diff --git a/js/loadsnow.js b/js/loadsnow.js
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+if (active_page === "catalog" || active_page === "thread" || active_page === "index" ||  active_page === "ukko") {
+
+$(document).on("ready", function() {
+if (window.Options && Options.get_tab('general')) {
+	Options.extend_tab("general", 
+	"<fieldset><legend>Special Event Effects </legend>"
+	+ ("<label class='event-effect' id='eventeffect'><input type='checkbox' /> Enable Special Event Effects</label>")
+	+ "</fieldset>");
+}
+
+$('.event-effect').on('change', function(){
+	var setting = $(this).attr('id');
+
+	localStorage[setting] = $(this).children('input').is(':checked');
+	location.reload();
+});
+
+if (!localStorage.eventeffect) {
+	localStorage.eventeffect = 'false';
+}
+
+function getSetting(key) {
+	return (localStorage[key] == 'true');
+}
+
+if (getSetting('eventeffect')) $('#eventeffect>input').prop('checked', 'checked');
+
+function initBalloons() { //Pashe, influenced by tux, et al, WTFPL
+	if (!getSetting("eventeffect")) {return;}
+	snowStorm.start();
+}
+initBalloons();
+});
+}