Google Doodle series celebrates the many holidays around the world in December
To celebrate the December Global Holidays season in December, Google is running a series of Doodles to celebrate the various celebrations taking place across the globe and New Year’s Eve.
Today’s worldwide Google Doodle, notably labeled as ” Day 1″ of the “December Holidays” series, has a bird flying into the design to embellish the Google logo with festive lights. It’s possible from the fact that it’s “Day 1” that Google might plan to alter the style as the month advances.
Update 1 : As expected, Google has updated the design of the Doodle, this time labeling it as “Days 2 – 30” indicating that these festive holiday lights will remain on the Google logo around the globe for almost the entirety of December. In the updated design, the lights gently flash and twinkle.
Update 2 : For New Year’s Eve 2020, Google is continuing their globally visible Doodle series celebrating the December Global Holidays. The special New Year’s Eve Doodle replaces the second “o” of “Google” with a cuckoo clock that rumbles and seems to be ready to pop.
In conjunction with the New Doodle, Google Search has launched a new easter egg that can be discovered in the results page when you search on “New New Year’s Eve.” In the page of results for search, there’s an informational card about the significance of the holiday, as well as the party popper, which releases confetti all over the entire page.
Every year, Google has a variety of festivities to help you celebrate your favorite year-end holidays, whether you’re celebrants of Christmas, a household for Hanukkah, fine with Festivus, and every tradition in between. This latest Google Doodle, which encourages you to search for the various holidays taking place around the world this December, is a healthy reminder that there are others in the world who celebrate things differently.
With this in mind, let’s have a the time to look at some of the most famous holidays that occur in December around the world. The first one is December 10 , this yearwhich is traditionally this day, which falls within the 26th month of Kislev on the Jewish calendar The Jewish calendar is a bit skewed. Hanukkah will be an 8-day celebration that tells the story of miraculous blessings. Every night, a new candle is lit on the menorah and sometimes, gifts are also exchanged during the celebration.
The celebration begins on the 21st of December and lasting until January 1. There are many who observe Yule which is a holiday that has more than a millennium of tradition and history and many of them created the basis for the present-day Christmas celebrations. Every the year Yule begins to begin on Winter Solstice.
Every year on December 23rd, the viewers of Seinfeld are invited to celebrate Festivus in a circle around an aluminium pole, and participating during the “Airing of grievances.” In an event like that in 2020, it’s not hard to imagine that the people of Seinfeld have plenty of issues to address. Although Festivus became popular at the time of its release in 1997, it had been an annual tradition in the family of the creator for more than 30 years.
For the majority of the world Christmas falls on December 25, which is a time to Christians as a day to commemorate Jesus’s birth. However, many people use the occasion to gift gifts of appreciation to family and friends. It is interesting to note that in certain cultures around the world the Christmas holiday isn’t a holiday that falls in December however, it actually is celebrated on January 6, 7 or until the 19th of January.
On the 26th of December, many people from America and across the world observe Kwanzaa the holiday that is rooted in African culture. The first time it was celebrated was in 1966. Kwanzaa is a seven-day celebration which each day is a celebration of some of Nguzo Saba — also known as “seven concepts that are the basis of African Heritage.” Celebrants also celebrate Kwanzaa with a kinara an elaborate candelabra decorated with seven candles with one candle to be lit for every day.
Also, on the 26th of December Boxing Day is a long-standing holiday that is typically observed across the globe that are influenced by England — and it has two distinct meanings for “boxing.” According to one custom, Boxing Day is the day that churches will open their almsboxes and donate money to the needy. A more recent custom certain employers give their employees an “Christmas box” on Boxing Day to honor their achievements of the previous year. For the majority of people, Boxing Day is an occasion to spend time with family and to watching many football games.
On December 31 the day we are celebrating New Year’s Eve, which is the day that marks the end of the year. It is also the day that we are able to finally end 2020. In Japan it is known with the name of Omisoka which is celebrated with families and friends frequently gathering to enjoy toshikoshi Soba — also known as “year-crossing noodles.”
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