Hogmanay is the traditional Scottish name for New Year's celebrations.
The word refers to the festival and customs surrounding the last day of the old year and the beginning of the new one. Scotland's Hogmanay traditions include gatherings, singing, fireworks, first-footing, and the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” which is strongly associated with Scottish poet Robert Burns.
First-footing is the custom of being the first person to enter a household after midnight. In traditional accounts, the visitor brings symbolic gifts such as coal, shortbread, salt, or whisky, representing warmth, food, flavor, or hospitality for the year ahead.
Hogmanay is not the same holiday as Burns Night, which honors Robert Burns on January 25, or St Andrew's Day, Scotland's national day on November 30. It is specifically Scotland's New Year's festival.