(1) Indeed Hogmanay is a bigger celebration than Christmas.

(2) In the city centre there's a massive Hogmanay Party at George Square for those lucky enough to hold tickets.

(3) We decided to go to a Hogmanay dance in the village hall, and they came along to watch.

(4) They had spent Hogmanay at home, welcoming the groups of people roaming the village as they came round.

(5) Alistair: Oh, it's an old Hogmanay custom.

(6) Freddie: Hogmanay? What's that? It'sounds like an illness.

(7) I am really looking forward to the Hogmanay (New Year's Eve in Scotland) street party in Edinburgh this year...

(8) In Scotland, New Year is called Hogmanay, and for some people, it's a bigger celebration than Christmas.

(9) Hogmanay is derived from the winter solstice festival celebrated by the Vikings.

(10) " Some people think Hogmanay could be from an old French word meaning "gift. " That is because it was common to give gifts at the new year.

(11) In Scotland, the four-day Hogmanay festival began Thursday night with a torch-lit procession through the streets of Edinburgh.

(12) Today, Hogmanay includes huge celebrations on the streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh on New Year's Eve. More than one-hundred-thousand people attend these street parties. Bells ring at midnight.

(13) New Year's Eve is called hogmanay in Scotland and is an occasion for much joyous and noisy celebration.

(14) On hogmanay, I was very sad, and did not know whom to tell with, so I took the phone dialed the people I wanted to tell with, but no one answered.

(15) Wee Jocky was apparently steaming after a particularly hospitable Hogmanay and played a blinder.

(16) Cameron: Ah that's because I went home to Scotland for Hogmanay.

(17) His poem (and song) Auld Lang Syne is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and Scots Wha Hae served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.

(18) Hans took a drop too much, but I'll forgive him, as it happened on Hogmanay.

(19) For many centuries, fire ceremonies have been an important part of Hogmanay. The Scots set small fires as a way to end the old year.