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Google Has Thrown Some Over-The-Top Holiday Parties This Year

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Googlers in a snow globe at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.  Instagram, @dinos_not_djs

Google sure knows how to throw a party. 

Now that the holiday season is in full swing, Googlers everywhere are enjoying swanky company events in some amazing places.

From an Indiana Jones-themed bash in a Los Angeles theater to a soiree at a San Francisco winery, here are some of the parties Googlers attended with their respective teams this weekend.

Google's People Operations team celebrated at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

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There was a very fancy bar set up.

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And guests could get their caricatures drawn.

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One highlight was this massive snow globe that people could go inside.

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Fake snow made for a ton of fun.

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There was also a big chair sculpted from ice, where Googlers could pose for pictures.

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After the ice chair, they could go warm up by the fire.

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Another team hosted its shindig at the Winery on San Francisco's Treasure Island.

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The party included a hypnotic performance by the Violin Guy.

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There was also a photobooth with some silly props.

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And the desserts looked amazing.

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An engineering team celebrated at the California Academy of Sciences. Note the giant snowman behind the bar.

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Googlers, including product manager Mugur Marculescu, posed in the vintage-inspired photobooth.

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The finance team attended an ocean-themed bash at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

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Entertainment included performances from a Cirque du Soleil troupe.

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It put on quite a show.

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Some Googlers posed with the performers.

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The Android team attended a soiree aboard the USS Hornet in the East Bay.

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There was lots of WWII-era military equipment inside.

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The floor was packed.

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Some sailors put on a show.

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And it wouldn't be a Google party without a photobooth.

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Googlers dressed up like Indiana Jones for a party at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles.

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Performers impressed partygoers on the main stage.

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There was even a hookah lounge setup.

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Google threw a huge party at a theme park for workers at the company's European headquarters in Dublin.

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The Ferris wheel was a sight to behold.

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