New Year's Eve is called Hogmanay in Scotland.
Hogmanay refers both to the final day of the year and to Scotland's wider New Year celebrations. Edinburgh's modern festival developed into a large public event featuring concerts, torchlight processions and a midnight fireworks display, although its exact program can vary by year.
Scottish Hogmanay customs include singing “Auld Lang Syne,” a song associated with poet Robert Burns, and first-footing. In the first-footing tradition, the first person to enter a household after midnight brings symbolic gifts such as food, drink or fuel, traditionally representing prosperity and warmth.
Hogmanay is not the same holiday as Burns Night, which honors Robert Burns on January 25, or St Andrew's Day on November 30. The word's origin is uncertain, with proposed connections to French, Norse and Gaelic terms. Its modern meaning, however, is firmly tied to Scotland's New Year festivities.