function mygetFullYear(d) {
 //yr = d.getYear(); add this in 2004
 yr = 2010;
 if (yr < 1000)
  yr+=1900;
 return yr;
}
function getRemaining() {
 today = new Date();
 targetdate = new Date("December 24, "+mygetFullYear(today)); 
 milliseconds = (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
 remaining = ((targetdate.getTime() - today.getTime()) / milliseconds); 
 return Math.round(remaining);
}
document.write("<FONT SIZE='2' font='ariel' COLOR='green'>",getRemaining()," shopping days till Christmas!</FONT>");