Snow! :)

  25. jkornet
    Dec 3rd at 6:38 pm

    Very creative!

  26. missnancyann
    Dec 3rd at 6:41 pm

    Can you use it only on certain posts, or does it have to be on every post?

  27. keysolutions807
    Dec 3rd at 6:52 pm

    Matt, I could not find the box to check to make it snow. Any further guidance would be appreciated. Thanks,

    Frank

  28. Southern Cricut Lady
    Dec 3rd at 6:52 pm

    Thanks for bringing it back again this year! Love it!!!

  29. Edyth Miles
    Dec 3rd at 6:56 pm

    Done it! Love it :-)

  30. thephotoseye
    Dec 3rd at 7:00 pm

    Woohoo it is snowing!

  31. HipsterApproved.net
    Dec 3rd at 7:02 pm

    Cool thanks.
    I saw the snow falling and I was like “What da wha??!!”

  32. Pit
    Dec 3rd at 7:04 pm

    I really wish you wuldn’t have made this feature available again as it only slows down loading those websites that use it. And adding to that, once they have been loaded into my browser [Firefox], the page keeps “jiggling” as something wants to appear at the bottom, moving the remainder of the page up, but then doesn’t appear ao that the page moves down again and so on and so on add infinitum. :(

    • Nick Momrik
      Dec 3rd at 7:21 pm

      You can disable it for your user account if it’s causing problems with your setup. See the instructions in the post.

  33. erinorange
    Dec 3rd at 7:05 pm

    Thanks! What about a little snowman in the corner of the screen – pushing it? ;)

  34. Tomis the Cat
    Dec 3rd at 7:11 pm

    Dear Matt,

    For our WordPress.com sites with darker color schemes, I would like to suggest you to don’t disable “the snow option” on January 4th !!! I mean, is it possible that WordPress.com LET IT ENABLED THE SNOW EFFECT FOR DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR ?!?
    Why the snow effect is always disabled after every January 4th ??? Please, think about us, the pro-snow effect WP users !

    Thank you, very much ! May God bless WordPress Team with a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ! May God bless you, Matt ! :)

  35. Niko
    Dec 3rd at 7:12 pm

    Thank you so much… Last year I enabled this feature and automatically today snow’s began to fall on my blog….. :-)

  36. fransiweinstein
    Dec 3rd at 7:13 pm

    I’m dreaming of a balmy Christmas. How about little brightly-coloured paper umbrellas that drift slowly and land in nice, tall glasses of rum punch? :)

  37. Right Beat Radio
    Dec 3rd at 7:17 pm

    Thank you very, very much!

  38. Sharon Settle
    Dec 3rd at 7:22 pm

    Thanks for a fun addition to help add a holiday touch.

  39. tamara
    Dec 3rd at 7:28 pm

    Thank you for bringing me snow this year again, it feels good to know at least snow is not on my to-do Christmas list ;)

  40. talitacalmeida
    Dec 3rd at 7:28 pm

    Great… loved it! Thank you! ;)

  41. pursuingmydream
    Dec 3rd at 7:30 pm

    I love snow on WP! :) .

  42. anolen
    Dec 3rd at 7:32 pm

    I thought I’d got a computer virus until I found this post. Instead of just activating the feature, send out an email to eligible users telling them how they can switch ‘snow’ on if they want to.

  43. Raman NV
    Dec 3rd at 7:43 pm

    Thanks .. But it snows only on PC (windows, Mac ). It does not snow on my iPad..
    Anything I should more to get the snowing on my iPad.

  44. craftmyescape
    Dec 3rd at 7:45 pm

    I love this feature!!

  45. Ben
    Dec 3rd at 7:48 pm

    I love this feature, but I was wondering if you could have it for most of the winter season, not just until January 4th.

  46. Bosstiger
    Dec 3rd at 7:50 pm

    Another year with WordPress.com rocking, let’s have all a peaceful Christmas without sadness but full of joy and happiness and love. :D
    p.s. …and inspiration for bloggers. ;)

  47. uvefullon
    Dec 3rd at 11:48 pm

    Reblogged this on uvefullon and commented:
    Is everone ready for santa ?????????

  48. ambikablog
    Dec 4th at 3:30 am

    Wow!
    I am sure that the visitors will be pleasantly surprised.

  49. level3owls
    Dec 4th at 3:33 am

    Snow is the best.

  50. cherylorourke
    Dec 4th at 3:45 am

    Reblogged this on cherylorourke and commented:
    Always love hearing holiday music this time of the year.

  51. victorworang
    Dec 4th at 3:46 am

    Oh yeah, the one that we’ve been waiting for, but how long is this feature enabled?

  52. Enchanted Seashells
    Dec 4th at 4:05 am

    This is my first holiday season with WP and i LOVE LOVE the snow!

  53. Bubu
    Dec 4th at 4:08 am

    I’m from a tropical country. Thanks for the snow experience. Cheers!

  54. Brassica Somnifera
    Dec 4th at 4:41 am

    Can’t say as I was amused to find the early 2000s snow gimmick “conveniently” turned on for me. Nor was it inspiring me to roast chestnuts to have to search for how to turn off this “feature.” And it did not inspire holiday cheer to have to turn the feature off four time before the site registered my preference. Given that my visual processing impairment is fairly mild compared to some of the students I’ve had to tutor over the years and I had trouble dealing with this nuisance, perhaps it might be nice to have the feature default to disabled and having to opt in, rather than the other way around. Thanks.

  55. Jasmeet
    Dec 4th at 4:51 am

    Snow <3<3<3<3

  56. lenigoesnz
    Dec 4th at 4:51 am

    Such a nice feature!!!!

  57. Three Well Beings
    Dec 4th at 6:09 am

    I was so excited to see the snow return this morning! Thank you for this feature. It is just great! :-)

    • Dimitris Manousakis
      Dec 4th at 8:27 pm

      When snow falling ..I always remember the …”Winter kept us warm, covering 5
      Earth in forgetful snow…”T.S. Eliot (1888–1965). The Waste Land. 1922.

  58. susan2009
    Dec 4th at 6:50 am

    I just posted on fb how happy I am that it’s snowing . . . on my blog. ;)

  59. thehappyhugger
    Dec 4th at 6:56 am

    Now this is so cute. We don’t have snow over this season in South Africa (actually hardly ever) and therefore I love the snow setting – I’ll have a blog white Christmas :)

  60. datbookreviews
    Dec 4th at 7:32 am

    A lovely little touch!

  61. rosedandrea
    Dec 4th at 8:05 am

    Thought there might have been something wonky with my browser. Thankfully I came across this post in my reader. Love the idea, and have enabled it on my blog. Yahahay! Snow!

  62. bleneraida
    Dec 4th at 8:24 am

    Thank you so much!!! It is wonderful!!!!!

  63. Francina
    Dec 4th at 8:37 am

    Thank you, it makes it festive!

  64. angelswhisper2011
    Dec 4th at 9:03 am

    Yep! It began to snow in my country yesterday and on my blog too. :)

  65. Dražen Cerović
    Dec 4th at 9:40 am

    Great! Thank you!!!

  66. roadlaura1969
    Dec 4th at 10:38 am

    I just love it. Thank you. :-)

  67. suzannemoore
    Dec 4th at 10:58 am

    I cant see this option in my settings on the dashboard, it just says sharing settings when I click on settings?

  68. kazmisahib
    Dec 4th at 11:11 am

    I like it, it is sweet.

  69. SaniNugraha
    Dec 4th at 12:08 pm

    Really miss this feature. I’ll apply this soon. ^_^ Merry Christmas all.

  70. Gary Lum
    Dec 4th at 12:51 pm

    I love the snow, although for those of us from Australia, could you consider six white boomers for Christmas 2013. Thanks :-)

  71. masfredrik01
    Dec 4th at 1:59 pm

    The snow is ok, not the extreme temperatures.

  72. Ryan
    Dec 4th at 3:33 pm

    Not that it matters on my blog because it is all white lol!

  73. Miss.OnceUponAMarathon
    Dec 4th at 4:00 pm

    This is awesome! Thank you so much!

  74. carys davies
    Dec 4th at 4:10 pm

    The snow is really fantastic. Thanks!

  75. lucysax
    Dec 4th at 4:28 pm

    This is cool – thank you :)

  76. The Lofty Oaks
    Dec 4th at 4:54 pm

    Thank You! I want the snow all year long! My blog looks FANTASTIC with the snow. It fits my design perfectly.

  77. My Life is My Style
    Dec 4th at 8:01 pm

    Very nice :)

  78. Desiree Williams Savory
    Dec 4th at 8:03 pm

    This is awesome and fun! Thank you!

  79. Livonne
    Dec 4th at 8:11 pm

    I actually thought I was seeing spots before my eyes as the snow was only visible in one small grey bar at the top of the screen to start with, especially on a white screen. It took me a while to realise it was snow, not my eyesight lol.. Just a pity we don’t get snow here in Australia.. Oh well!!

  80. Patricia Anne McGoldrick
    Dec 4th at 10:29 pm

    Great on my blog when I use the Mac desktop. However, it is not working on my iPad, so sad! Please help.

  81. SouthernGirl2
    Dec 5th at 1:54 am

    I love this feature. It’s the closest I’ll get to snow! :)

  82. osaroboeghosahenry
    Dec 5th at 2:02 am

    Thanks so much for this it really look nice.

  83. michaelramos900511620
    Dec 5th at 2:24 am

    Thank you so much for the info! I love frank sinatra,,,lol!

  84. tilakpranesh
    Dec 5th at 3:41 am

    Ya it looks nice on darker blogs…but also there seems to be some flickering at the bottom of the blog. Is it due to this snow? I’m using chrome..

  85. rusty
    Dec 5th at 5:20 am

    Great feature. The snow makes me feel happy!

  86. quirkybooks
    Dec 5th at 12:46 pm

    Love the snow. Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it Snow!

  87. Po' Girl Shines
    Dec 5th at 2:46 pm

    Listening to Frank right now, thanks!

  88. sabrina
    Dec 5th at 4:05 pm

    Thank you, awesome feature! Why is it only happening for one month, though?

  89. bennettsbriefings
    Dec 5th at 8:10 pm

    Yay! Thanks for the snow yo!

  90. jakeeaton95
    Dec 6th at 2:15 pm

    Reblogged this on Jacob Eaton! and commented:
    wonderful!

  91. Blogger
    Dec 6th at 5:57 pm

    I like it! Thank you! :-D

  92. gretchyt
    Dec 6th at 9:19 pm

    Well this is certainly festive!

  93. loungetalkradio
    Dec 7th at 6:34 am

    Reblogged this on Lounge Talk Radio and commented:
    Happy Holidays from Lounge Talk Radio!

  94. Marcy
    Dec 7th at 8:45 am

    So, if my blog is not hosted at wordpress.com it won’t work? :-( I have a blog hosted at doteasy and several at hostmonster.

    • Joey Kudish
      Dec 7th at 10:20 pm

      Correct. This is only a WordPress.com feature. However there are a few WordPress.org plugins that will achieve a similar result.

  95. nathasyasudaly
    Dec 7th at 9:06 am

    Reblogged this on nathasyasudaly.

  96. reneeboomer
    Dec 7th at 11:33 pm

    Love it! Thank you. Merry Christmas. :)

  97. ingridhansen2012
    Dec 8th at 3:26 am

    Thank you. I’m enjoying WordPress and the snow.

  98. manticoreblog
    Dec 8th at 6:36 am

    For those of us in the southern hemisphere, can we have a nice bright summer sun? :)

  99. phwriter11
    Dec 8th at 7:16 am

    Yipeeee! Let it snow! Let it snow! Would love to see Santa and Rudolph too :D

  100. debolinabanerjee18
    Dec 8th at 6:08 pm

    Thanks so much! Love this feature.. Christmas is incomplete without snow and one falling on my blog site!! WOWOWOW! :)

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