Google's St. Patrick's Day doodle features the Irish stepdance

Google's always ready to celebrate the holidays, and St. Patrick's Day is no exception. Google has updated it's search engine page with a new Google Doodle. The Doodle shows six children, each wearing a letter of Google's name on their clothes, performing the traditional Irish stepdance. Google has had St. Patrick's Day Doodles since the year 2000, but this is the first time in its history to have an animated St. Patrick's Day Doodle.

Google Doodles are always a fun surprise during the holidays, or other celebratory events. The idea of Google Doodles existed even before Google went corporate. The first Google Doodle was unveiled in the year 2000 for Bastille Day by Dennis Hwang, an intern at Google. The doodle was so well received that Hwang was promoted to "Chief Doodler" (not kidding). Doodles has gone a long way since then, and there is now a whole team behind the division. The team has already created over 1000 doodles.

St. Patrick's Day comes around every March 17th. It originated back in the early 17th century as an official Christian Feast Day. It celebrates St. Patrick and him bringing Christianity to Ireland. He's said to have established around 300-350 churches in Ireland. However, St. Patrick's Day isn't strictly a religious holiday (as well all know), but also a celebration of the Irish culture.

People all around the world celebrate by wearing green and drinking as much as their wallets (or their alcohol tolerance) allow. Drinking starts in the early afternoon until late night, and there are usually parades and festivals happening all around the world. If you're going to go out drinking today (on a Sunday no less), make sure to stay safe and never drive drunk. Spending $10-$20 on a taxi is much better than getting yourself a DUI.