--- title: "How to add a snow effect and festive Christmas cheer to your WordPress blog or website" url: https://mhthemes.com/blog/festive-christmas-plugins-for-wordpress-websites/ date: 2023-11-26 modified: 2026-11-02 lang: en author: "MH Themes" description: "With the festive season fast-approaching, people are busy decorating and illuminating their homes in time for the Christmas holidays. So why not prepare your WordPress website for the festive period..." categories: - "WordPress Plugins" tags: - "MH Magazine" - "WordPress Magazine Themes" - "WordPress Plugins" - "WordPress Themes" image: https://mhthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Christmas_Cheer_Website.jpg word_count: 1086 --- # How to add a snow effect and festive Christmas cheer to your WordPress blog or website With the festive season fast-approaching, people are busy decorating and illuminating their homes in time for the Christmas holidays. So why not [prepare your WordPress website](https://mhthemes.com/blog/how-to-start-a-blog/) for the festive period with some Christmas plugins? Greeting your visitors with festive cheer doesn't have to cost a cent either. All mentioned plugins for Christmas holiday cheer are available at no charge via the WordPress plugin directory. The countdown at the end of the list does not even need a plugin. ![Christmas Cheer Website](https://mhthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Christmas_Cheer_Website.jpg)Image Source: Couleur – Pixabay.com / License: Public Domain CC0 Some of these Christmas WordPress plugins however do offer an optional *Premium Version*, should you feel the need to go that extra mile in providing your visitors a more unique *Christmassy* environment. You can spread your festive cheer in a matter of moments, directly from your WordPress dashboard. Equally as important, [removing your WordPress plugins](https://mhthemes.com/blog/clean-up-wordpress-websites-plugin-leftovers/) once the festivities come to an end is just as straight-forward using your WordPress dashboard interface, no code or files to manage. Now let's get started with these great plugins for Christmas cheer: - Christmas Countdown Widget - Christmasify! - Christmas Panda - Event Countdown ### Christmas Countdown Widget ![Christmas Countdown Widget](https://mhthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Christmas_Countdown_Widget.jpg)Image Source: Screenshot – WordPress.org The [Christmas Countdown Widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/santas-christmas-countdown/) allows you to add a self-updating *countdown to Christmas* widget to your WordPress site. The plugin simply adds a new widget to the *Widgets* page that you can drop into any widgetized sidebar of your choosing. Via the use of a simple shortcode, you're also able to insert Santa's countdown timer amongst the content of any of your posts or pages. ### Christmasify! ![Christmasify](https://mhthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Christmasify.jpg)Image Source: Screenshot – WordPress.org The [Christmasify!](https://wordpress.org/plugins/christmasify/) WordPress plugin is a compact suite of Christmas-related features you can add to any WordPress website you like. Via a basic options page, you can choose to activate (or de-activate) any of the following festive fun features for the Christmas season. Are you ready to make your WordPress site Christmassy? With this Christmas plugin for WordPress you can display falling snowflakes, play some Christmas music, show animated flying Santa, add Christmas decorations for images or display Christmas text font. Simply install the plugin, open the options page and check the checkbox alongside each of the Christmas features. Then hit the save button to *Christmasify* your WordPress website nicely. All the effects are togglable so you can choose the ones you want. ### Christmas Panda ![Christmas Panda](https://mhthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Christmas_Panda.jpg)Image Source: Screenshot – WordPress.org The [Christmas Panda](https://wordpress.org/plugins/christmas-panda/) plugin is a comprehensive plugin that offers you the ability to implement a variety of Christmas elements to your WordPress website. By using a simple interface, you can select any of the following Christmas elements for your website: customizable Christmas banner, closable Christmas pop-up image and falling snowflakes effect. This is a great plugin to add some Christmas decoration to your WordPress website. The Christmas Panda plugin offers a generous range of selectable Christmas images that you can choose from too, as well as a handful of alignment options allowing you to get things *just right*. Decorate your WordPress website with Christmas trees, Santa, snowfall or just display a pop-up to remember your visitors that it's Christmas. ### Event Countdown ![Event countdown for your website: a countdown card with days, hours, minutes and seconds](https://mhthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/livetickr-event-countdown.png)Image Source: Screenshot – livetickr.io If you would rather count down to more than Christmas, such as a New Year's Eve party, a holiday sale or the launch of your new website, the free [event countdown](https://livetickr.io/tools/event-countdown/) from Livetickr is a simple option. You set the date, the time zone, the look and your accent color on the page, then paste two lines of code into a Custom HTML block or the Text tab of the classic editor. There is no plugin to install and no account to create, and the countdown sets no cookies. When the time is up, it shows your own text and, if you like, a button to wherever the celebration continues. ### Compatible with MH Magazine [![MH Magazine WordPress theme](https://mhthemes.com/support/files/2016/03/MH_Magazine_Variations.png)](https://mhthemes.com/themes/mh-magazine/) All Christmas plugins featured in this article have been fully tested using our popular [MH Magazine](https://mhthemes.com/themes/mh-magazine/) WordPress theme on your behalf to ensure a smooth installation process. There are quite a few Christmas plugins available for you to make use of via the plugin directory. But many of which aren't included in this article as they're quite old and haven't been updated in a number of years. Some of which no longer install at all on the latest version of WordPress. ### The benefits of festive decorations ![Santa Claus](https://mhthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Santa_Claus.jpg)Image Source: Couleur – Pixabay.com / License: Public Domain CC0 Adding festive Christmas decorations to your WordPress website is not only fun to do. It can also result in increased user interaction and engagement on your site. Welcoming your website visitors into an environment that has been sprinkled with festivities can be beneficial in a number of different ways: - Encourages visitors to stay on your site for longer. - May generate more clicks on your website content. - Could lead to additional sharing of your content across social media. - [Inspires visitors to become customers](https://mhthemes.com/blog/setting-up-lead-generation-system/) by making a product or service purchase. - Might increase website user engagement. - Could [draw visitors attention to specific areas](https://mhthemes.com/blog/creating-perfect-landing-page/) you like. Providing you adhere to our conclusion below, you can complement your WordPress website's appearance if you choose which Christmas plugins you would like to deploy over the Christmas period in a careful and thoughtful manner, with your website visitors experience in mind. ### Don't go overboard with snow effects and festive Christmas cheer! ![Merry Xmas](https://mhthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Merry_Xmas.jpg)Image Source: pixel2013 – Pixabay.com / License: Public Domain CC0 Be selective in which Christmas plugins you choose to keep installed during the festive period. Just like real Christmas decorations, it's easy to go overboard! Create a festive environment on your website without detracting from your actual content too much. You don't want to put visitors off by bombarding them with Santa's popping up everywhere. Some decorations may cover up your content, [advertisements](https://mhthemes.com/blog/best-types-of-advertisements-wordpress/), or menus. Be sure to test most important pages of your website with your decorations in place. You certainly don't want to lose business because of decorations. Don't be obnoxious with your decorations either. Just because you like hearing *Jingle Bells* on every page load doesn't mean your visitors will too, especially if they're trying to read your content or make a purchase. In some cases it's better to avoid the temptation of adding music to your site. One or two wintry elements should be sufficient to get visitors into the wonderful spirit of Christmas. What's your favorite Christmas plugin?