It's already Dec. 24 in some parts of the world, and the Google homepages for countries including New Zealand (above), South Korea and Japan have begun displaying a festive logo to commemorate a holiday many will be celebrating.
Google has replaced its traditional four-color logo with five holiday-themed objects outlined in Christmas lights: a snowflake for the "G," a Santa Claus and a bell for each "o," a snowman for the second "g," a candle for the "l" and a wrapped present for the "e." Clicking on the logo brings up a search for "Happy Holidays."
The logo is cute, but it's got nothing on last year's, which turned the Google logo into an interactive holiday card with 17 holiday scenes -- ranging from Santa on a rooftop to Indian classical dancers -- from around the world.