var splashSrc = new Array(
  "images/xmaspromo2k4/xmasbox.jpg",
  "images/xmaspromo2k4/xmasbox.gif", 
  "images/xmaspromo2k4/xmasearring.jpg" );

var splashImg = new Array();

for( ctr in splashSrc )
{

  splashImg[ ctr ] = new Image();
  splashImg[ ctr ].src = splashSrc[ ctr ];

}