Scotland's New Year's Eve celebration is called Hogmanay.
Hogmanay is the Scottish celebration of the last day of the year and the arrival of January 1. Major events can include street parties, concerts, torchlight processions, fireworks, and the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” the Robert Burns-associated song traditionally used at midnight.
The word's origin is uncertain, with proposed links to French, Gaelic, Norse, and Scots terms. Scotland's New Year customs also include first-footing: the first person to enter a home after midnight may bring symbolic gifts such as coal, shortbread, or whisky.
Hogmanay is not the same holiday as Burns Night, which commemorates poet Robert Burns on January 25. Nor is it identical to Up Helly Aa, a later winter fire festival held in Shetland.