Americans React to Hogmanay in Edinburgh - Scotland's New Years Eve Celebration
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In this video we react to the Scottish tradition of Hogmanay for the first time. This is Scotland's New Years Eve celebration and we've never seen anything quite like it. Hogmanay actually last for about 3 days! In this particular video we learn about all the fun New Year traditions that take place in Edinburgh every year.
From the torchlight procession through the historic streets of Edinburgh to the exhilarating Hogmanay street party and the iconic Loony Dook, it really looks like an epic New Years Eve celebration. Celebrating Hogmanay is definitely going on our bucket list. Scotland looks like a great place to ring in the New Year.
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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
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.
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 😂
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
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
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).
I’m from Edinburgh Scotland. I can see the Edinburgh Castle fireworks from my front door and they are spectacular. 🎇🎆🍾🥂
Same here.
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 🎉🎊
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.
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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I'm 60 yrs old now an still cry an get goosebumps when the drum an bagpipes play,an im scottish an still cry,,Happy new years guys,,tell linzi to watch the Edinburgh military tattoo she will love it...🏴🏴🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🏴🏴
I cry too…for a different reason..lol.
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.
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.
Welcome to Scotland!! No better place to be 🏴🏴🏴
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.
@@user-fe7mg5ot9z 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.
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.
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.
You both pronounce Edinburgh perfectly!!!!! Lindsay must have Scottish blood in her veins the way she reacted to the pipes and drums!!🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Scottish here, away from home here in New year's Day, thank you for this through my patriotic tears. Lang may yer lumb reek!
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
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
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
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
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
Aw...thanks Steve and Lindsay. You are so warm and appreciative and just nice people.
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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!
@@garymcatear822
But the earliest reference to Hogmanay is actually from Yorkshire in 1444 - 160 years before Scotland.
@@Wotsitorlabart Don't talk garbage.
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.
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..
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.
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.
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'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.
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.
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.
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?
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 🎉❤
Edinburgh resident all my 60 years. Guys. You are more than welcome Americans and Canadians have a special place in our hearts. 😘
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.
"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.
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'!
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. ❤
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
Happy New Year to you & your wonderful family! Thanks for all the great videos in 2023! 🇬🇧 🎉 xx
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
For a few hundred years Scotland observed Christmas but didn’t celebrate it (it only became a public holiday in Scotland in 1958) but Hogmanay and Ne’erday (New Year’s Day, which became a Scottish public holiday in 1871) were the important celebrations full of superstitions and traditions.
When I was a kid and teen between the mid 70’s and mid 90’s Christmas was a time for children that adults joined in with but Hogmanay and Ne’erday were the big celebration. On Hogmanay the house was cleaned and aired from top to bottom, all ashes removed from the fireplace (these were to ensure that the troubles of the old year were gone from the home and to make space for the luck of the new year), debts were cleared, a pot of soup would be on the stove for any visitors, everyone would be dressed in their nicest clothes, pubs and social clubs would close by 10:30 to ensure everyone could be home in time to Bring in the Bells with their nearest and dearest with a drink in hand and indulging in singing and dancing. After The Bells (what us Scots call the stroke of midnight that signifies the start of the new year) is when you’ll get your First Foot or be someone else’s. Traditionally the First Foot would bring shortbread/black bun (a traditional Scottish fruit cake), whisky and a lump of coal to bring food, drink and warmth to the home for the coming year but neither coal nor black bun were common to take in my area in my youth…and the whisky could be substituted with any sort of drink, though almost always alcoholic. There would then be lots of visiting friends, family and neighbours, maybe a little sleep then more visiting all Ne’erday…all the while joining in with the singing, dancing and partying…regardless of age. Your first proper sleep of the year would be on the night of the 2nd of January.
When I first moved to England in the mid 90’s, the vast majority of people I met didn’t celebrate New Year, they’d stay up to watch Big Ben ring it in and be in bed by five past midnight. But as the popularity of celebrating New Year has grown in England, some of the traditions aren’t being quite as observed in Scotland (though I daresay the majority of the Scottish population will be tucking into the traditional steak pie, with or without the sausage through it…but never with kidney, today), as it has become more commercialised.
Now that you’ve heard of Robert Burns (who is credited with writing Auld Lang Syne but in actual fact just wrote down a version of an even older Scottish song/ poem), you really should check out a traditional Burns Night celebration, which happens on his birthday every year (the 25th of January). With the first one taking place in 1801 on the fifth anniversary of his death and being held by his friends, before deciding to change it to a celebration of his birth. He was only 37 when he died in 1796. You may even discover that you are familiar with more of his songs and/or poems.
My mum said they got there presents on Hogmanay when she was a child in the 1940s and when I was a kid Hogmanay was the best all the family's and a big calibration it was magical that was back in the 1960s lol
@@neilsouthern321 I found it magical and amazing as a kid too and I was born in ‘75. I want to ask my Dad about his childhood memories of Christmas and Hogmanay (as he was born in Ayrshire to a Scottish Dad and English Mum in 1945) but he has dementia (though it’s not too bad at the moment) and often gets things muddled up or goes off on a tangent that doesn’t answer the question but I can’t help being curious about how the festive season was for him with parents who would have been brought up with such different traditions around this time of year.
Lynne, that sounds just like our Hogmanay in the 1970's. Christmas was toys, church, big dinner, etc, but it paled into insignificance compared to Hogmanay. That was huge!
@@liammalarky3483 definitely, it wasn’t the pious Christmas that previous generations of Scots would have experienced but it paled in significance to the splendour that was everything that led up to and came after The Bells, with its house parties where everyone was welcome and wishing “aw ra best” to everyone you passed on the street, it felt as though you were genuinely part of a nationwide party…and the fact that it wasn’t the same the world over, seemed incomprehensible. I also remember there being loads of food around at New Year but I don’t remember anyone doing much eating.
@@coling3957 oh I’d say it’s definitely needed.
Bathers from Scotland to Spain braved cold waters for charitable causes - and fun - on the first day of the New Year.
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".
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. ❤😊
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.
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.
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 😊
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 ✌️❤️
Normally Edinburgh is pronounced as "nightmare-to-park-in."🤣
Perfect...lol
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Haha too true !!! 😅
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.
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.
If you live here (Edinburgh) it tends to be pronounced 'Embra' or 'Edinbra'.
Ummm? I’m thinking there are clips in there not from Scotland I’ve never seen anyone dressed in Halloween costume type clothing very Odd 🤔? Anyhow wishing you and your family a wonderful and healthy new year🥰😘
Some were, many weren't 😂
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 ❤
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.
My dad was a Glaswegian and myself and my partner lived across the Firth of Forth in the Kingdom of Fife and we call pronounce it Edinbruh or for short the Burough silent gh. Hogmanay is huge in Scotland that’s why the 2 Jan is also a public holiday 🎉😊
There's a 2nd of January? I thought the calendar went from the 1st to the 3rd?
The second of January is an extra day to recover from the New Years party as most people are still unconscious /hung over on the first of January and all the eating and drinking that is consumed by everyone who has parties the night away . Most people need an extra day to recover from the excess food and drink .
Used to be huge tbh.
Ceilidh is pronounces Kay lee
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 TH-cam, thanks 🙏 I downloaded the Telegram app, but I’m having problems getting a verification code 🤦♀️
Happy new year guys,I live in Edinburgh born and bred and when i hear the bagpipes it makes me so emotional x
You also need to check out the Up Helly Ah festival from the Shetland Isles.
In Ireland people go swimming in the sea on Christmas day for charity
Same in England
Just found you both yesterday. Happy New Year from Scotland. Awrabest.
Happy new year to you and your family.🎉🎉
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.
A lot of the clips shown weren't scottish hogmanay. Looks like someone has just googled and downloaded street parties.
It was an American video 😉
Which parts weren't in Scotland? Most of what I saw with the marching and festival footage was from places I've seen in Scotland
Awe your wife's such a sweetheart and I hope she comes here to Edinburgh soon ❤
Happy new year! I love seeing people react to videos from Scotland as a proud Scot. I’m from Aberdeen and Stonehaven is about a 20 minute drive from us and they are the only place that does the fireballs. The mass pipes n drums are a sight to see. We do celebrate Christmas but instead of Boxing Day being a bank holiday (as in England) the Scot’s take the 2nd Jan as a holiday to recover from new year!! We hope to welcoming you to Scotland in the future
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
'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. 👍🏻
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
You guys are so lovely keep up the great work love from Scotland 🏴❤
You should take a look at the Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival in the Shetlands.
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.
Happy New Year to you guys 🎊, I've been watching your videos for over a year now, it's the first thing I do when getting up to watch your videos with a lovely cup of of Yorkshire tea, thank you so much for all the uploads you've done throughout the year. 🤗
That warms our hearts to hear! Appreciate you and happy new year to you and yours as well. :)
Hey glad you’ve enjoyed a wee insight into the Scottish Hogmanay ❤ come to see for yourselves a very warm welcome 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
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.
Lindsay must have Scottish blood . There is a Clan Lindsay that she must be connected with in some way.
The pipes and drums are part of our psyche.
Not of mine,can’t stand them…lol.
Strange video as some scenes are implied to be Edinburgh but are a mix of other new year celebrations (eg there are no “peep shows” in Edinburgh (I’m guessing it’s London for a few of the scenes.
However glad you all enjoyed the sense of Edinburgh Hogmanay and
It really is magical ( I worked for many years one street away from the street party and the atmosphere was fantastic at Hogmanay.
Happy new year 😊
No peep shows, there is a part of Edinburgh known as the pubic triangle.
Happy New Year from Edinburgh, peeps. All the best to you and the fam for 2024💙🏴
I visited Edinburgh for the first time just over two weeks ago. The most beautiful city in the uk I have visited in my opinion. It’s a city but has a town sort of feeling to it, if I had to move I would definitely consider Edinburgh, it’s so picturesque and the vibe is so laid back.
As a Welshman I pronounce it as Edin “bruh”
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 😁
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 🏴
Happy new year from bonnie Scotland! There's blue skies and bitter cold to welcome the first day of the year
From Dundee in Scotland and the brugh at the end we say it but depends where you are from as we all have different accents here
You have different accents even in Edinburgh from Morningside to Leith!
I don't understand the guy next door!
He's Polish tho.....
Have the best 2024 friends.
The new years day plunge happens in the whole of the uk. England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland we go to the coasts and plunge early in the morning. Yes its all cold really cold. Did it a few times in my 20s, haven't done it since i stopped drinking and got brain cells. Now nearly in my 50s yer not going to be doing it again lol
Ireland is not in the UK
@@gallowglass2630 which is why I wrote Ireland last. I wrote the UK countries, but knew that Ireland does it to couldn't be bothered to rewrite so wrote And Ireland. So calm down.
I just found your Chanel and love it. I live in Aberdeenshire in Scotland and my daughter lives in Stonehaven seen on your video . My little granddaughter age 6 loves the fireballs at Hogmanay . I loved your reaction to the bagpipes parade .. it makes me cry every time too, I have no idea why but it does,. If you ever get the chance you need to experience it in real life because it’s out of this world amazing. Mandy x
Happy New Year to you and your family from Edinburgh Scotland 🎉