The traditional Scottish name for New Year's Eve celebrations is Hogmanay.
Hogmanay covers the customs and festivities surrounding the final day of the year and the arrival of January 1. Celebrations can include street parties, concerts, torchlit processions, singing, and the custom of first-footing, in which the first visitor to enter a home after midnight is thought to influence the household's fortunes.
The word's origin is uncertain, and scholars have proposed several French, Norse, Gaelic, and Scots explanations. Hogmanay is broader than any single Edinburgh event, so it is not the name of only one parade or street party. It is also distinct from Burns Night, held on January 25 to celebrate poet Robert Burns, and from St Andrew's Day, Scotland's national day on November 30.