New Year's Eve party in Scotland
New Year's Eve party in Scotland is held on January 2. This event in the first decade of the month January is annual. 
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Hogmanay is what we Scots call New Year's Eve, December 31, the big night marking the arrival of the new year. Its origins can be traced back to the winter solstice celebration among the Vikings with wild feasts in late December.
Interestingly, the Scottish New Year's Eve is celebrated even more than Christmas, which, after the Protestant Reformation, was not celebrated for centuries, and was not a public holiday until 1958.
Hogmanay, on the other hand, is enjoyed with two public holidays, January 1 and 2.
When it comes to Hogmanay, Edinburgh certainly knows how to put on a show, whether it's the famous Hogmanay street party and spectacular fireworks display or a ceilidh and concert in Princes Street Gardens.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Jump-up Day on January 1 (Montserrat);
Hansel Monday in Scotland and Northern England on January 5 (Celebrate the first Monday of the new year, give gifts at this time);
Handsel Monday in Scotland on January 5 (celebrated on the first Monday of the year);
Sausage Day in Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK on January 5
The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas on January 5 (Western Christianity);
Distaff Day on January 7 (medieval Europe);
National Labrador Retriever Day on January 8
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