Hogmanay
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Hogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the old year and the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner. It is normally followed by further celebration on the morning of New Year's Day
Fireworks for Edinburgh's Hogmanay
Fireworks in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, as part of the 2011 Hogmanay celebrations
Stonehaven Fireballs Ceremony 2003
John Masey Wright and John Rogers' c. 1841 illustration of Auld Lang Syne.
Auld Lang Syne
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"Auld Lang Syne" is a Scottish song. In the English-speaking world it is traditionally sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on Hogmanay, or New Year's Eve. It is also often h
Hogmanay
…the whisky bottle, and the household sits down to its New Year breakfast. "Auld Lang Syne" John Masey Wright and John Rogers' c. 1841 illustration of Auld Lang Syne. The Hogmanay custom of singing "Auld Lang Syne" has become common in many countries. "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scots poem by Robert Burns, based on…
John Masey Wright and John Rogers' illustration of the poem, c. 1841
Robert Burns
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)