Google Doodle goes cuckoo to usher in a better year – CNET [CNET]

The clock is ticking on 2020, and Google is happy to let us all know.

In its traditional New Year’s Eve style, Google has created an animated Doodle to mark the final minutes of our old year and welcome the next one. And at the center of this year’s Doodle is a clock that is ticking down the seconds for us.

Google typically rings in the new year with an animal creature. A year ago, it chose the familiar Froggy, the search giant’s weather frog to welcome 2020. Perhaps Google actually saw into the future at the time, knowing that 2020 would be a toad of a year.

So, it’s perhaps no surprise that Google has apparently decided to return to the feathered friends of new years past. While we await the big midnight reveal and revelry, if should be no mystery what awaits us with Google’s clock. Why, you would have to be cuckoo to miss it.

Google even alludes to how crazy the past year has been, noting that “it’s been a cuckoo year,” but it’s also optimistic for a better year ahead for us all.

“The countdown begins now, and when the clock strikes midnight a new year will spread its wings!” Google says in introducing its party host.

You can also celebrate the new year by going to Google search and punching in the search terms New Year’s Eve. A confetti popper will shower your results.

While we celebrate surviving another trip around the sun, it’s also important to survive this last day of the year, which many already associate with too much doom and gloom. If you plan to party on New Year’s Eve, make plans that will help you kick off the new year in good health.

If you drink, please don’t drive. Download a ride-sharing app, save the number of a taxi company in your phone contacts or just crash on a friend’s couch. (It’s better than crashing on the road.) If you don’t drink, consider being a designated driver for those who might have had too much, even if you aren’t partying.

Whatever you do, have fun, stay safe and see you next year – hopefully, a better year.

Our favorite Google Doodles through the years

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