New Year

Hogmanay

What is Hogmanay?

Hogmanay is celebrated on New Year's Eve, every year, usually in a most exuberant fashion in Scotland as hundreds of thousands of revellers take to the streets to see in the New Year. In the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh it has become a huge ticketed festival. Celebrations start in the early evening and reach a crescendo by midnight. Minutes before the start of new year, a lone piper plays, then the bells of Big Ben chime at the turn of midnight, lots of kissing, and everyone sings Auld Lang Syne .

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When does the New Year start?

When is does the New Year start?

New Year's day is the first day of the year, in the Gregorian calendar. In modern times it is January 1^st. it is a time for looking forward and wishing for a good year ahead.

People welcome in the New year on the night before. This is called New Year's Eve and is on December 31st. All over Britain there are parties, fireworks, singing and dancing, to ring out the old year and ring in the new. At the clock – Big Ben – strikes midnight, people link arms and sing a song called Auld Lang Syne. It reminds them of old and new friends.

Traditions

New Year Traditions

There are many customs, traditions and superstitions surrounding the New Year. Click here to read just some of them.

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