// Setup the Christmas special
  myDate=new Date(); 
  cmas=Date.parse("Dec 25, "+myDate.getFullYear()) 
  today=Date.parse(myDate) 
  daysToChristmas=Math.round((cmas-today)/(1000*60*60*24)) 
  if (daysToChristmas < 14 || daysToChristmas > 356) {
    //document.images.bannerpic.src = '/images/my_xmas_banner.gif';
    document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="/snowstorm.js"></script>');
  }

  // Setup a GMTOffset Cookie for Later Use
  var today = new Date();
  var GMTOffset = - Math.round(today.getTimezoneOffset() / 30) / 2;
  var expires = new Date();
  expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + 3E11);
  document.cookie = "GMTOffset=" + escape(GMTOffset) + "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString();