--- title: New Google Doodle Marks New Year's Eve 2015–2016 description: But you'll have to wait and see what hatches in the coming year canonical: https://time.com/4164753/google-doodle-new-years-eve-2015-2016/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-31T02:36:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:46.640Z og:title: Here's the Cute Google Doodle for New Year's Eve og:description: But you'll have to wait and see what hatches in the coming year. og:url: https://time.com/4164753/google-doodle-new-years-eve-2015-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef425ef7f97a8e78/698877395f570f861db1f012/screen-shot-2015-12-31-at-10-01-08-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-12-31 at 10.01.08 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Cute Google Doodle for New Year's Eve twitter:description: But you'll have to wait and see what hatches in the coming year. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef425ef7f97a8e78/698877395f570f861db1f012/screen-shot-2015-12-31-at-10-01-08-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Google Doodle Marks New Year's Eve ## Video: How Google Makes its Doodles [Watch (HLS stream): How Google Makes its Doodles](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8) (3:23)  _Published 2018-07-07. Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as_ by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 31, 2015 2:36 AM UTC  Google by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 31, 2015 2:36 AM UTC Wondering what 2016 is going to look like? So is Google, and that’s exactly what the [latest Google Doodle](http://www.google.com/doodles/new-years-eve-2015) represents. The interactive doodle brings back a popular cartoon trope with its depiction of five birds on a wire, with a shaking, bouncing, nearly hatched egg that says 2016 where the sixth should be. If you’re expecting a big reveal, however, you’re going to have to wait a few more hours. 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