@Stefan: datepicker({ firstDay: 1 });
http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker/datepicker#options
Click the options tab here to see the 30+ customization option:@Dan: The animation snap back occurs when you have drastically different datepickers on the same page. Typically this wouldn't happen because you would only use one type of datepicker on most applications. @Graeme: Click the stylesheet tab on the demo - the datepicker is easy to style with CSS.
