function snow(awards, target_id) {
	const COUNT = awards > 0 && awards < 10 ? awards * 10 : 100;
	 
	const masthead = document.getElementById(target_id);
	const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
	const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
	let width = masthead.clientWidth;
	let height = masthead.clientHeight;
	let i = 0;
	let active = false;
  
	function onResize() {
	  width = masthead.clientWidth;
	  height = masthead.clientHeight;
	  canvas.width = width;
	  canvas.height = height;
	  ctx.fillStyle = '#FFF';
  
	  let wasActive = active;
	  active = width > 600;
  
	  if (!wasActive && active)
		requestAnimFrame(update);
	}
  
	const Snowflake = function () {
	  this.x = 0;
	  this.y = 0;
	  this.vy = 0;
	  this.vx = 0;
	  this.r = 0;
  
	  this.reset();
	}
  
	Snowflake.prototype.reset = function() {
	  this.x = Math.random() * width;
	  this.y = Math.random() * -height;
	  this.vy = 1 + Math.random() * 3;
	  this.vx = 0.5 - Math.random();
	  this.r = 1 + Math.random() * 2;
	  this.o = 0.5 + Math.random() * 0.5;
	}
  
	canvas.style.position = 'absolute';
	canvas.style.left = canvas.style.top = '0';
  
	let snowflakes = [], snowflake;
	for (i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
	  snowflake = new Snowflake();
	  snowflake.reset();
	  snowflakes.push(snowflake);
	}
  
	function update() {
  
	  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
  
	  if (!active)
		return;
  
	  for (i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
		snowflake = snowflakes[i];
		snowflake.y += snowflake.vy;
		snowflake.x += snowflake.vx;
  
		ctx.globalAlpha = snowflake.o;
		ctx.beginPath();
		ctx.arc(snowflake.x, snowflake.y, snowflake.r, 0, Math.PI * 2, false);
		ctx.closePath();
		ctx.fill();
  
		if (snowflake.y > height) {
		  snowflake.reset();
		}
	  }
  
	  requestAnimFrame(update);
	}
  
	// shim layer with setTimeout fallback
	window.requestAnimFrame = (function(){
	  return  window.requestAnimationFrame       ||
			  window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame ||
			  window.mozRequestAnimationFrame    ||
			  function( callback ){
				window.setTimeout(callback, 1000 / 60);
			  };
	})();
  
	onResize();
	window.addEventListener('resize', onResize, false);
  
	masthead.appendChild(canvas);
 }

snow(25, 'frontpage'); // add snow to frontpage :)