# The Google logo. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926 "2006-04-17T00:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/1 "2006-04-17T00:17:11Z")
Its normal. What gives? They don’t do anything on/for Easter? ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/2 "2006-04-17T00:41:28Z")
Apparently not. Good catch, though - I didn’t even notice the lack of design. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/3 "2006-04-17T00:44:23Z")
Look at their back catalog they haven’t done anything since 2001 when the logo was the same but they turned the O in the results page into eggs. I was hoping a search for certain words (easter, easter egg, easter bunny, hidden egg) might turn up some hidden eggs but to no avail. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/4 "2006-04-17T00:47:20Z")
Let me guess, Google hates Jesus now… ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/5 "2006-04-17T00:51:11Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > Let me guess, Google hates Jesus now… The Bill O’Reilly-led boycott begins tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/6 "2006-04-17T01:28:25Z")
WAG: maybe they don’t want to get involved in deciding which day is the “real” Easter? Internationally, the Orthodox Easter is observed at much higher rates than the Easter we celebrate. [http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/Eastdiff.html](http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/Eastdiff.html) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/7 "2006-04-17T01:29:37Z")
Nonononononononono…they brought back the OLD Google design from yesterday. You see…it died a few days ago…and now…it’s back. How much MORE Easter-ish do you want? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/8 "2006-04-17T10:37:24Z")
Verily. Respect for myself was never the question however… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/9 "2006-04-17T10:38:04Z")
Google hasn’t noted Easter since [2001.](http://www.google.com/holidaylogos01.html) Possibly, there’s some kind of a policy to keep it as secular and all-encompassing as possible, seeing as even Christmas doesn’t feature Jesus in their logos. Pity, that. A couple of eggs and bunny wouldn’t have been such a big deal, surely? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/10 "2006-04-17T15:43:14Z")
Yes it would have been a big deal. Stop calling me Shirley! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/11 "2006-04-17T16:34:07Z")
> [@dre2xl](#): > > WAG: maybe they don’t want to get involved in deciding which day is the “real” Easter? Internationally, the Orthodox Easter is observed at much higher rates than the Easter we celebrate. [http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/Eastdiff.html](http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/Eastdiff.html) Ah, good point. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/12 "2006-04-17T16:36:08Z")
So what about Thanksgiving? It always falls on a different day too, plus Canada has is sometime in Oct while in the US it’s in Nov. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/13 "2006-04-22T13:31:19Z")
I wonder if they observe Chinese New Year? Just sayin… ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/14 "2006-04-22T13:48:13Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I wonder if they observe Chinese New Year? Just sayin… Yes, they do, as a matter of fact. They do a logo around Year of the Dog, Rat, etc. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/15 "2006-04-22T13:51:22Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Yes, they do, as a matter of fact. They do a logo around Year of the Dog, Rat, etc. [url=“[http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html](http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html)”]Here you go, Ludovic – they’ve done three New Year’s logos so far this year: the Western New Year, the Lunar New Year (aka Chinese, the “Year of the Dog”), and the Persian New Year. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/16 "2006-04-22T14:30:16Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I wonder if they observe Chinese New Year? Just sayin… Let me guess. You’re just sayin … _whine_ My religous holiday isn’t properly recognized by some private company. _whine_ I wonder if they will _ever_ honor Charles Darwin’s birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/17 "2006-04-22T14:35:50Z")
Hey, they don’t do any Indian holidays. I don’t care, I really don’t, but wouldn’t it be pretty to see some \*deepas \*or something? To be honest, maybe they did and I never noticed! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/18 "2006-04-22T15:39:59Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Hey, they don’t do any Indian holidays. I don’t care, I really don’t, but wouldn’t it be pretty to see some \*deepas \*or something? > > To be honest, maybe they did and I never noticed! 🙂 They don’t do the same ones every year. Sens 'em an e-mail with a few proposals for Indian holidays and they just might do one. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/19 "2006-04-23T01:37:14Z")
I read in the book The Google Story that the Google Lawyers told the Google Guys they should keep the Google Holiday Logos as Google secular as Google possible. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926/20 "2006-04-23T01:49:16Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > So what about Thanksgiving? It always falls on a different day too, plus Canada has is sometime in Oct while in the US it’s in Nov. I’m pretty sure google.ca has a cornucopia-type design up on the second monday of October. Dunno if the .com site does too, as my browser defaults me to the .ca one unless I force it not to. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-google-logo/352926.md?page=2)