var today = new Date();
var monthoftoday = today.getMonth();
var dateoftoday = today.getDate();

if (monthoftoday == 11 && dateoftoday < 27)
{
	var no = 15;                   // number of snowflakes
	var speed = 10;                // the smaler, the faster snowflakes
	if (dateoftoday == 24 || dateoftoday == 25 || dateoftoday == 26)
	{
		var no = 1;                   // number of snowflakes
		var snowflake = "snow/santa.gif";    // picture source
	}
	else
	{
		var no = 25;                   // number of snowflakes
		var snowflake = "snow/snow.gif";    // picture source
	}

	if (dateoftoday == 6)
	{
		var no = 3;                   // number of snowflakes
		var snowflake = "snow/nikolaus.gif";    // picture source
	}
	
	var ns4b = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0;   // Netscape4.x
	var b4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;      // MSIE4, Opera5, Netccape5
	var dx, xp, yp;                // coordinate and position variables
	var am, stx, sty;              // amplitude and step variables
	var snowobj;
	var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600; // 800x600 screen-default

	if (ns4b) 
	{
   		doc_width  = self.innerWidth;
   		doc_height = self.innerHeight;
	} 
	else if (b4up) 
	{
   		doc_width  = document.body.clientWidth;
   		doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
	} 
	else 
	{
   		doc_width = window.innerWidth;
   		doc_height = window.innerHeight;
   		b4up = 1;
	}// if

	dx = new Array();
	xp = new Array();
	yp = new Array();
	am = new Array();
	stx = new Array();
	sty = new Array();
	snowobj = new Array();

	for (i=0; i<no; ++i) 
	{         // iterate for every snowflake
   		dx[i] = 0;                  // set coordinate variables
   		xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50); // set position variables
   		yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
   		am[i] = Math.random()*20;             // set amplitude variables
   		stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;     // set step variables
   		sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();         // set step variables
   		if (ns4b) {                           // set layers
      		document.write("<LAYER NAME=\"flake"+ i +"\" LEFT=\"15\" "
      		+ "TOP=\"15\" VISIBILITY=\"show\"><IMG SRC=\""
      		+ snowflake +"\" BORDER=0></LAYER>");
   	} 
	else if (b4up) 
	{
      		document.write("<DIV ID=\"flake"+ i +"\" STYLE=\""
      		+ "position:absolute; z-index:"+ i +"; visibility:visible; "
      		+ "top:15px; left:15px;\"><IMG SRC=\""+ snowflake
      		+ "\" BORDER=0></DIV>");
      		snowobj[i] = eval (document.getElementById("flake"+i).style);
   	}//if
}//for
}
if (monthoftoday == 10 && dateoftoday == 1)
{
	var speed = 10;                // the smaler, the faster snowflakes

	var no = 3;                   // number of snowflakes
	var snowflake = "snow/bday.gif";    // picture source
	
	var ns4b = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0;   // Netscape4.x
	var b4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;      // MSIE4, Opera5, Netccape5
	var dx, xp, yp;                // coordinate and position variables
	var am, stx, sty;              // amplitude and step variables
	var snowobj;
	var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600; // 800x600 screen-default

	if (ns4b) 
	{
   		doc_width  = self.innerWidth;
   		doc_height = self.innerHeight;
	} 
	else if (b4up) 
	{
   		doc_width  = document.body.clientWidth;
   		doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
	} 
	else 
	{
   		doc_width = window.innerWidth;
   		doc_height = window.innerHeight;
   		b4up = 1;
	}// if

	dx = new Array();
	xp = new Array();
	yp = new Array();
	am = new Array();
	stx = new Array();
	sty = new Array();
	snowobj = new Array();

	for (i=0; i<no; ++i) 
	{         // iterate for every snowflake
   		dx[i] = 0;                  // set coordinate variables
   		xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50); // set position variables
   		yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
   		am[i] = Math.random()*20;             // set amplitude variables
   		stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;     // set step variables
   		sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();         // set step variables
   		if (ns4b) {                           // set layers
      		document.write("<LAYER NAME=\"flake"+ i +"\" LEFT=\"15\" "
      		+ "TOP=\"15\" VISIBILITY=\"show\"><IMG SRC=\""
      		+ snowflake +"\" BORDER=0></LAYER>");
   	} 
	else if (b4up) 
	{
      		document.write("<DIV ID=\"flake"+ i +"\" STYLE=\""
      		+ "position:absolute; z-index:"+ i +"; visibility:visible; "
      		+ "top:15px; left:15px;\"><IMG SRC=\""+ snowflake
      		+ "\" BORDER=0></DIV>");
      		snowobj[i] = eval (document.getElementById("flake"+i).style);
   	}//if
}//for
}

function snowNS() 
{            // Netscape4 main animation function
	for (i=0; i<no; ++i) 
	{      // iterate for every snowflake
      		yp[i] += sty[i];
      		
		if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) 
		{
         		xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
         		yp[i] = 0;
         		stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
         		sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
      		}//if
         
		dx[i] += stx[i];
         	document.layers["flake"+i].top = yp[i];
         	document.layers["flake"+i].left = xp[i]
            	+ am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
      	}//for
   	setTimeout("snowNS()", speed);
}//snowNS

function snowDocument() 
{      // MSIE4, Opera5, Netscape5 main
   	for (i=0; i<no; ++i) 
	{      // iterate for every flake
      		yp[i] += sty[i];
      		if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) 
		{
         		xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
         		yp[i] = 0;
         		stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
         		sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
      		}//if
      		dx[i] += stx[i];
      		snowobj[i].top  = yp[i];
      		snowobj[i].left = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
   	}//for
   	setTimeout("snowDocument()", speed);
}//snowDocument

if (ns4b) 
{                   // Netscape4
	snowNS();
} 
else if (b4up) 
{            // MSIE4, Opera5, Netscape5
	snowDocument();
}//if