Animated New Year's Eve doodle by Google celebrates last day of 2023
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Everyone is anticipating 2024 on this New Year's Eve. As per tradition, Google is also sharing an animated, colourful doodle to commemorate the end of 2023. The theme of today's Google Doodle is New Year's Eve, a time to look back on the past year and look forward to a fresh start in 2024. A disco ball and confetti are featured in the Google Search website's New Year's Eve doodle.
''3… 2… 1… Happy New Year! This Doodle brings some sparkle and shine to start the New Year right! As the clock nears closer and closer to midnight, people around the world are planning their New Year's resolutions and wishing for success, love, joy, and everything in between,'' Google said, counting down to the new year.
December 31 is the last day of the year according to the Gregorian Calendar. In many countries, New Year's Eve is also referred to as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day, NDTV reported.
On New Year's Eve, individuals look forward to beginning anew and forget about the past. This is an ideal occasion to reflect on the past and consider the lessons learned. Around the world, a lot of people party on New Year's Eve with their friends and loved ones. A few individuals also set goals for the coming year, promising themselves to improve their lives further. These are known as resolutions.
The eve before, as billions of people worldwide wait anxiously for the clock to strike midnight, there are fireworks, parties, and celebrations of every variety. People count down to midnight to celebrate New Year's Day more than 24 times worldwide (since there are as many time zones in the world).
Notably, the search engine uses a Google Doodle—a themed motif—on its homepage to commemorate important occasions. Google is renowned for producing imaginative and engaging doodles on noteworthy occasions. Google has also honoured notable individuals, their accomplishments, and other subjects with doodles.