<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>  

  var snowmax=300  
  var snowcolor=new Array("#AAAACC","#DDDDFF","#CCCCDD","#F3F3F3","#F0FFFF")  
  var snowtype=new Array("Arial Black","Arial Narrow","Times","Comic Sans MS")  
  var snowletter="*"  
  var sinkspeed=0.9  
  var snowmaxsize=22  
  var snowminsize=8  
  var snowingzone=1  
  var snow=new Array()  
  var marginbottom  
  var marginright  
  var timer  
  var i_snow=0  
  var x_mv=new Array();  
  var crds=new Array();  
  var lftrght=new Array();  
  var browserinfos=navigator.userAgent  
  var ie5=document.all&&document.getElementById&&!browserinfos.match(/Opera/)  
  var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all  
  var opera=browserinfos.match(/Opera/)  
  var browserok=ie5||ns6||opera  
  function randommaker(range) {  
  rand=Math.floor(range*Math.random())  
  return rand  
  }  
  function initsnow() {  
  if (ie5) {  
  marginbottom = document.body.clientHeight  
  marginright = document.body.clientWidth  
  }  
  else if (ns6) {  
  marginbottom = document.body.clientHeight  
  marginright = window.innerWidth  
  }  
  else if (opera) {  
  marginbottom = document.documentElement.clientHeight  
  marginright = document.body.clientWidth  
  }  
  var snowsizerange=snowmaxsize-snowminsize  
  for (i=0;i<=snowmax;i++) {  
  crds[i] = 0;  
  lftrght[i] = Math.random()*15;  
  x_mv[i] = 0.03 + Math.random()/10;  
  snow[i]=document.getElementById("s"+i)  
  snow[i].style.fontFamily=snowtype[randommaker(snowtype.length)]  
  snow[i].size=randommaker(snowsizerange)+snowminsize  
  snow[i].style.fontSize=snow[i].size  
  snow[i].style.color=snowcolor[randommaker(snowcolor.length)]  
  snow[i].sink=sinkspeed*snow[i].size/5  
  if (snowingzone==1) {snow[i].posx=randommaker(marginright-snow[i].size)}  
  if (snowingzone==2) {snow[i].posx=randommaker(marginright/2-snow[i].size)}  
  if (snowingzone==3) {snow[i].posx=randommaker(marginright/2-snow[i].size)+marginright/4}  
  if (snowingzone==4) {snow[i].posx=randommaker(marginright/2-snow[i].size)+marginright/2}  
  snow[i].posy=randommaker(2*marginbottom-marginbottom-2*snow[i].size)  
  snow[i].style.left=snow[i].posx  
  snow[i].style.top=snow[i].posy  
  }  
  movesnow()  
  }  

  function movesnow() {  
  for (i=0;i<=snowmax;i++) {  
  crds[i] += x_mv[i];  
  snow[i].posy+=snow[i].sink  
  snow[i].style.left=snow[i].posx+lftrght[i]*Math.sin(crds[i]);  
  snow[i].style.top=snow[i].posy  

  if (snow[i].posy>=marginbottom-2*snow[i].size || parseInt(snow[i].style.left)>(marginright-3*lftrght[i])){  
  if (snowingzone==1) {snow[i].posx=randommaker(marginright-snow[i].size)}  
  if (snowingzone==2) {snow[i].posx=randommaker(marginright/2-snow[i].size)}  
  if (snowingzone==3) {snow[i].posx=randommaker(marginright/2-snow[i].size)+marginright/4}  
  if (snowingzone==4) {snow[i].posx=randommaker(marginright/2-snow[i].size)+marginright/2}  
  snow[i].posy=0  
  }  
  }  
  var timer=setTimeout("movesnow()",50)  
  }  

  for (i=0;i<=snowmax;i++) {  
  document.write("<span id='s"+i+"' style='position:absolute;top:-"+snowmaxsize+"'>"+snowletter+"</span>")  
  }  
  if (browserok) {  
  window.onload=initsnow  
  }  
  </SCRIPT>