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Google wishes ‘happy holidays’ with a doodle

Google wishes ‘happy holidays’ with a doodle
This year's 'happy holidays'doodle showcases two children riding on a sleigh in the snow run by a horse.
NEW DELHI: Happy Holidays! Google, on Tuesday, wishes 'happy holidays' to its users with a doodle on its home page. 

The search engine giant has been wishing its users consistently with attractive Christmas evedoodles. 

This year's doodle showcases two children riding on a sleigh in the snow run by a horse. Trees without leaves are also seen in the doodle.

If you move the crusor on the doodle then a message 'Happy holidays from Google!' will appear. 

Last year, Google featured a colourful neon design doodle with images of a snowflake, Santa Claus, bell, snowman, candle and a gift box on a black background thus wishing its users "happy holidays". 

Google's first holiday doodle, dating back to year 1999, featured a snowman. The snowman made up for the first "O" of the Google logo, and as users scrolled over the Doodle it displayed the message, "Seasons' greetings with a Google Doodle." 

Google doodles are the decorative changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate festive season, holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous individuals. 

The first Google doodle was created by Larry Page and Sergy Brin Google in the year 1998 to mark the celebrations of the Burning Man Festival. Google currently has over 1000 Doodles.
 
Ref : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Google-wishes-happy-holidays-with-a-doodle/articleshow/27832032.cms

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