Which Scottish celebration is known as Hogmanay?

Hogmanay is the Scottish celebration of New Year's Eve.

The word Hogmanay refers to Scotland's traditional festivities marking the last day of the year and the beginning of the next. Modern Hogmanay celebrations commonly include street parties, concerts, fireworks, torchlight processions, and the singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” Edinburgh hosts one of the world's best-known large-scale Hogmanay events.

Hogmanay customs also include first-footing, in which the first person to enter a home after midnight is traditionally expected to bring symbolic gifts such as coal, shortbread, or whisky. The exact origin of the word Hogmanay remains debated, with proposed links to French, Norse, Gaelic, and Scots terms. Hogmanay is not the name of a separate Scottish winter holiday such as Burns Night; it specifically concerns the New Year period.