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

The Scottish New Year’s Eve celebration is called Hogmanay.

Hogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the old year and, more broadly, the Scottish way of celebrating the New Year. Festivities normally begin on 31 December and can continue through New Year’s Day and 2 January, both of which are Scottish public holidays. Celebrations commonly include parties, fireworks, feasting, visiting friends and the custom of first-footing—the first visitor to enter a home after midnight.

The celebration has layered historical roots. Scholars have suggested connections with Norse winter-solstice and Yule customs, as well as Gaelic seasonal traditions such as Samhain, though the exact origin of the word remains uncertain. Hogmanay became especially prominent because Scotland’s Presbyterian church discouraged Christmas celebrations for centuries; Christmas did not become a Scottish public holiday until 1958.

Burns Night is a separate celebration of Robert Burns on 25 January, while a ceilidh is a type of social gathering featuring traditional music and dancing. Auld Lang Syne is strongly linked with Hogmanay, but it is the song—not the name of the celebration.