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 the new one. Its events can include street parties, concerts, torchlight processions, fireworks, and the singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” Edinburgh hosts one of the world's best-known modern Hogmanay programs.
The word's exact origin remains uncertain. Proposed explanations connect it with Scandinavian, French, Gaelic, and other language traditions, but no single etymology is universally accepted. The uncertainty concerns the word's history, not the identity of the celebration.
A traditional custom called first-footing involves the first person to enter a home after midnight bringing symbolic gifts such as food, drink, or coal. Customs differ by region and family. Hogmanay is sometimes incorrectly treated as simply the Scottish name for a party, but it refers to a broad set of national and local New Year's traditions.