Enable holiday snow on your site

Add a festive touch to your site during the holiday season by displaying snowflakes gently falling across your site for visitors. In this guide, you will learn how to enable and disable holiday snow on your WordPress.com site.

The holiday snow setting is available during winter in both hemispheres according to the following schedule:

• Northern hemisphere: you can access the setting between December 1 and January 6.
• Southern hemisphere: you can access the setting between June 1 and July 6.

Your hemisphere is determined by the city set as your site’s timezone. If no city is selected, the holiday snow setting will be available from December 1 to January 6.

To enable the holiday snow effect on your site, follow these steps:

1. Visit your site’s dashboard.
2. Navigate to Settings → General.
3. Check the box next to “Enable Holiday Snow.”
   • Optionally, you can also control the Snow Speed. The lower this number, the faster it takes for a snowflake to get to the bottom of the screen.
4. Click the “Save Changes” button.

Your site will now display animated snowflakes for all visitors.

To disable the holiday snow effect, follow these steps:

1. Visit your site’s dashboard.
2. Navigate to Settings → General.
3. Uncheck the box next to “Enable Holiday Snow.”
4. Click the “Save Changes” button.