diff --git a/src/components/landing/Hero/Hero.vue b/src/components/landing/Hero/Hero.vue
index a273510..0d481c9 100644
--- a/src/components/landing/Hero/Hero.vue
+++ b/src/components/landing/Hero/Hero.vue
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
     />
 
     <div class="hero-main-content">
-      <router-link to="/backgrounds/light-pillar" class="hero-new-badge-container">
-        <span class="hero-new-badge">New 🎉</span>
+      <router-link to="/backgrounds/pixel-snow" class="hero-new-badge-container">
+        <span class="hero-new-badge">Christmas Special 🎁</span>
         <div class="hero-new-badge-text">
-          <span>Light Pillar</span>
+          <span>Pixel Snow</span>
           <i class="pi-arrow-right pi" style="font-size: 0.8rem"></i>
         </div>
       </router-link>
diff --git a/src/constants/Categories.ts b/src/constants/Categories.ts
index 2cceb8f..7cd715b 100644
--- a/src/constants/Categories.ts
+++ b/src/constants/Categories.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Highlighted sidebar items
-export const NEW = ['Color Bends', 'Ghost Cursor', 'Laser Flow', 'Liquid Ether', 'Pixel Blast', 'Floating Lines', 'Light Pillar'];
+export const NEW = ['Color Bends', 'Ghost Cursor', 'Laser Flow', 'Liquid Ether', 'Pixel Blast', 'Floating Lines', 'Light Pillar', 'Pixel Snow'];
 export const UPDATED = [];
 
 // Used for main sidebar navigation
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export const CATEGORIES = [
       'Orb',
       'Particles',
       'Pixel Blast',
+      'Pixel Snow',
       'Plasma',
       'Prism',
       'Prismatic Burst',
diff --git a/src/constants/Components.ts b/src/constants/Components.ts
index 5426f0b..57bf847 100644
--- a/src/constants/Components.ts
+++ b/src/constants/Components.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ const backgrounds = {
   'color-bends': () => import('../demo/Backgrounds/ColorBendsDemo.vue'),
   'floating-lines': () => import('../demo/Backgrounds/FloatingLinesDemo.vue'),
   'light-pillar': () => import('../demo/Backgrounds/LightPillarDemo.vue'),
+  'pixel-snow': () => import('../demo/Backgrounds/PixelSnowDemo.vue'),
 };
 
 export const componentMap = {
diff --git a/src/constants/Information.ts b/src/constants/Information.ts
index 51758f1..4fbadc5 100644
--- a/src/constants/Information.ts
+++ b/src/constants/Information.ts
@@ -916,5 +916,13 @@ export const componentMetadata: ComponentMetadata = {
     name: 'LightPillar',
     docsUrl: 'https://vue-bits.dev/backgrounds/light-pillar',
     tags: []
+  },
+  'Backgrounds/PixelSnow': {
+    videoUrl: '/assets/videos/pixelsnow.webm',
+    description: 'Falling pixelated snow effect with customizable density and speed.',
+    category: 'Backgrounds',
+    name: 'PixelSnow',
+    docsUrl: 'https://vue-bits.dev/backgrounds/pixel-snow',
+    tags: []
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/constants/code/Backgrounds/pixelSnowCode.ts b/src/constants/code/Backgrounds/pixelSnowCode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27b35c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/constants/code/Backgrounds/pixelSnowCode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import code from '@content/Backgrounds/PixelSnow/PixelSnow.vue?raw';
+import { createCodeObject } from '../../../types/code';
+
+export const pixelSnow = createCodeObject(code, 'Backgrounds/PixelSnow', {
+  installation: `npm install three`,
+  usage: `<template>
+  <div style="width: 100%; height: 600px; position: relative">
+    <PixelSnow
+      color="#ffffff"
+      :flakeSize="0.01"
+      :minFlakeSize="1.25"
+      :pixelResolution="200"
+      :speed="1.25"
+      :density="0.3"
+      :direction="125"
+      :brightness="1"
+    />
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import PixelSnow from './PixelSnow.vue'
+</script>`
+});
diff --git a/src/content/Backgrounds/PixelSnow/PixelSnow.vue b/src/content/Backgrounds/PixelSnow/PixelSnow.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa0d699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/Backgrounds/PixelSnow/PixelSnow.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import {
+  Color,
+  Mesh,
+  OrthographicCamera,
+  PlaneGeometry,
+  Scene,
+  ShaderMaterial,
+  Vector2,
+  Vector3,
+  WebGLRenderer
+} from 'three';
+import { onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, useTemplateRef, watch, type CSSProperties } from 'vue';
+
+const vertexShader = `
+void main() {
+  gl_Position = vec4(position, 1.0);
+}
+`;
+
+const fragmentShader = `
+precision highp float;
+
+uniform float uTime;
+uniform vec2 uResolution;
+uniform float uFlakeSize;
+uniform float uMinFlakeSize;
+uniform float uPixelResolution;
+uniform float uSpeed;
+uniform float uDepthFade;
+uniform float uFarPlane;
+uniform vec3 uColor;
+uniform float uBrightness;
+uniform float uGamma;
+uniform float uDensity;
+uniform float uVariant;
+uniform float uDirection;
+
+#define M1 1597334677U
+#define M2 3812015801U
+#define M3 3299493293U
+#define F0 (1.0/float(0xffffffffU))
+#define hash(n) n*(n^(n>>15))
+#define coord3(p) (uvec3(p).x*M1^uvec3(p).y*M2^uvec3(p).z*M3)
+
+vec3 hash3(uint n) {
+  return vec3(hash(n) * uvec3(0x1U, 0x1ffU, 0x3ffffU)) * F0;
+}
+
+float snowflakeDist(vec2 p) {
+  float r = length(p);
+  float a = atan(p.y, p.x);
+  float PI = 3.14159265;
+  a = abs(mod(a + PI / 6.0, PI / 3.0) - PI / 6.0);
+  vec2 q = r * vec2(cos(a), sin(a));
+  float dMain = abs(q.y);
+  dMain = max(dMain, max(-q.x, q.x - 1.0));
+  vec2 b1s = vec2(0.4, 0.0);
+  vec2 b1d = vec2(0.574, 0.819);
+  float b1t = clamp(dot(q - b1s, b1d), 0.0, 0.4);
+  float dB1 = length(q - b1s - b1t * b1d);
+  vec2 b2s = vec2(0.7, 0.0);
+  float b2t = clamp(dot(q - b2s, b1d), 0.0, 0.25);
+  float dB2 = length(q - b2s - b2t * b1d);
+  return min(dMain, min(dB1, dB2)) * 10.0;
+}
+
+void main() {
+  float pixelSize = max(1.0, floor(0.5 + uResolution.x / uPixelResolution));
+  vec2 fragCoord = floor(gl_FragCoord.xy / pixelSize);
+  vec2 res = uResolution / pixelSize;
+
+  vec3 ray = normalize(vec3((fragCoord - res * 0.5) / res.x, 1.0));
+
+  vec3 camK = normalize(vec3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0));
+  vec3 camI = normalize(vec3(1.0, 0.0, -1.0));
+  vec3 camJ = cross(camK, camI);
+  ray = ray.x * camI + ray.y * camJ + ray.z * camK;
+
+  float windX = cos(uDirection) * 0.4;
+  float windY = sin(uDirection) * 0.4;
+  vec3 camPos = (windX * camI + windY * camJ + 0.1 * camK) * uTime * uSpeed;
+  vec3 pos = camPos;
+
+  vec3 strides = 1.0 / max(abs(ray), vec3(0.001));
+  vec3 phase = fract(pos) * strides;
+  phase = mix(strides - phase, phase, step(ray, vec3(0.0)));
+
+  float t = 0.0;
+  for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+    if (t >= uFarPlane) break;
+    vec3 fpos = floor(pos);
+    float cellHash = hash3(coord3(fpos)).x;
+
+    if (cellHash < uDensity) {
+      vec3 h = hash3(coord3(fpos));
+      vec3 flakePos = 0.5 - 0.5 * cos(
+        4.0 * sin(fpos.yzx * 0.073) +
+        4.0 * sin(fpos.zxy * 0.27) +
+        2.0 * h +
+        uTime * uSpeed * 0.1 * vec3(7.0, 8.0, 5.0)
+      );
+      flakePos = flakePos * 0.8 + 0.1 + fpos;
+
+      float toIntersection = dot(flakePos - pos, camK) / dot(ray, camK);
+      if (toIntersection > 0.0) {
+        vec3 testPos = pos + ray * toIntersection - flakePos;
+        vec2 testUV = abs(vec2(dot(testPos, camI), dot(testPos, camJ)));
+        float depth = dot(flakePos - camPos, camK);
+        float flakeSize = max(uFlakeSize, uMinFlakeSize * depth * 0.5 / res.x);
+        float dist;
+        if (uVariant < 0.5) dist = max(testUV.x, testUV.y);
+        else if (uVariant < 1.5) dist = length(testUV);
+        else dist = snowflakeDist(vec2(dot(testPos, camI), dot(testPos, camJ)) / flakeSize) * flakeSize;
+
+        if (dist < flakeSize) {
+          float intensity = exp2(-(t + toIntersection) / uDepthFade) *
+                           min(1.0, pow(uFlakeSize / flakeSize, 2.0)) * uBrightness;
+          gl_FragColor = vec4(uColor * pow(vec3(intensity), vec3(uGamma)), 1.0);
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    float nextStep = min(min(phase.x, phase.y), phase.z);
+    vec3 sel = step(phase, vec3(nextStep));
+    phase = phase - nextStep + strides * sel;
+    t += nextStep;
+    pos = mix(pos + ray * nextStep, floor(pos + ray * nextStep + 0.5), sel);
+  }
+
+  gl_FragColor = vec4(0.0);
+}
+`;
+
+interface PixelSnowProps {
+  color?: string;
+  flakeSize?: number;
+  minFlakeSize?: number;
+  pixelResolution?: number;
+  speed?: number;
+  depthFade?: number;
+  farPlane?: number;
+  brightness?: number;
+  gamma?: number;
+  density?: number;
+  variant?: 'square' | 'round' | 'snowflake';
+  direction?: number;
+  className?: string;
+  style?: CSSProperties;
+}
+
+const props = withDefaults(defineProps<PixelSnowProps>(), {
+  color: '#ffffff',
+  flakeSize: 0.01,
+  minFlakeSize: 1.25,
+  pixelResolution: 200,
+  speed: 1.25,
+  depthFade: 8,
+  farPlane: 20,
+  brightness: 1,
+  gamma: 0.4545,
+  density: 0.3,
+  variant: 'square',
+  direction: 125,
+  className: '',
+  style: () => ({})
+});
+
+const containerRef = useTemplateRef<HTMLDivElement>('containerRef');
+const animationRef = ref<number>(0);
+
+let cleanupFn: (() => void) | null = null;
+const setupFn = () => {
+  const container = containerRef.value;
+  if (!container) return;
+
+  const scene = new Scene();
+  const camera = new OrthographicCamera(-1, 1, 1, -1, 0, 1);
+  const renderer = new WebGLRenderer({
+    antialias: false,
+    alpha: true,
+    premultipliedAlpha: false,
+    powerPreference: 'high-performance'
+  });
+
+  renderer.setPixelRatio(Math.min(window.devicePixelRatio, 2));
+  renderer.setSize(container.offsetWidth, container.offsetHeight);
+  renderer.setClearColor(0x000000, 0);
+  container.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
+
+  const threeColor = new Color(props.color);
+  const material = new ShaderMaterial({
+    vertexShader,
+    fragmentShader,
+    uniforms: {
+      uTime: { value: 0 },
+      uResolution: { value: new Vector2(container.offsetWidth, container.offsetHeight) },
+      uFlakeSize: { value: props.flakeSize },
+      uMinFlakeSize: { value: props.minFlakeSize },
+      uPixelResolution: { value: props.pixelResolution },
+      uSpeed: { value: props.speed },
+      uDepthFade: { value: props.depthFade },
+      uFarPlane: { value: props.farPlane },
+      uColor: { value: new Vector3(threeColor.r, threeColor.g, threeColor.b) },
+      uBrightness: { value: props.brightness },
+      uGamma: { value: props.gamma },
+      uDensity: { value: props.density },
+      uVariant: { value: props.variant === 'round' ? 1.0 : props.variant === 'snowflake' ? 2.0 : 0.0 },
+      uDirection: { value: (props.direction * Math.PI) / 180 }
+    },
+    transparent: true
+  });
+
+  const geometry = new PlaneGeometry(2, 2);
+  scene.add(new Mesh(geometry, material));
+
+  const handleResize = () => {
+    const w = container.offsetWidth,
+      h = container.offsetHeight;
+    renderer.setSize(w, h);
+    material.uniforms.uResolution.value.set(w, h);
+  };
+  window.addEventListener('resize', handleResize);
+
+  const startTime = performance.now();
+  const animate = () => {
+    animationRef.value = requestAnimationFrame(animate);
+    material.uniforms.uTime.value = (performance.now() - startTime) * 0.001;
+    renderer.render(scene, camera);
+  };
+  animate();
+
+  cleanupFn = () => {
+    cancelAnimationFrame(animationRef.value);
+    window.removeEventListener('resize', handleResize);
+    container.removeChild(renderer.domElement);
+    renderer.dispose();
+    geometry.dispose();
+    material.dispose();
+  };
+};
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  setupFn();
+});
+
+onBeforeUnmount(() => {
+  cleanupFn?.();
+});
+
+watch(
+  () => [
+    props.color,
+    props.flakeSize,
+    props.minFlakeSize,
+    props.pixelResolution,
+    props.speed,
+    props.depthFade,
+    props.farPlane,
+    props.brightness,
+    props.gamma,
+    props.density,
+    props.variant,
+    props.direction
+  ],
+  () => {
+    cleanupFn?.();
+    setupFn();
+  },
+  { deep: true }
+);
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div ref="containerRef" :class="['absolute inset-0 w-full h-full', className]" :style="style"></div>
+</template>
diff --git a/src/demo/Backgrounds/PixelSnowDemo.vue b/src/demo/Backgrounds/PixelSnowDemo.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83fe4fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/demo/Backgrounds/PixelSnowDemo.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+<template>
+  <TabbedLayout>
+    <template #preview>
+      <div class="relative p-0 h-[600px] overflow-hidden demo-container">
+        <PixelSnow
+          :color="color"
+          :flake-size="flakeSize"
+          :min-flake-size="minFlakeSize"
+          :pixel-resolution="pixelResolution"
+          :speed="speed"
+          :depth-fade="depthFade"
+          :far-plane="farPlane"
+          :brightness="brightness"
+          :gamma="gamma"
+          :density="density"
+          :variant="variant"
+          :direction="direction"
+        />
+
+        <BackgroundContent pill-text="New Background" headline="Oh, the weather outside is frightful!" />
+      </div>
+
+      <Customize>
+        <PreviewSelect title="Variant" v-model="variant" :options="variantOptions" />
+        <PreviewColor title="Color" v-model="color" />
+        <PreviewSlider title="Pixel Resolution" v-model="pixelResolution" :min="50" :max="500" :step="10" />
+        <PreviewSlider title="Speed" v-model="speed" :min="0" :max="5" :step="0.1" />
+        <PreviewSlider title="Density" v-model="density" :min="0.1" :max="1" :step="0.05" />
+        <PreviewSlider title="Flake Size" v-model="flakeSize" :min="0.001" :max="0.05" :step="0.001" />
+        <PreviewSlider title="Brightness" v-model="brightness" :min="0.1" :max="3" :step="0.1" />
+        <PreviewSlider title="Depth Fade" v-model="depthFade" :min="1" :max="20" :step="0.5" />
+        <PreviewSlider title="Far Plane" v-model="farPlane" :min="5" :max="50" :step="1" />
+        <PreviewSlider title="Direction" v-model="direction" :min="0" :max="360" :step="5" />
+      </Customize>
+
+      <PropTable :data="propData" />
+      <Dependencies :dependency-list="['three']" />
+    </template>
+
+    <template #code>
+      <CodeExample :code-object="pixelSnow" />
+    </template>
+
+    <template #cli>
+      <CliInstallation :command="pixelSnow.cli" />
+    </template>
+  </TabbedLayout>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { pixelSnow } from '@/constants/code/Backgrounds/pixelSnowCode';
+import PixelSnow from '@/content/Backgrounds/PixelSnow/PixelSnow.vue';
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import CliInstallation from '../../components/code/CliInstallation.vue';
+import CodeExample from '../../components/code/CodeExample.vue';
+import Dependencies from '../../components/code/Dependencies.vue';
+import BackgroundContent from '../../components/common/BackgroundContent.vue';
+import Customize from '../../components/common/Customize.vue';
+import PreviewColor from '../../components/common/PreviewColor.vue';
+import PreviewSelect from '../../components/common/PreviewSelect.vue';
+import PreviewSlider from '../../components/common/PreviewSlider.vue';
+import PropTable from '../../components/common/PropTable.vue';
+import TabbedLayout from '../../components/common/TabbedLayout.vue';
+
+const color = ref('#FFFFFF');
+const flakeSize = ref(0.01);
+const minFlakeSize = ref(1.25);
+const pixelResolution = ref(200);
+const speed = ref(1.25);
+const depthFade = ref(8);
+const farPlane = ref(20);
+const brightness = ref(1);
+const gamma = ref(0.4545);
+const density = ref(0.3);
+const variant = ref<'square' | 'round'>('square');
+const direction = ref(125);
+
+const variantOptions = [
+  { label: 'Square', value: 'square' },
+  { label: 'Round', value: 'round' },
+  { label: 'Snowflake', value: 'snowflake' }
+];
+
+const propData = [
+  {
+    name: 'color',
+    type: 'string',
+    default: '"#ffffff"',
+    description: 'Color of the snowflakes (hex or CSS color)'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'flakeSize',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '0.01',
+    description: 'Size of snowflakes in scene units'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'minFlakeSize',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '1.25',
+    description: 'Minimum flake size in pixels on screen'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'pixelResolution',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '200',
+    description: 'Pixel resolution - lower values create larger pixels for a more retro look'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'speed',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '1.25',
+    description: 'Animation speed multiplier'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'depthFade',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '8',
+    description: 'Depth fade intensity - higher values make distant flakes fade faster'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'farPlane',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '20',
+    description: 'Far plane distance for rendering - higher values show more distant flakes'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'brightness',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '1',
+    description: 'Overall brightness multiplier'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'gamma',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '0.4545',
+    description: 'Gamma correction value for final color output'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'density',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '0.3',
+    description: 'Probability of snowflakes appearing (0-1) - lower values = fewer flakes'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'variant',
+    type: '"square" | "round" | "snowflake"',
+    default: '"square"',
+    description: 'Shape of the snowflakes - square, round, or snowflake pattern'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'direction',
+    type: 'number',
+    default: '125',
+    description: 'Wind direction angle in degrees (0-360)'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'className',
+    type: 'string',
+    default: '""',
+    description: 'Additional CSS class name'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'style',
+    type: 'object',
+    default: '{}',
+    description: 'Additional inline styles'
+  }
+];
+</script>