The annual New Year's Eve street festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, is called Hogmanay.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is a multi-day celebration that can include concerts, a torchlight procession, a large street party and midnight fireworks. The word Hogmanay refers more broadly to Scottish New Year's Eve customs, while Edinburgh's organized festival is one of the most internationally visible versions.
Scottish New Year traditions include singing Auld Lang Syne, visiting friends and family, and first-footing. In the first-footing custom, the first person to enter a home after midnight may bring symbolic gifts such as food, drink or coal.
Hogmanay should not be treated as the name of only one event or one ritual. Different Scottish communities have their own celebrations, and Edinburgh's program has changed over time because of safety, weather and public-health considerations.