title: jQuery Countdown shows no Output
body: <p>Trying to implement jQuery countdown using <a href="http://keith-wood.name/countdown.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> reference</p>
  
  <p><strong>Code:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;html&gt;
  
  &lt;head&gt;
  
      &lt;meta charset="UTF-8"&gt;
      &lt;title&gt;Merry Christmas&lt;/title&gt;
      &lt;meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /&gt;
      &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;/head&gt;
  
  &lt;body&gt;
  
  
      &lt;!-- countdown --&gt;
      &lt;div id="defaultCountdown"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;!-- countdown --&gt; 
  
  &lt;link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/jquery.countdown.css"&gt; 
  &lt;script src="js/jquery.countdown.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;script src="js/jquery.plugin.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  
  &lt;script&gt;
  var newYear = new Date(); 
  newYear = new Date(newYear.getFullYear() + 1, 1 - 1, 1); 
  $('#defaultCountdown').countdown({until: newYear}); 
  &lt;/script&gt;
  
  &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It shows nothing but <strong>blank page</strong>. No <strong>console errors</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>The fiddle can be seen below</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://jsfiddle.net/n4nmgkgc/1/" rel="nofollow">https://jsfiddle.net/n4nmgkgc/1/</a></p>