Handsel Monday in Scotland
Handsel Monday in Scotland is held on January 5. Celebrated on the first Monday of the year. This event in the first decade of the month January is annual. 
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For more than 500 years, many Scots considered Handsel Monday as the great winter holiday of the year. It refers to small tips and gifts of money given as a token of good luck, particularly at the beginning of something; the modern house-warming gift would be a good example.
The word "handsel" originates from old Saxon word which means “to deliver into the hand”.
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