Google plays secret Santa with 'let it snow' feature
yeeeepppieeee it should be snowing in birmingham UK by now but its not really snowing so what google have done is make your computer freeze
Flakes fall gently from the top of the browser and eventually fill up the screen, allowing users to draw in the snow with their mouse pointer. Google has also provided a "defrost" button to melt the flurry when it's time to get to work.
The seasonal feature is the latest example of a Google "Easter egg", the jargon for a joke or bonus buried in software.
It raised some Christmas cheer on Twitter, as people around the world tweeted their excitement.
"Let it snow" adds to many Google Easter eggs, including the now-famous “do a barrel roll”, a throwback to the 1997 Nintendo game, Star Fox 64, which sends the screen into a 360-degree spin when the phrase is typed into the search box.
There are plenty of others, too. Here are a few of Google’s finest buried easter eggs…