Google started the practice of wishing its customers on important occasions with a variety of doodles in 1998. In 1999, the search engine began its pre-Christmas doodle series called 'Winter Holidays.'

Google rechristened its Christmas time doodles as Happy Holidays doodle, instead of 'Winter Holidays,' in 2006. After the name change, the Christmas doodles got a festive and holiday look in design. It became more colorful, representing celebrations and festival season.

The Winter Holidays doodle has images of Snow, Snow man, Penguins and Polar bears.

Google releases its Happy Holidays doodle between Dec. 20 and Dec. 25 every year. It updates the doodle every day with a slightly different design based on the same theme.

Check out the best Google 'Happy Holidays' and 'Winter Holidays' doodles here:

Google Doodle 2011
Google's happy holiday doodle 2011 has dark back ground with illuminated outline of Snowflake, Santa,Bell,Snowman,Candle and gift box in it. google.com
Google Doodle happy holidays 2009
Google Doodle happy holidays logo has collage of postcards with images of Fire crackers , Island ,Snow woman etc. There were around 5 variants with same theme posted by Google between December 20,2009 to December 25, 2009. The order of post cards images changed each day. Google.com
Google Doodle happy holidays 2010
Google Doodle happy holidays 2010 has a collage of images comprising Pop culture, Santa, etc. Each image is interactive. Google.com
Google Doodle happy holidays 2005
It is a winter Holiday doodle and has a Cat and Mouse , along with Plug and Lights. Google.com
Google Doodle happy holidays 2006
Google started calling its pre-Christmas doodle as happy holidays instead of winter holidays from 2006 onwards. This doodle has two Kangaroos with Tinsel and Winter bow. Google.com
Google Doodle happy holidays 2007
Google Doodle happy holidays 2007 Candy Cane as the theme. Google logo is decorated with Candy cane,Fire flies, Fishing line and Ribbon Google.com
Google Doodle happy holidays 2008
Google Doodle happy holidays 2008 shows a Toy shop and a Toy maker along with a boy. It also had three more variants with slight change in images. Google.com
Google Christmas Winter