- Compatible XF 2.x versions
- 2.3
- Visible branding
- Yes
Bring Your Community to Life With Automatic Holiday Animations + Live Weather Effects
Version 2.15.0 Beta
Transform your XenForo forum into an immersive, dynamic experience with Mitch Seasonal Effects — the ultimate holiday and atmosphere enhancement addon. Automatically celebrate major holidays with beautiful floating animations, custom themes, and visual overlays… and when no holiday is active, the addon now seamlessly switches to real-time local weather effects for each user.
This addon is lightweight, optimized, and designed to blend perfectly with all themes.
Each holiday features unique animated image effects, optional text greetings, and atmospheric overlays:
Floating hearts in multiple styles.
Beautiful falling leaves.
Animated flying bats + spooky glow overlay.
Firework bursts and glowing ambience.
Floating eggs and pastel atmosphere.
Shamrocks, hats, coins.
Patriotic floating icons and themed lighting.
Marigolds, candles, calaveras, themed glow.
Animated maple leaves with red-white ambiance.
🎖 Veterans Day
Respectful patriotic symbols.
Lanterns, envelopes, gold icons.
Lanterns, rangoli, warm glow overlays.
Crescents, lanterns, mosque icons.
Rainbow icons & a soft multicolor overlay.
Admins can upload & configure their own 3 images, custom holiday name, and optional CSS.
🌦 NEW: Dynamic Live Weather Effects (Beta)
When no holiday is active, the addon automatically shows the user’s real-time weather, based on their location (with permission), using OpenWeather API.
Supported Weather Visuals:
✔ Rain – animated falling raindrops
✔ Snow – drifting snowflakes
✔ Fog / Mist – rolling atmospheric fog
✔ Clouds – drifting cloud formations
✔ Clear Sky – rotating sun-beam glow
✔ Night support – atmosphere adapts automatically
The overlay also displays a small weather label:
Example:
41° · Toronto · Light snow
This feature is fully optional and can be toggled in the ACP.
Global toggle for seasonal system
Each holiday can be turned on/off
Select effect styles (snow variants, etc.)
Adjustable animation intensity:
Low
Medium
High
Custom holiday slot with:
✔ Uploadable images
✔ Custom text
✔ Custom CSS injection
Weather Overlay Settings
✔ Enable/disable
✔ Enter OpenWeather API key
✔ Uses metric or imperial automatically (your choice)
Very lightweight animations
Non-blocking JavaScript
Fully responsive
Works on all modern browsers
Compatible with all XenForo styles
No template edits required
Zero database load
Users control their own geolocation permissions
This addon goes far beyond simple falling snow — it provides a full seasonal system with intelligent fallback weather effects, holiday automation, customization flexibility, and professional-quality animations that make your forum feel alive.
It’s perfect for communities wanting extra personality without affecting performance.
XenForo 2.2+
PHP 7.4+
Optional: Free OpenWeather API Key (required only for weather overlay)
NEW: Dynamic Live Weather Overlay System
Added snow, rain, fog, cloud, and sun animations
Added small weather info label (temp · city · description)
Added full conditions detection from OpenWeather
Added ACP options + API key field
Improved image loading paths
Adjusted multiple holiday overlays for consistency
Numerous small fixes & optimizations
Created by Mitch McLean (Top the Leaderboard) — with passion, creativity, and a mission to make forums fun again.