X

‘Tis the season for song: Google joins the Christmas season with a doodle

Google is marking the beginning of the holiday season with a creative doodle and it'll make you sing!

Christmas season is right around the corner and the excitement is already mounting on. The preparations for the most ‘magical’ party of the year have begun and guess who has decided to join in? Google!

The tech giant, Google, is helping us to set the party mode by coming up with a creative doodle- ‘Tis the season for song.

Wintertime brings with it a number of traditions including that of carolling. Dating back thousands of years, the original carols were songs specific to certain regions in Europe and were shared by wandering minstrels on their travels between towns. However, it wasn’t until the early 1800s that the practice of carolling spread across England and western Europe. During this time, cities began hosting outdoor orchestras that played songs for people to sing along with as they walked by.

Today’s Doodle features a merry crew of carolers, with a certain triangle player waiting for his moment. December 23 marks the beginning of the holiday season and is followed by the Christmas and the New Year.

Google Doodle (Gif: Google

ALSO READ: 5 Epic tech bloopers of 2016

Today’s doodle– ‘Tis the season is also a song by Vince Gill and Olivia Newton.

ALSO READ: Merry Christmas 2016: Celebrate the festive season with these 25 Christmas songs

In case you’re big on Christmas celebrations and want to celebrate the festival in the most authentic way–with the decor, and cakes and pudding, it’s probably a good idea to add a couple of Christmas carols to your playlist. O holy night, Merry did you know, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer, Jingle Bells, Go rest you, merry gentlemen and Joy to the world, are some of the most popular carols of all times.