New year celebrations in Scotland are an important part of the ... One of the biggest Hogmanay traditions is first footing. It is said that having a tall, dark-haired man as the first visitor ...

to the Scottish singing “Auld Lang Syne,” there's no limit to the number of ways people ring in the New Year, Hayes says, with many people creating their own personal or family traditions to ...

Scotch whisky is an integral part of the Scottish tradition of ‘first-footing ... Hogmanay festivities can be celebrated in the lead up to New Year's Eve and into the first few days of January.

While some Scottish New Year traditions have been centuries in the making, the Loony Dook dates back to 1986 when a few locals decided to plunge into the icy waters of the Firth of Forth ...

How well do you know these New Year’s traditions - some dating back hundreds of years and many of them still carried on in the UK today? From China's Dongzhi festival to St Lucia's Day in ...

Like with most traditions, it's meaningless ... During Hogmanay, the Scottish new year celebration, it is traditional to give a kiss to everyone in the room. The idea is to connect friends ...