HAPPY HOGMANAY

For those of you NOT in the UK or Australia, or a few other countries, you would just say Happy New Year. In SCOTLAND especially they celebrate the New Year with fireworks, torch lights and just a lot of partying.

The larger cities: Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and also Stirling and Inverness sell tickets for about 10 pounds to attend the celebrations. Tens of thousands of people participate. People make chicken wire pockets to hold flammable items, like paper, wood and then with the striking of midnight, they light the pockets and swing them up and down the streets as seen on the right.


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The traditional Auld Lang Syne song from Robert Burns is a popular ending to a busy holiday.

It is good luck to have a tall, dark, handsome person cross the threshold immediately after midnight. He will bring a lump of coal and a slice of a black bun.