Scottish New Year's Eve celebrations are called Hogmanay.
The word refers to the final day of the old year and, by extension, the celebrations surrounding the arrival of the new year. Edinburgh's Hogmanay is one of the world's best-known New Year's festivals, with concerts, street events and a midnight fireworks display.
Hogmanay customs vary across Scotland. Singing “Auld Lang Syne,” first-footing and carrying gifts to a host are especially associated with the occasion. In first-footing, the first person to enter a home after midnight traditionally brings symbolic gifts such as coal, shortbread or whisky.
Hogmanay is not the same as Burns Night, which honors poet Robert Burns on 25 January. It is also separate from St Andrew's Day, Scotland's national day on 30 November. The precise origin of the word “Hogmanay” remains debated, although scholars have proposed Norse, French and Gaelic connections.