A new snowflake button can be clicked at the bottom right-hand side of certain YouTube videos to drop flurries onto the screen. The snowflakes accumulate at the bottom of the video, even when you hit the pause button.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas — at least on tech sites such as Google and YouTube. Some of the Internet's biggest companies are treating its visitors to a series of seasonal surprises, from falling snowflakes to pictures that celebrate Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.
Google is the king of “barrel roll” search result surprises, so it's only expected that the site would be filled with fun holiday tricks to celebrate the season. Type “Christmas” or “Santa” into Google search to reveal a row of Christmas lights. A row of Star of David images also pop up when “Hanukkah" is searched, and “Kwanzaa” turns up a collection of kinaras, a candle holder with seven candles that represents the tradition's roots.
Last week, Mashable reported that typing “Let It Snow” into Google delightfully fills the browser up with flurries and fog. It also acts like a frozen lake and shows the path your cursor has taken.
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YouTube is getting into the holiday spirit too by adding a snow button on some of its videos. Only available on certain clips, a new snowflake button can be clicked at the bottom right-hand side of the video that drops flurries onto the screen. The snowflakes accumulate at the bottom of the video, even when you hit the pause button.
And instead of the typical circle-shaped, time-counter that shows the progress of a playing video, some clips feature snowflake-shaped buttons instead. Certain results pages on YouTube feature flurries too, such as when you search for clips with “Snow.”
It's also snowing on Bitly, a site which shortens and tracks links, and Klout, which measures a user's influence across social networking sites.
Have you seen any other seasonal Easter Egg holiday tricks pop up on sites? Which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments.
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