What is the name of Scotland's New Year's Eve celebration?

Scotland's New Year's Eve celebration is called Hogmanay.

Hogmanay refers both to the final day of the year and to the wider Scottish New Year festival. Celebrations combine public events, music, torchlight processions, parties, and customs connected with welcoming good fortune into the household. Edinburgh hosts one of the world's best-known modern Hogmanay programs.

The word's origin is uncertain. Proposed explanations connect it with Scots, French, Norse, and older northern European language traditions, but no single etymology is universally accepted. This uncertainty does not affect the festival's established meaning in Scottish culture.

A well-known Hogmanay custom is first-footing, in which the first person to enter a home after midnight is traditionally expected to bring symbolic gifts. “Auld Lang Syne,” associated with Scottish poet Robert Burns, is also closely connected with the occasion. Hogmanay should not be confused with Burns Night, which is held on January 25 to celebrate Burns's life and work.