--- title: Google Doodle: Penguin Family Celebrate Christmas Day description: The second installment in a seasonal Google Doodle series appeared on Christmas Day. canonical: https://time.com/5078994/google-doodle-festive-penguins/ author: Joseph Hincks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-25T02:33:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:26.536Z og:title: Google Celebrates Christmas Day With Festive Penguin Doodle og:description: The series features a pair of penguins visiting relatives in a tropical land og:url: https://time.com/5078994/google-doodle-festive-penguins/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4115f2768eaa8184/6988f67f22fb8513dce24385/screen-shot-2017-12-25-at-10-11-41-am.png?branch=production&width=368&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 368 og:image:height: 207 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2017-12-25 at 10.11.41 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Google Celebrates Christmas Day With Festive Penguin Doodle twitter:description: The series features a pair of penguins visiting relatives in a tropical land twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4115f2768eaa8184/6988f67f22fb8513dce24385/screen-shot-2017-12-25-at-10-11-41-am.png?branch=production&width=368&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Google Celebrates Christmas Day With a Festive Penguin Doodle > Sponsored content. 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It depicts two intrepid penguin siblings reuniting with their feathery relatives: a parrot and toucan from warmer climes. The first Doodle featuring the pair of “slippery-footed siblings” appeared on Dec. 18\. In it, the penguins appeared to plot a journey from their icy igloo to visit their relatives further north. **Read more:** [_December Global Festivities Are Being Celebrated by Google With a Seasonal Doodle_](http://time.com/5068291/december-global-festivities-google-doodle/) Monday’s Doodle has the pair arriving in a tropical land, where lanterns are strewn between palm trees. The feathery family tucks into a festive meal of bananas, melons and, presumably, thawed fish the penguins have lugged from the frozen south. 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