Happy Holidays, says Google with a simple Christmas Eve doodle (source:ndtv gadgets)

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Google is wishing its users happy holidays with this year's Christmas Eve doodle. Unlike most of Google's recent doodles, this one is not interactive, and has a plain image depicting two people riding a horse-driven sled in a barren winter landscape.

The latest Google doodle features a message from the company when users roll their cursors over it, saying "Happy Holidays from Google!" The doodle first appeared early December 24th morning, or Christmas Eve, for regions near the international dateline, such as New Zealand. It is now visible in India as well, at the google.co.in page.

On clicking the image, users are redirected to a Google search page, with results for the search term 'Happy Holidays' being shown. Unfortunately, the results page doesn't show too much cheer, with news results, followed by images and videos, and a relatively irrelevant Wikipedia entry for the song, "Happy Holiday", written by Irving Berlin in 1941.

Another Google doodle has been spotted online, one that will presumably feature on the actual Christmas day of December 25, depicting an unidentifiable city enveloped in festive cheer, with buildings lit up and a Christmas tree marking the occasion.

google-christmas-day-doodle-2013.jpgLike last year, there've been some complaints about Google not being sufficiently 'Christmasy' with its doodles, and once again, Google is wishing its users 'Happy Holidays!' instead of Merry Christmas, diplomatically spreading good cheer to those regions or users that aren't celebrating the Christian festival.

While the "Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays" debate is unlikely to get settled in a hurry, we suggest you enjoy the time off with family and friends, regardless of the name it carries. Also read about recent Google doodles or check out the best Google doodles of 2013 in our photo gallery.


Best Google doodles of 2013
Source NDTV GADGETS

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