For a moment there, I thought my monitor was broken before realizing—ah, Christmas time! Of course, it’s ash from a spaceship breaking up in the atmosphere! Well played, @shauny. 
I’ll opt out because, for my neural setup, it’s too distracting. But kudos nevertheless, @shauny, for implementing this and bringing some festive joy.
The opt-out is pinned at the top of the forum, so should be easy to spot
Oh, the weather outside is frightful 
But the fire is so delightful 
And since we’ve no place to go 
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! 
Love the snow!
Oh I love this! Very cute addition!
Oh you mean it’s meant to be doing that? Thought my laptop had caught something nasty LOL!
Is it just temporary for Xmas? Makes me dizzy if I look at it for too long.
Well you can opt out by joining the no snow club:
All done - thanks
Not being a Scrooge but too distracting for me possibly because I’m on the spectrum
Nah it’s alright. That’s exactly why @shauny has the opt out function pinned 
Ah I’ve made a slight improvement, it doesn’t snow until you actually log in.
So potential new people and competition viewers won’t be scared off by the snow.
They’ll just be scared off by the banter instead 
That’s a very good idea!
I hung in there for a few days, enjoying the novelty, but in the end my back was so freaking sore from all the shoveling I just had to opt out.
I’m thinking of opting out myself 
I like it on mobile but not so much on desktop.
Even the HHTs at work have a snow overlay when they have been idle for 15 seconds. A pain when you are trying to read/compare info the what’s in the shop.
Sadly we can’t opt out of that. Apparently corporate have been getting 99% negative feed back. Apparently workers need to get into the Xmas spirit. I had choice words for my regional manager about it. I made him promise to run my feedback up the chain verbatim. I’m expecting a phone call. 
I’m enjoying the snow, but it is starting to reach the point where I just think my screen is dirty rather than seeing the whimsey of it.
Taking screenshots of the forum then posting them and having both the snow in the picture and the snow showing through the picture is definitely a little much…
Snowception?
Soon, we really need to have an opt-in instead, with more people opting out than in
I for one love the snow! I will not opt out!
No White Christmas for us here in Denmark this year, but my phone is snowing
It’s like hanging out with Ruby Sunday all the time 
I love it too! It’s been raining all night here and the little snow we received last weekend has now melted away. So no white Christmas in Finland either 