The end of the year is a wonderful time to reflect, celebrate, and look forward to new things to come. This is also a season when things tend to get a bit too hectic. So we wanted to share some tips that we hope will help make the best of your holidays and year-end celebrations.

We’ll be counting down to 2009 with one new tip per day to get you through the holidays. We’ll cover everything from today’s tip on “Gift ideas and holiday savings” to checking out your flight status with Google Search. There will be much more to come throughout December, so check Google’s Countdown to 2009 daily and add a countdown gadget to your iGoogle page.

We wish you a wonderful head start to the holiday season.

[Via Google Blog]