Google is celebrating its 15th birthday with a Google doodle or logo. Today's doodle is animated with a Pinata game. Go to www.google.com and click on the cake. A "star" Pinata comes out. The second 'g' in the logo is blindfolded and you hit the Pinata by either clicking on the 'g' or pressing the spacebar. See how many 'candies' or points you can get. You can announce your score on Google+.
Pinatas are containers that are filled with candy and hung from a rope. Children take turns trying to hit the Pinata while blindfolded. When they succeed and candy comes out the children scramble to get the candy. It is a popular game in Mexico and has become popular in the United States too.
Google celebrates holidays, birthdays and special occasions by creating Google doodles (logos). They started in 1998 when the founders of Google left to go to the burning man festival. They left a subtle message by
You can see all of their doodles by going to www.google.com/doodles . You can also read about the history of doodles.
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