I once met an American who proudly told me that he was Welsh because his great great great had been Welsh, then went on to tell me that his family still sang the 'Welsh' song Auld Lang Syne at the end of each year , bless I didn't have the heart to burst his bubble 😂
Absolutely! You don't so much hear the drums as feel them physically pummelling you. As for New Year, I'd strongly suggest celebrating the Night 'Afore on George St. It's actually so much better than Princes St. on New Years Eve. That gets all the publicity and you can hardly breathe because of the press of people there.
You both pronounce Edinburgh perfectly!!!!! Lindsay must have Scottish blood in her veins the way she reacted to the pipes and drums!!🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
As a Scot that lives far away now, the bagpipes always get me choked up. If I should become a stranger you know that it would make me more than sad, Caledonias been everything I've ever had. 🏴
Sorry guys but a lot of these video clips were not of Edinburgh, in fact they weren't even of Scotland! The main video was decent as a touristy one but there's no excuse for mixing in videos of what looked like Miami or New Orleans or Australia or Singapore! There's plenty of real Edinburgh and real Scotland without these videos creating confusion like this. Anyway, I celebrated Hogmanay last night afore the bells with my family and even a video call to my sister and her husband over in New Jersey. Today we're having a traditional steak pie dinner with my dad as we lost mum last January the 3rd, so this one will be emotional. Happy new year to you and yours from ours in Scotland and all the very best for 2024 folks!
Take care of each other and try to find the smiles in the sadness, the first one without Mum is tough and though a shadow will forever be cast over the celebrations, the more smiles and laughter found will ensure its warmth. Aw ra best.
Ceilidh pronounced Kay lee. My town in Scotland has a tradition in the early hours of Hogmanay our pipe band marches round the streets piping out the old year. They have crowds of people following them. Its the only place in Scotland that does it and the tradition has lasted 200 years
As a Scotsman I can confirm our celebrations are exactly that epic. I stay not to far from Edinburgh and have attended the street party and like you said the connection the culture it is intense. So proud of our wee country and the bagpipes bring warmth to my heart and a tear to my eye everytime. Happy new year and as we would say, long my yer lum reek
I’m from Edinburgh and it’s pronounced “Ed-in-bu-ruh”. And as Xmas was banned for around 400 years, the emphasise definitely switched to Hogmanay. I personally always celebrate Hogmanay more than Christmas. To me it’s more connected to our heritage, our ancient ancestral roots and traditions. 💙🏴 Thank you for sharing and Happy New Year 😊🌻
In Glasgow, we call it 'Embra'. But then, I'm a weegie! Salt n vinegar for this lad. I love Edinburgh and our jovial rivalry. The old city is simply wonderful. Camera Obscura by the Castle is well worth a visit.
You should check out Mons Meg, the 15th century cannon on the battlements of Edinburgh Castle which is used to signal midnight on Hogmanay. Some countries use a ball, some use bells, Scotland uses a massive, ancient cannon 😂
99.9% of that video was not filmed in Edinburgh. We do not dress up in fancy dress for Hogmanay, that was one of the many parts of the video that was not recorded in Scotland.
@@KathyBarnett-mv5vg I seriously doubt you would see people wearing summer clothing outside, either! Looks like a lot of the "street party" scenes were filmed somewhere a lot warmer!
First of all Happy New Year everyone from Scotland! 1. Edinburgh is the No.1 Arts Festival city in the 🌎World and has the longest New Year celebration in the World (4 days) 2. "Auld lang Syne" is a Scottish song,written by Robert Burns (famous Scottish poet)
Some Scottish hogmanay traditions, whisky, clooty dumpling(a type of fruit pudding), first footing, a big steak pie dinner with all the family, a swim in the sea to wash away the hangover
My wife's family were all Scots. I love all the Hogmanay things apart from the cold dip in the sea/firth on New Year's Day (that tends to happen in Yorkshire on 26th December).
Lang May Yer Lum Reek🎉🎊 You cant beat Hogmanay...Very fond memories of my Dad and Grandfather taking a lump of coal round to all the neighbours and coming home barely able to walk singing Auld Lang Syne at the top of their lungs! Slàinte Mhath to all 🎉🎊
The videos you picked did hit a lot of the points of how we celebrate Hogmanay. But a lot was missed as well. The celebration of conation with friends and family is always there and even hugging a complete stranger. First footing is more about wishing good luck for the new year on the household. The person that is doing the first footing goes out before the bells and brings coal/wood to keep your home warm, bread/shortbread in hope to keep the family fed for the year and whisky to wish the family stay hydrated good health, wellbeing in general. We have a lot of traditions from family to family, over Christmas and the new year. The whole of December is like a family and friends celebration of life and being together.
We live in a small fishing village in the Scottish Highlands . Most years on New Year’s Eve we have a candlelight procession to the harbour and fireworks. With a piper leading the procession, This year we had a ceilidh dance in our village hall. The village hall is called the Carnegie Hall as it was donated by Andrew Carnegie. ( he was a massive benefactor in Scotland as well as America ) The Scottish people really know how to bring in the new year. We really love your channel and that Lindsay and Sophia are now included. Thank you and a very Happy New Year to you all.
I'm afraid the clips at the start were just clips of random places , including America , having a party. Edit: Lots of general clips of people dancing and having a party from America all the way through. The fireworks display is just random pictures of fireworks too.
Lindsay, that is your Celtic blood stirring your soul. my heart almost burst's at the sound of the pipes and drums, your reaction is exactly the same as mine, just pure emotion from somewhere deep within your ancestry. absolutely beautiful and precious.
A lot of that video footage has nothing to do with Edinburgh's Hogmany. The sentiment is correct but it has been cut together with footage from all sorts of places. You'll not be wandering about in your T-shirt on or around hogmany.
Another tradition we have at Hogmanay midnight is that you open the back door then the front door to let the bad luck of the old year out the back door and welcome in good luck at the front door with a First Footer person welcomed in to bring the good luck in with them.
@@jmcc2275 nothing wrong in admitting we like a drink as long as being responsible, well sometimes but I do have relatives that don’t drink maybe I should have worded it better.sorry if you offended
It astonishes me most Americans don’t know the origin of Auld Lang Syne. It was apparently only popularised in the 1920s by a Canadian composer there, so is a relatively recent US tradition.
I am a little confused by some of the footage used in this video. At 15.22 there is a woman on someone's shoulders and behind her there are palm trees and buildings I don't recognise as Scottish. Also this woman and others in the crowd are in t shirts and sunglasses, which if you are in Scotland at this time of the year you are wrapped to the nines in layers as it is so cold,. So while the traditions of Hogmanay are generally true I am not buying into the stock footage which seems to be from elsewhere at times and inserted into this video.
Because i had 3 children and never drunk alcohol we took them for food and watch the fireworks at Edinburgh every year and now there grown they have good memories of New Years Eve .Your wife was good attempt at saying Edinburgh 🏴
Dont worry Lindsey I cried when I travelled from the south wales valleys to Scotland to see the Edinburgh military tattoo check it out if you like the bagpipes
If you like marching bands with bagpipes, try to find videos of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo held every August at Edinburgh Castle. Many bands, and dancers take part from all over the world - USA, New Zealand, Switzerland and many more, including massed pipe bands. It is an amazing spectacle.
Even in Scotland though a lot of people don't bother to do anything at New Year's Eve other than just stay in, watch the television with a few drinks and some nice food. Traipsing about in the freezing wet night, paying for overpriced food and drink and then trying to find a taxi for hours to get home is probably something to do with it. Hogmanay definitely isn't what it was many years ago.
It's definitely not what it was, I remember my parents taking us round all the neighbours with a bottle or two of spirits and a packet of shortbread, it was great, didn't go to bed until between 4 and 6 am! Christmas in Scotland is the same as the rest of the UK overly commercialised and the original meaning and traditions of Christmas all but forgotten, so sad.
Christmas and hogmanay are what you choose to make them. Sure, the Edinburgh street party can be expensive. Living in Fife it can still be a misdion getting home if I'm not staying in the city. But I'll still make an effort every 4 or 5 years. Can't imagine how expensive it is to put on the shows, but once in a while I think it's worth it and not much else around like. The in-between years are all about keeping the tradition.
It makes me so proud that people all over the world sing that some created in Scotland. Not bad for such a little country like ours. You would absolutely love the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
I grew up with a Scottish and an English parent - dad was English and Christmas was a huge thing for him, where as for my mum being Scottish new year was. This stems from New Year being a holiday in Scotland, whereas Christmas wasn't. Until relatively recently it wasn't as crazy, since we started having a Christmas market in Edinburgh the whole month of December is full of events.
I've been to the Edinburgh Christmas Market once about 8 years ago for my Works night out. We booked the Edinburgh Playhouse for a show and went to the Christmas Market first. It's apparently not as German now and more commercialised.
Love Hogmanay and all the different traditions from pagan to viking to christian to Roman and scots.. it's a good time of year there's like an electricity in the air for a few day's which feels nice ha..
I'm from Fife in Scotland, not far from Edinburgh - my family and I pronounce it Edin-bruh. When my stepdad still lived nearer the coast, before he married my mum and moved in with us (same coastal town, but just not as near the beach), we could hear and just see the Edinburgh fireworks show from the window. "Auld Lang Syne" (Syne, not Zyne) is Scots - Auld = old, Lang = long, Syne = since. So, in Scots, it essentially means "a long time ago".
Parts of Scotland also celebrate the "Auld New Year" on 14th of January. I remember many of the old boys celebrating from Hogmanay through to the auld New year, Hogmanay celebrations would start with arrival at a party house either just before the bells to welcome in the new year or just after to first foot. On arrival, guests give the host food, drink and/or a gift and are given food...broth, stovies, haggis neeps an tatties etc. A gathering of eight to eighties would be found, fiddles, squeeze boxes, moothie's, spoons etc would be played, singing and dancing through the night when it got too much for the old and young, they would be placed in a corner under a coat until they were able to rejoin the gathering with renewed vigor. Living in the south of Scotland now, I really miss what I consider the real Hogmanay where the entire village community would come together to reminisce and look forward to the coming year 🤔😥🤗🏴🇪🇺🏴
I spent 6 years living in Germany (80s & 90s) with the RAF. I loved New Year, we would have open doors and visit each other, a tradition that is German. You carry your glass with you and toast the New Year. Our German neighbours also visited. At midnight we would have a loan Piper bring in the New Year to 'Flower of Scotland' then at 1am the Piper would bring in the UK New Year! Germany is one hour ahead of the UK.
Having open doors at New Year is not a German tradition. If you were with the RAF, it was probably the Scots who had introduced Hogmanay to the Forces stationed in that place. The German tradition is to stand outside to watch the fireworks and chat with your direct neighbours.
I think the date is due to the changes from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. I believe it's a change of 13 days. So no longer on the actual winter solstice, but slightly later.
"HAPPY NEW YEAR" I live in Edinburgh and Christmas is a massive celebration. Hogmanay is now for the tourists. The street party is now a ticketed event. Don't know where some of the footage came from as it is too cold at Hogmanay to spend hours at the street party in short sleeves.
Hi Steve and Lindsay , my nan was scottish so have close ties to Scotland always loved the place its a stunningly beautiful country I love it , Happy New year 🎉❤
Yes we Scots celebrate Hogmanay. I am originally from Edinburgh but now live in England. The best correct written pronunciation I have seen below is Routeman's, Edinbuhruh. Check out Robert Burns the Scottish poet for info on Auld Lang Syne. I do hope one day you get to visit Scotland. ❤
Yes, Scotland has its own all night TV programmes (Hogmanay themed) while the rest of the UK has its own programmes. Hogmanay is something like Carnaval but of-course it's midwinter so it can include many things that Carnaval cannot, for example fire and light spectacles, etc. which wouldn't show up in daylight.
The Ceilidh dancing was not actually shown in the video. That just seemed to be people jumping up and down and doing their own normal dancing. I was at a Ceilidh last night for Hogmanay. The dances are done in either "sets", which are usually three sets of partners or just with one partner. Everyone does the same moves and sometimes, depending the dance you switch partners. In a good Ceilidh you often end up dancing with strangers. It's a great night. It's something we'll worth looking into in a separate video as it's a bit difficult to explain without a visual reference.
Don't worry about pronouncing Edinburgh. Even we all pronounce it differently. The major rule of thumb is, never pronounce it ending in a hard G. Great vid and as a proud Scot, watching your wife get emotional made me tear up. What are you guys like 🥰. Lang may yer lum reek.
As a Scottish person, I can guarantee if you go out anywhere in Scotland on new year you will make brilliant friends. Especially at a ceilidh. They are ideal ice breakers to meet people as you keep changing dance partner throughout the song. Also nobody parties like the Scottish. Unlike England and Wales, the 2nd is also a bank holiday, as parties are still ongoing or your still to drunk or hungover to do anything.
You'd enjoy the annual Viking festival in the most remote Scottish island called Shetland. The festival is called "Up Helly Aa" . It's a celebration of all things Viking .
@@lth1072 Because the people who call themselves Shetlanders are the direct descendants of the Vikings (by their own admission and DNA) who committed genocide (the slaughter of ever man, woman and child) of the indigenous innocent Scots who lived there then took their lands. The Shetlanders who live there are not the rightful owners of those islands. The 'Up Helly Aa' Viking festival is a celebration of that genocide and therefor should be banned.
@@Y3SCYMRU If i ever become PM rest assured it will happen, and anyone on the Shetlands who objected would be deported back to their native Viking homelands to celebrate their genocidal Viking heritage their.
I'm geordie and I say that too The narrator sounds like he's from the Australia area, which will be why his pronunciation sounds more like "edinburra" I agree that burr-oh is the only wrong way to say it
Hey, I’m from Scotland and think you should also check out the Burghead burning of the Clavie, this is celebrated on 11th January and celebrates the New Year based off of the NewYear in the old Julian calendar in 1750s. There is many old traditions around the country to celebrate the New Year 🏴 New Year has lots of traditions in Scotland because in 1640 celebrating Christmas was made illegal and was frowned upon until the 1950s when Christmas became a public holidays, therefore Hogmanay became a big deal. Christmas is still celebrated but more as a family event, whereas Hogmanay is for celebrating with the wider community/friends.
If you like the torchlight procession in Edinburgh, check out the Stonehaven fireballs also on New Year's Eve. Stonehaven is a small port just south of Aberdeen on the north east coast of Scotland. Fingers crossed this year I'll get to the stonehaven. It's an old 19th century fisherman tradition done to ward off evil spirits (apparently).
They also do the torch light parade on the isles of Scotland . This was brought over by the Vikings and it's done to ward off evil and in the isles of Scotland they carry a long boat before the torches and at midnight they set the long boat on fire for good luck for the coming year . The long boat is a symbol of the last year .
@@leighnisbett9691 Nice story but wrong. The 'Up Helly Aa' festival in Lerwick is an 1870's Victorian creation (by the local Temperance Society) to steer the local youth away from drink and wildness over New Year. Talk of 'warding off evil' is modern nonesense.
As other comments have suggested, you should watch the Royal Military Tattoo. I've been there myself and it was a fantastic experience. My personal favourite is the swiss drumbers 'top secret'. They put on an amazing show.
Born in the North East of England we always had a big party on Christmas eve and then another friend always reciprocated with a big party on New Year's eve and then the next year we would do New Year's eve. My father was always the first footer and brought into the house through the front door a piece of coal (warmth), a slice of bread (sustenance), a coin (wealth) and a tangerine (dreams to come true). He would knock 3 times to chase away the Devil and my mother would invite him in with a glass of whisky. Last night my husband and I had a quiet time and although my husband went to bed early he got up just before midnight and first footed. By the way whisky is Scottish and whiskey is Irish
As a very proud scottish man, I love the pipe and drums, every time I hear it I feel so proud. I know Edinburgh is a big event for hogmanay but I feel Glasgow bringing it prouder and more welocming. I really hope you all get a chance to experiance it.
Christmas is celebrated as much here as anywhere ( Scotland ) but is more for family. New year is a more to be with friends celebrating the beginning of a new year. People from everywhere descend on Edinburgh for Hogmanay. Americans Chinese Australians etc.
If you really want to see something amazing. Check out the festival held Lerwick Shetland. Up Helly Aa is a Viking Festival held on the last Thursday (Thor's Day). In January. It is a Fire Festival and incredibly Spectacular. Some is not Historically accurate (winged helmets etc) but that's not the point. It's Shetland celebrating its Viking Heritage.
Happy New Year Steve to you and your family. I am English and regard Edinburgh as one of the greatest cities in the UK. There is so much to see and do including the Castle, Royal Mile, Holyrood House, Arthur's Seat. Princess Street etc. The last time my wife and I were there we visited the Museum of Scotland which is incredible. You could spend a week in there seeing everything.
growing up in England in the 1970swe only had Christmas day and Boxing day but people with scots heritage were taking new years day off as they were a little drunk that morning ,my late wife introduced me to first footing
Scottish person from west of Scotland here, I pronounce it as edin-bruh 😊❤😊 if you guys love bagpipes you’d like the Highland Games or the Edinburgh tattoo ❤
Happy New Year all. 💋 In the Netherlands we have the new years dive since 1960. But became really popular maybe 30~40 years ago. So beautiful all those bagpipes. More on the personal note i'm wandering what kind of music the two of you like. I'm not sure but from what i've heart a lot of Americans aren't familiar with a lot of European music. ❤😊
The next big event in Scotland is BURNS NIGHT A celibration of the Scots Poet Rabbie Burns, a dinner of Haggis neaps & Tatties a followed by music singing & dancing & the reciting of burns poetry wuth a little tipple of the "Water of Life"!!
As a Scot, I'm completely delighted that you watched this, and reacted so favourably to it. Hogmanay is a much bigger deal here than Christmas. In fact, Christmas was effectively banned in Scotland from 1640 following the Reformation. The new Protestant Kirk was very powerful and wanted to move away from any tradition considered to be Roman Catholic. Christmas Day was not a Public Holiday in Scotland until 1958. So Hogmanay became the primary winter festival for Scotland. We even have 2 days of Public Holiday (1 and 2 Jan) to get over the festivities! In England and Wales, only 1 Jan is a Public Holiday. Incidentally, 'ceilidh' is the anglicisation of the Gaelic word 'cèilidh' which literally means 'to visit' but also refers to a social gathering. It has become very familiar to many as the gathering with traditional Scottish dances such as 'Strip the Willow' and the 'Gay Gordons' that you saw in the film. That one in the film is a particularly large one! When I lived on an island in the Inner Hebrides in my teenage years, we had ceilidhs twice a week - mainly for the benefit of visitors to the island, but it was also great fun for us 'locals'!
Happy New Year to you both and Sophia. Hope you have an amazing 2024 ✌️👍. Scotland knows how to party. They are an amazing country full of tradition and the people are amazing. I have Scottish family, one of my family members moved to Scotland 30 years ago from Liverpool UK and now that one family member has become 50 family members to add to our Scouse/Scottish clan ✌️😂. Man I love Scotland and the Scottish people ✌️❤️
I cry at the beautifully atmospheric bagpipes too. There is something special about scottish people and their unique land. Love watching your reaction s. You're both so humble and accepting, thank you for your interest and enthusiasm in our little, influential island xx
I grew up in the Scottish Borders with a Highland Mother from Aberdeen and I went to University in Edinburgh (as long as it is not pronounced burrow, we accept even Welsh and other Uk accents pronounce it differently, but please not burrow😂) I have never seen people dressing in fancy dress costumes for hogmanay. The gifts a first foot should bring are whisky, bread, salt and a lump of coal. They represent drink, joy and prosperity, bread to fill the belly, salt is a preserver and disinfectant so it represents health and well-being and the coal warmth in your household throughout the coming year. Hands should only be crossed and offered to the people beside you during, Auld Lang Syne, as you sing the words 'and here's a hand my trusted friend and gie's a hand o' thine ' if it isn't done then the whole song doesn't make sense.
I remember my friend, Dot, telling me that when she was a child, all the ships on the Clyde (Glasgow), would sound their horns at midnight, and how wonderfully eerie it was.
Ed-in-buh-rah. Some say Edinbra, or Embra, but that’s a shortened version. Scots tend to pronounce every syllable when speaking properly. Lots of those shots were not of Edinburgh but the Castle was….also you should check out ceilidh dancing, it’s lots of fun.
Happy New Year ! Just woke up from Hogmanay, it was Great ! Heads bangin not leaving this hotel today haha and just found out i booked a week in London for next year after too many beers last night.
And this is why we have the second of January off as well ,it takes you most of the first of January to recover from the excess food and drink from the night before .
I’m from Edinburgh and Lyndsey pronounced it correctly Eh-din-bur-ugh. For more pipes and drums you should check out the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Yes we celebrate Christmas but it tends to be more about family time, Hogmanay is party time 😁
Scotland didn't get Christmas Day as a holiday until the 1950s; 25 December was a normal working day. As a child, my Dad got his presents on Hogmanay and he often produced a wee extra one on Hogmanay after we'd celebrated Christmas. I grew up in the Middle East and we always had a huge party: my favourite story was when they lived out in Iran before I was born and first-footed the ships out in the channel of the Shatt-al-Arab by boat, Dad in black tie, Mum in a ball gown and a piper in the bow! After Dad retired, we lived in a wee village in the NE. I would first-foot with my pals all around the village, bottle of drink in hand to share, continuing all night and often partying through Ne'erday and into 2 January. The video was pretty pants as far as the pictures went as most of them weren't even of Scotland, let alone Edinburgh. You talked through some of the good information though! He was right about Auld Lang Syne; you don't cross hands until the usual second verse with "And there's a hand, my trusty fiere! and gie's a hand o' thine!" The English and other furriners usually get it wrong and cross arms at the beginning. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne Incidentally, the Museum of Scotland always used to be open in Ne'erday to give visitors something to do during the day; i don't know if they still do but it's free entry except for special exhibitions.
in the first video only about 2 scenes,the torchlight procession and the castle fireworks are edinburgh,the rest seems to be shots from completely different countries as the floats and dressing up we certainly dont do,youd be better to see a video from a local doing a walkabout around the city at hogmany. happy new year from scotland.
I’m 28 from Edinburgh and last night was my first time doing the “tourist” Hogmany celebration. There was 50,000 people on Princes Street celebrating watching a band, a dj set and comedian bringing in the bells 🍻
before it as an organised event everybody used to just gather at the Tron for an impromptu street party. i was at the last one there (91/92 i think) and there as quite a lot of trouble due to people counting down early. the police had to break it up on horse-back. the next year was the first organised event here they put on fireworks at the castle, and people gathered in Princes St gardens. it has taken off since then
I once met an American who proudly told me that he was Welsh because his great great great had been Welsh, then went on to tell me that his family still sang the 'Welsh' song Auld Lang Syne at the end of each year , bless I didn't have the heart to burst his bubble 😂
As an Irish person, born in Dublin, this really bugs me. Being Irish is a nationality not an ethnicity.
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@@badpinktink100Tell that to the 200+ fake Irishmen that have played for Ireland , both at rugby union & football .
I would have done. lol.
If Lindsey loves the massed pipes and drums, then the Edinburgh Military Tattoo is a must-watch.
Agreed!
Or red hot chilli pipers
Thanks for the suggestion! :)
Yeah, the Tattoo is a must see,
Absolutely! You don't so much hear the drums as feel them physically pummelling you. As for New Year, I'd strongly suggest celebrating the Night 'Afore on George St. It's actually so much better than Princes St. on New Years Eve. That gets all the publicity and you can hardly breathe because of the press of people there.
In the UK New Year's Day is a public holiday, however in Scotland the 2nd January is also a public holiday as they need two days to get over Hogmanay
Exactly. Also, around the world they do Dry January. In Scotland we do Cannae Remember November
this is a fact. my company in Inverness also gives us the 3rd as a 'mental health day'
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@@curtis.eflush7879 😂😂😂
It’s cos we’re still going… 1st January is the Ultimate ‘Sunday’ sesh! 🍻 🥳
@@rankinlas not anymore, not after what the SNP did to the price of alcohol
You both pronounce Edinburgh perfectly!!!!! Lindsay must have Scottish blood in her veins the way she reacted to the pipes and drums!!🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
As a Scot that lives far away now, the bagpipes always get me choked up.
If I should become a stranger you know that it would make me more than sad, Caledonias been everything I've ever had. 🏴
Dougie MacLean is an old School Friend of mine. Such a lovely, modest, gentle Guy. Great Musician and Singer song Writer. 🏴
I spent 5 months touring in the US. Great time, but Dougie made me think about going home. Fantastic song.
Ditto
Lindsay pronounced Edinburgh the best I've ever heard any American pronounce it Happy New Year guys love your content ❤
She'll be happy to hear that :) Happy New Year! Appreciate you watching
Rather than Edinbro 😂
Sorry guys but a lot of these video clips were not of Edinburgh, in fact they weren't even of Scotland! The main video was decent as a touristy one but there's no excuse for mixing in videos of what looked like Miami or New Orleans or Australia or Singapore! There's plenty of real Edinburgh and real Scotland without these videos creating confusion like this.
Anyway, I celebrated Hogmanay last night afore the bells with my family and even a video call to my sister and her husband over in New Jersey. Today we're having a traditional steak pie dinner with my dad as we lost mum last January the 3rd, so this one will be emotional. Happy new year to you and yours from ours in Scotland and all the very best for 2024 folks!
Take care of each other and try to find the smiles in the sadness, the first one without Mum is tough and though a shadow will forever be cast over the celebrations, the more smiles and laughter found will ensure its warmth. Aw ra best.
Ceilidh pronounced Kay lee. My town in Scotland has a tradition in the early hours of Hogmanay our pipe band marches round the streets piping out the old year. They have crowds of people following them. Its the only place in Scotland that does it and the tradition has lasted 200 years
Hogmanay is a great tradition and very much celebrated however we do celebrate Christmas mainly for the children ❤❤❤
As a Scotsman I can confirm our celebrations are exactly that epic. I stay not to far from Edinburgh and have attended the street party and like you said the connection the culture it is intense. So proud of our wee country and the bagpipes bring warmth to my heart and a tear to my eye everytime. Happy new year and as we would say, long my yer lum reek
Edinburgh maybe ,not many other places.
I’m from Edinburgh and it’s pronounced “Ed-in-bu-ruh”.
And as Xmas was banned for around 400 years, the emphasise definitely switched to Hogmanay. I personally always celebrate Hogmanay more than Christmas. To me it’s more connected to our heritage, our ancient ancestral roots and traditions. 💙🏴
Thank you for sharing and Happy New Year 😊🌻
I can see the Castle fireworks from my window 😊
In Glasgow, we call it 'Embra'. But then, I'm a weegie! Salt n vinegar for this lad. I love Edinburgh and our jovial rivalry. The old city is simply wonderful. Camera Obscura by the Castle is well worth a visit.
I'm in Glasgow and the people I'm around call it edin-bruh
I’m from Edinburgh Scotland. I can see the Edinburgh Castle fireworks from my front door and they are spectacular. 🎇🎆🍾🥂
Same here.
You should check out Mons Meg, the 15th century cannon on the battlements of Edinburgh Castle which is used to signal midnight on Hogmanay. Some countries use a ball, some use bells, Scotland uses a massive, ancient cannon 😂
I have a photo of 2 year old me sitting on Mons Meg in the 70s.
99.9% of that video was not filmed in Edinburgh. We do not dress up in fancy dress for Hogmanay, that was one of the many parts of the video that was not recorded in Scotland.
Defiantly NOT Edinburgh! They don't dress up.
@@KathyBarnett-mv5vg I seriously doubt you would see people wearing summer clothing outside, either! Looks like a lot of the "street party" scenes were filmed somewhere a lot warmer!
Exception being the Shetland Up Helly Aa vikings at the fire festival.
@@irene3196love watching Up Helly Aa.
@@DeborahHamilton-q1w You should go to Glasgow in the winter, you will see most girls dressed for a night out as though they were in the bahama's.
First of all Happy New Year everyone from Scotland!
1. Edinburgh is the No.1 Arts Festival city in the 🌎World and has the longest New Year celebration in the World (4 days)
2. "Auld lang Syne" is a Scottish song,written by Robert Burns (famous Scottish poet)
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Some Scottish hogmanay traditions, whisky, clooty dumpling(a type of fruit pudding), first footing, a big steak pie dinner with all the family, a swim in the sea to wash away the hangover
Mmmm clooty dumplings 🤤
My wife's family were all Scots. I love all the Hogmanay things apart from the cold dip in the sea/firth on New Year's Day (that tends to happen in Yorkshire on 26th December).
Welcome to Scotland!! No better place to be 🏴🏴🏴
Just found you both yesterday. Happy New Year from Scotland. Awrabest.
Lang May Yer Lum Reek🎉🎊 You cant beat Hogmanay...Very fond memories of my Dad and Grandfather taking a lump of coal round to all the neighbours and coming home barely able to walk singing Auld Lang Syne at the top of their lungs! Slàinte Mhath to all 🎉🎊
The videos you picked did hit a lot of the points of how we celebrate Hogmanay.
But a lot was missed as well. The celebration of conation with friends and family is always there and even hugging a complete stranger.
First footing is more about wishing good luck for the new year on the household. The person that is doing the first footing goes out before the bells and brings coal/wood to keep your home warm, bread/shortbread in hope to keep the family fed for the year and whisky to wish the family stay hydrated good health, wellbeing in general.
We have a lot of traditions from family to family, over Christmas and the new year. The whole of December is like a family and friends celebration of life and being together.
Aw...thanks Steve and Lindsay. You are so warm and appreciative and just nice people.
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We live in a small fishing village in the Scottish Highlands . Most years on New Year’s Eve we have a candlelight procession to the harbour and fireworks. With a piper leading the procession, This year we had a ceilidh dance in our village hall. The village hall is called the Carnegie Hall as it was donated by Andrew Carnegie. ( he was a massive benefactor in Scotland as well as America )
The Scottish people really know how to bring in the new year.
We really love your channel and that Lindsay and Sophia are now included. Thank you and a very Happy New Year to you all.
I'm afraid the clips at the start were just clips of random places , including America , having a party.
Edit: Lots of general clips of people dancing and having a party from America all the way through.
The fireworks display is just random pictures of fireworks too.
My sister went to Hogmanay. She and her husband didn't think much of it.
Lindsay, that is your Celtic blood stirring your soul. my heart almost burst's at the sound of the pipes and drums, your reaction is exactly the same as mine, just pure emotion from somewhere deep within your ancestry. absolutely beautiful and precious.
A lot of that video footage has nothing to do with Edinburgh's Hogmany. The sentiment is correct but it has been cut together with footage from all sorts of places. You'll not be wandering about in your T-shirt on or around hogmany.
Another tradition we have at Hogmanay midnight is that you open the back door then the front door to let the bad luck of the old year out the back door and welcome in good luck at the front door with a First Footer person welcomed in to bring the good luck in with them.
Christmas is celebrated by us Scottish folk but it’s more about the kids Hogmanay is more foe adults because we like to drink 🤣🤣🤣
You make us all sound like alcoholics.
@@jmcc2275 nothing wrong in admitting we like a drink as long as being responsible, well sometimes but I do have relatives that don’t drink maybe I should have worded it better.sorry if you offended
That makes sense! haha
It astonishes me most Americans don’t know the origin of Auld Lang Syne. It was apparently only popularised in the 1920s by a Canadian composer there, so is a relatively recent US tradition.
Auld Lang SYNE.
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Tbf most Americans don't know anything outside of America 😉
Americans rarely know where Scotland is so no surprise to me !
I think most Americans initial exposure to "Auld Lang Syne" was "a Wonderful Life!"
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I am a little confused by some of the footage used in this video. At 15.22 there is a woman on someone's shoulders and behind her there are palm trees and buildings I don't recognise as Scottish. Also this woman and others in the crowd are in t shirts and sunglasses, which if you are in Scotland at this time of the year you are wrapped to the nines in layers as it is so cold,. So while the traditions of Hogmanay are generally true I am not buying into the stock footage which seems to be from elsewhere at times and inserted into this video.
Because i had 3 children and never drunk alcohol we took them for food and watch the fireworks at Edinburgh every year and now there grown they have good memories of New Years Eve .Your wife was good attempt at saying Edinburgh 🏴
Dont worry Lindsey I cried when I travelled from the south wales valleys to Scotland to see the Edinburgh military tattoo check it out if you like the bagpipes
If you like marching bands with bagpipes, try to find videos of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo held every August at Edinburgh Castle. Many bands, and dancers take part from all over the world - USA, New Zealand, Switzerland and many more, including massed pipe bands. It is an amazing spectacle.
Even in Scotland though a lot of people don't bother to do anything at New Year's Eve other than just stay in, watch the television with a few drinks and some nice food. Traipsing about in the freezing wet night, paying for overpriced food and drink and then trying to find a taxi for hours to get home is probably something to do with it. Hogmanay definitely isn't what it was many years ago.
It's definitely not what it was, I remember my parents taking us round all the neighbours with a bottle or two of spirits and a packet of shortbread, it was great, didn't go to bed until between 4 and 6 am! Christmas in Scotland is the same as the rest of the UK overly commercialised and the original meaning and traditions of Christmas all but forgotten, so sad.
Christmas and hogmanay are what you choose to make them. Sure, the Edinburgh street party can be expensive. Living in Fife it can still be a misdion getting home if I'm not staying in the city. But I'll still make an effort every 4 or 5 years.
Can't imagine how expensive it is to put on the shows, but once in a while I think it's worth it and not much else around like. The in-between years are all about keeping the tradition.
It used to be different not so long ago, it used to be everyone no exceptions that went for it at hogmanay. Times have changed.
It makes me so proud that people all over the world sing that some created in Scotland. Not bad for such a little country like ours. You would absolutely love the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
I grew up with a Scottish and an English parent - dad was English and Christmas was a huge thing for him, where as for my mum being Scottish new year was. This stems from New Year being a holiday in Scotland, whereas Christmas wasn't. Until relatively recently it wasn't as crazy, since we started having a Christmas market in Edinburgh the whole month of December is full of events.
I've been to the Edinburgh Christmas Market once about 8 years ago for my Works night out. We booked the Edinburgh Playhouse for a show and went to the Christmas Market first. It's apparently not as German now and more commercialised.
Christmas wasn’t celebrated in Scotland, because it was illegal for centuries
The pipes give us Scots the chills . You're probably of Scottish descent ..❤
They can also give me earache 😂🏴
I’m English,all the way through,and I love the pipes and drums.They’re always either stirring or soulful,but always atmospheric.
Scottish here, away from home here in New year's Day, thank you for this through my patriotic tears. Lang may yer lumb reek!
OH FLOWER OF SCOTLAND BRILLIANT GO FOR IT GUYS
Love Hogmanay and all the different traditions from pagan to viking to christian to Roman and scots.. it's a good time of year there's like an electricity in the air for a few day's which feels nice ha..
I'm from Fife in Scotland, not far from Edinburgh - my family and I pronounce it Edin-bruh. When my stepdad still lived nearer the coast, before he married my mum and moved in with us (same coastal town, but just not as near the beach), we could hear and just see the Edinburgh fireworks show from the window.
"Auld Lang Syne" (Syne, not Zyne) is Scots - Auld = old, Lang = long, Syne = since. So, in Scots, it essentially means "a long time ago".
Parts of Scotland also celebrate the "Auld New Year" on 14th of January.
I remember many of the old boys celebrating from Hogmanay through to the auld New year,
Hogmanay celebrations would start with arrival at a party house either just before the bells to welcome in the new year or just after to first foot. On arrival, guests give the host food, drink and/or a gift and are given food...broth, stovies, haggis neeps an tatties etc.
A gathering of eight to eighties would be found, fiddles, squeeze boxes, moothie's, spoons etc would be played, singing and dancing through the night when it got too much for the old and young, they would be placed in a corner under a coat until they were able to rejoin the gathering with renewed vigor.
Living in the south of Scotland now, I really miss what I consider the real Hogmanay where the entire village community would come together to reminisce and look forward to the coming year 🤔😥🤗🏴🇪🇺🏴
yes Foula still celebrated new year on the 14th
I spent 6 years living in Germany (80s & 90s) with the RAF.
I loved New Year, we would have open doors and visit each other, a tradition that is German. You carry your glass with you and toast the New Year. Our German neighbours also visited.
At midnight we would have a loan Piper bring in the New Year to 'Flower of Scotland' then at 1am the Piper would bring in the UK New Year!
Germany is one hour ahead of the UK.
Having open doors at New Year is not a German tradition. If you were with the RAF, it was probably the Scots who had introduced Hogmanay to the Forces stationed in that place. The German tradition is to stand outside to watch the fireworks and chat with your direct neighbours.
That sounds awesome. I love Germany.
I think the date is due to the changes from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. I believe it's a change of 13 days. So no longer on the actual winter solstice, but slightly later.
The dressing up street party and torchlight prossesion are up north in Scotland.
"HAPPY NEW YEAR"
I live in Edinburgh and Christmas is a massive celebration. Hogmanay is now for the tourists. The street party is now a ticketed event. Don't know where some of the footage came from as it is too cold at Hogmanay to spend hours at the street party in short sleeves.
Edinburgh resident all my 60 years. Guys. You are more than welcome Americans and Canadians have a special place in our hearts. 😘
Hi Steve and Lindsay , my nan was scottish so have close ties to Scotland always loved the place its a stunningly beautiful country I love it , Happy New year 🎉❤
Yes we Scots celebrate Hogmanay. I am originally from Edinburgh but now live in England. The best correct written pronunciation I have seen below is Routeman's, Edinbuhruh.
Check out Robert Burns the Scottish poet for info on Auld Lang Syne.
I do hope one day you get to visit Scotland. ❤
Yes, Scotland has its own all night TV programmes (Hogmanay themed) while the rest of the UK has its own programmes.
Hogmanay is something like Carnaval but of-course it's midwinter so it can include many things that Carnaval cannot, for example fire and light spectacles, etc. which wouldn't show up in daylight.
Anybody still watch them?
The Ceilidh dancing was not actually shown in the video. That just seemed to be people jumping up and down and doing their own normal dancing.
I was at a Ceilidh last night for Hogmanay. The dances are done in either "sets", which are usually three sets of partners or just with one partner. Everyone does the same moves and sometimes, depending the dance you switch partners. In a good Ceilidh you often end up dancing with strangers. It's a great night. It's something we'll worth looking into in a separate video as it's a bit difficult to explain without a visual reference.
Don't worry about pronouncing Edinburgh. Even we all pronounce it differently. The major rule of thumb is, never pronounce it ending in a hard G. Great vid and as a proud Scot, watching your wife get emotional made me tear up. What are you guys like 🥰. Lang may yer lum reek.
As a Scottish person, I can guarantee if you go out anywhere in Scotland on new year you will make brilliant friends. Especially at a ceilidh. They are ideal ice breakers to meet people as you keep changing dance partner throughout the song. Also nobody parties like the Scottish.
Unlike England and Wales, the 2nd is also a bank holiday, as parties are still ongoing or your still to drunk or hungover to do anything.
You'd enjoy the annual Viking festival in the most remote Scottish island called Shetland.
The festival is called "Up Helly Aa" . It's a celebration of all things Viking .
Personally i think that Up Helly Aa festival should be banned.
@@garymcatear822 Why?
@@garymcatear822 won't happen so deal with it...
@@lth1072 Because the people who call themselves Shetlanders are the direct descendants of the Vikings (by their own admission and DNA) who committed genocide (the slaughter of ever man, woman and child) of the indigenous innocent Scots who lived there then took their lands. The Shetlanders who live there are not the rightful owners of those islands.
The 'Up Helly Aa' Viking festival is a celebration of that genocide and therefor should be banned.
@@Y3SCYMRU If i ever become PM rest assured it will happen, and anyone on the Shetlands who objected would be deported back to their native Viking homelands to celebrate their genocidal Viking heritage their.
The day after new years day is a public holiday in Scotland as a recovery day😂😂
Nobody does Hogmanay like us scots 🏴 happy new year guy's
Yeah,years ago.
Actually only the Scot's do Hogmany, the rest of the world does New years eve. That's why ours is the best.
Agreed. The Irish do St Patrick’s Day and the Scots smash Hogmanay!
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But the earliest reference to Hogmanay is actually from Yorkshire in 1444 - 160 years before Scotland.
@@Wotsitorlabart Don't talk garbage.
I'm from Edinburgh and it's always been Edinburra to me
I am from Scotland and I would typically pronounce Edinburgh as ‘ed-in-bruh’ but everyone pronounces it slightly differently
‘ed-in-bruh’ - me too!
I'm geordie and I say that too
The narrator sounds like he's from the Australia area, which will be why his pronunciation sounds more like "edinburra"
I agree that burr-oh is the only wrong way to say it
@@coling3957 So is "burg".
I'm from Edinburgh. The correct way to say it is" Edinburgh bur a" but if you're working class you'd pronounce it Edin bruh
Yes, all over Scotland we pronounce it differently. In my part of Scotland, we pronounce it > H.I.V positive.
Hey, I’m from Scotland and think you should also check out the Burghead burning of the Clavie, this is celebrated on 11th January and celebrates the New Year based off of the NewYear in the old Julian calendar in 1750s. There is many old traditions around the country to celebrate the New Year 🏴 New Year has lots of traditions in Scotland because in 1640 celebrating Christmas was made illegal and was frowned upon until the 1950s when Christmas became a public holidays, therefore Hogmanay became a big deal. Christmas is still celebrated but more as a family event, whereas Hogmanay is for celebrating with the wider community/friends.
If you like the torchlight procession in Edinburgh, check out the Stonehaven fireballs also on New Year's Eve. Stonehaven is a small port just south of Aberdeen on the north east coast of Scotland. Fingers crossed this year I'll get to the stonehaven. It's an old 19th century fisherman tradition done to ward off evil spirits (apparently).
They also do the torch light parade on the isles of Scotland . This was brought over by the Vikings and it's done to ward off evil and in the isles of Scotland they carry a long boat before the torches and at midnight they set the long boat on fire for good luck for the coming year . The long boat is a symbol of the last year .
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Nice story but wrong.
The 'Up Helly Aa' festival in Lerwick is an 1870's Victorian creation (by the local Temperance Society) to steer the local youth away from drink and wildness over New Year.
Talk of 'warding off evil' is modern nonesense.
As other comments have suggested, you should watch the Royal Military Tattoo. I've been there myself and it was a fantastic experience. My personal favourite is the swiss drumbers 'top secret'. They put on an amazing show.
Born in the North East of England we always had a big party on Christmas eve and then another friend always reciprocated with a big party on New Year's eve and then the next year we would do New Year's eve.
My father was always the first footer and brought into the house through the front door a piece of coal (warmth), a slice of bread (sustenance), a coin (wealth) and a tangerine (dreams to come true). He would knock 3 times to chase away the Devil and my mother would invite him in with a glass of whisky.
Last night my husband and I had a quiet time and although my husband went to bed early he got up just before midnight and first footed.
By the way whisky is Scottish and whiskey is Irish
As a very proud scottish man, I love the pipe and drums, every time I hear it I feel so proud. I know Edinburgh is a big event for hogmanay but I feel Glasgow bringing it prouder and more welocming. I really hope you all get a chance to experiance it.
Christmas is celebrated as much here as anywhere ( Scotland ) but is more for family. New year is a more to be with friends celebrating the beginning of a new year. People from everywhere descend on Edinburgh for Hogmanay. Americans Chinese Australians etc.
The Edinburgh festival is in August very hard to get tickets but amazing spectical
If you really want to see something amazing.
Check out the festival held Lerwick Shetland.
Up Helly Aa is a Viking Festival held on the last Thursday (Thor's Day). In January.
It is a Fire Festival and incredibly Spectacular.
Some is not Historically accurate (winged helmets etc) but that's not the point.
It's Shetland celebrating its Viking Heritage.
Thanks for this!
One I didn't know about!
I am assuming it will be too late to book accommodation for this year?
Sounds awesome! We'll add to our list :)
Its actually on the last Tuesday in January... not Thursday! (am a Shetlander)
Tiw/Tyr/Tiu God of war and the sky, Tuesday. So still a God's day 😊
You guys are so lovely keep up the great work love from Scotland 🏴❤
Happy New Year Steve to you and your family. I am English and regard Edinburgh as one of the greatest cities in the UK. There is so much to see and do including the Castle, Royal Mile, Holyrood House, Arthur's Seat. Princess Street etc. The last time my wife and I were there we visited the Museum of Scotland which is incredible. You could spend a week in there seeing everything.
growing up in England in the 1970swe only had Christmas day and Boxing day but people with scots heritage were taking new years day off as they were a little drunk that morning ,my late wife introduced me to first footing
Happy New Year to you & your wonderful family! Thanks for all the great videos in 2023! 🇬🇧 🎉 xx
Scottish person from west of Scotland here, I pronounce it as edin-bruh 😊❤😊 if you guys love bagpipes you’d like the Highland Games or the Edinburgh tattoo ❤
If you live here (Edinburgh) it tends to be pronounced 'Embra' or 'Edinbra'.
Happy new year guys,I live in Edinburgh born and bred and when i hear the bagpipes it makes me so emotional x
Happy New Year all. 💋
In the Netherlands we have the new years dive since 1960. But became really popular maybe 30~40 years ago. So beautiful all those bagpipes. More on the personal note i'm wandering what kind of music the two of you like. I'm not sure but from what i've heart a lot of Americans aren't familiar with a lot of European music. ❤😊
Oh, the 'shortbread' clip....😂😂😂😂
They forgot to add the short
The next big event
in Scotland is BURNS NIGHT
A celibration of the Scots Poet Rabbie Burns, a dinner of Haggis neaps & Tatties a
followed by music singing & dancing & the reciting of burns poetry wuth a little tipple of the "Water of Life"!!
I live in Ayr and it’s almost non existent.
I’m so happy that you enjoyed watching how we celebrate Hogmanay here in Bonnie Scotland 🏴 ☺️ Happy New Year. Lang May Yer Lum Reek 🥳🎉 🥂
I received your message through UA-cam, thanks 🙏 I downloaded the Telegram app, but I’m having problems getting a verification code 🤦♀️
As a Scot, I'm completely delighted that you watched this, and reacted so favourably to it.
Hogmanay is a much bigger deal here than Christmas. In fact, Christmas was effectively banned in Scotland from 1640 following the Reformation. The new Protestant Kirk was very powerful and wanted to move away from any tradition considered to be Roman Catholic. Christmas Day was not a Public Holiday in Scotland until 1958. So Hogmanay became the primary winter festival for Scotland. We even have 2 days of Public Holiday (1 and 2 Jan) to get over the festivities! In England and Wales, only 1 Jan is a Public Holiday.
Incidentally, 'ceilidh' is the anglicisation of the Gaelic word 'cèilidh' which literally means 'to visit' but also refers to a social gathering. It has become very familiar to many as the gathering with traditional Scottish dances such as 'Strip the Willow' and the 'Gay Gordons' that you saw in the film. That one in the film is a particularly large one! When I lived on an island in the Inner Hebrides in my teenage years, we had ceilidhs twice a week - mainly for the benefit of visitors to the island, but it was also great fun for us 'locals'!
If you like the pipes and procession watch the Edunburgh Tattoo. Thats amazing !! From a scot in scotlan 😊
Happy New Year to you both and Sophia. Hope you have an amazing 2024 ✌️👍. Scotland knows how to party. They are an amazing country full of tradition and the people are amazing. I have Scottish family, one of my family members moved to Scotland 30 years ago from Liverpool UK and now that one family member has become 50 family members to add to our Scouse/Scottish clan ✌️😂. Man I love Scotland and the Scottish people ✌️❤️
I cry at the beautifully atmospheric bagpipes too. There is something special about scottish people and their unique land. Love watching your reaction s. You're both so humble and accepting, thank you for your interest and enthusiasm in our little, influential island xx
Bathers from Scotland to Spain braved cold waters for charitable causes - and fun - on the first day of the New Year.
Love it that the comments are in
Australian I think!!!
Ceilidh is pronounces Kay lee
All the best for 2024to you and you're family mate🏴
I grew up in the Scottish Borders with a Highland Mother from Aberdeen and I went to University in Edinburgh (as long as it is not pronounced burrow, we accept even Welsh and other Uk accents pronounce it differently, but please not burrow😂) I have never seen people dressing in fancy dress costumes for hogmanay. The gifts a first foot should bring are whisky, bread, salt and a lump of coal. They represent drink, joy and prosperity, bread to fill the belly, salt is a preserver and disinfectant so it represents health and well-being and the coal warmth in your household throughout the coming year. Hands should only be crossed and offered to the people beside you during, Auld Lang Syne, as you sing the words 'and here's a hand my trusted friend and gie's a hand o' thine ' if it isn't done then the whole song doesn't make sense.
I remember my friend, Dot, telling me that when she was a child, all the ships on the Clyde (Glasgow), would sound their horns at midnight, and how wonderfully eerie it was.
You also need to check out the Up Helly Ah festival from the Shetland Isles.
Awe your wife's such a sweetheart and I hope she comes here to Edinburgh soon ❤
Doors locked, lights out, earplugs in and asleep before midnight. Perfect recipe for bringing in the New Year. Happy 2024. 🏴
Lol... but I get it. Have a fantastic 2024.
You're as tragic as me lol.
Hey glad you’ve enjoyed a wee insight into the Scottish Hogmanay ❤ come to see for yourselves a very warm welcome 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Ed-in-buh-rah. Some say Edinbra, or Embra, but that’s a shortened version. Scots tend to pronounce every syllable when speaking properly. Lots of those shots were not of Edinburgh but the Castle was….also you should check out ceilidh dancing, it’s lots of fun.
I'm SW Scotland and for me it's
Eh-din-bu-rah
Normally Edinburgh is pronounced as "nightmare-to-park-in."🤣
Perfect...lol
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Haha too true !!! 😅
Happy New Year ! Just woke up from Hogmanay, it was Great ! Heads bangin not leaving this hotel today haha and just found out i booked a week in London for next year after too many beers last night.
And this is why we have the second of January off as well ,it takes you most of the first of January to recover from the excess food and drink from the night before .
You should take a look at the Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival in the Shetlands.
Happy New Year from Edinburgh, peeps. All the best to you and the fam for 2024💙🏴
I’m from Edinburgh and Lyndsey pronounced it correctly Eh-din-bur-ugh. For more pipes and drums you should check out the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Yes we celebrate Christmas but it tends to be more about family time, Hogmanay is party time 😁
Scotland didn't get Christmas Day as a holiday until the 1950s; 25 December was a normal working day. As a child, my Dad got his presents on Hogmanay and he often produced a wee extra one on Hogmanay after we'd celebrated Christmas. I grew up in the Middle East and we always had a huge party: my favourite story was when they lived out in Iran before I was born and first-footed the ships out in the channel of the Shatt-al-Arab by boat, Dad in black tie, Mum in a ball gown and a piper in the bow!
After Dad retired, we lived in a wee village in the NE. I would first-foot with my pals all around the village, bottle of drink in hand to share, continuing all night and often partying through Ne'erday and into 2 January.
The video was pretty pants as far as the pictures went as most of them weren't even of Scotland, let alone Edinburgh. You talked through some of the good information though! He was right about Auld Lang Syne; you don't cross hands until the usual second verse with "And there's a hand, my trusty fiere! and gie's a hand o' thine!" The English and other furriners usually get it wrong and cross arms at the beginning. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne
Incidentally, the Museum of Scotland always used to be open in Ne'erday to give visitors something to do during the day; i don't know if they still do but it's free entry except for special exhibitions.
'Auld Lang Syne' was written by Scottish poet Robert (Rabbie) Burns and the title means 'times long past.' A Ceilidh is a Scottish dance event.
Traditionally, a ceilidh is a gathering where poems, music, and stories happen. Sometimes a dance, too. 👍🏻
in the first video only about 2 scenes,the torchlight procession and the castle fireworks are edinburgh,the rest seems to be shots from completely different countries as the floats and dressing up we certainly dont do,youd be better to see a video from a local doing a walkabout around the city at hogmany. happy new year from scotland.
I’m 28 from Edinburgh and last night was my first time doing the “tourist” Hogmany celebration. There was 50,000 people on Princes Street celebrating watching a band, a dj set and comedian bringing in the bells 🍻
before it as an organised event everybody used to just gather at the Tron for an impromptu street party. i was at the last one there (91/92 i think) and there as quite a lot of trouble due to people counting down early. the police had to break it up on horse-back. the next year was the first organised event here they put on fireworks at the castle, and people gathered in Princes St gardens. it has taken off since then
Happy new year from Scotland(edinburrah with a slight trill on the r is correct)