Sundar Pichai shared his excitement about the event on Instagram, saying, “We closed out 2024 with our first-ever Google-wide ugly sweater holiday contest last week.

Fans looking to nab a spot on the 2025 Hallmark Christmas Cruise, pre-sale sign-ups for tickets will open on Thursday, Nov. 21, while public on-sale will start on Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. ET.

The popular World's Ugliest Dog Contest has been drawing entries from around the country to Petaluma, Calif., for the past 17 years. An online competition was added this year for fun.