Today's Google doodle celebrates Christmas Eve and the holiday season.
Set against a white background, indicating snow, the doodle features barren trees, and a one horse drawn open sleigh.The Google logo so spelt out beneath.
Hovering the cursor over the picture pops up the celebratory message : "Happy Holidays".
Google had over the last few years been wishing users on Christmas Eve with a variety of doodles.
This interestingly is the search-engine major's second doodle this month. The earlier celebrated the winter solstice.