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It's all too much for me! I'll be here hours reading this!! Big Grin

Christmas at our house is up early to run the team, back for bacon sandwiches, and opening presents, then playing with presents (!) until late afternoon when it's turkey all round and Christmas pudding. Mid afternoon we ring the other members of our families to say "Happy Christmas".

The really complicated traditions start at Hogmanay in Scotland, but that's another story....

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Squeaky, I am going to post WHAT it is..you need to tell us HOW you celebrate! Smile
Hogmanay is the Scottish New Year, celebrated on 31st December every year. Never being slow to spot a good excuse for a party, the night involves a celebratory drink or two, fireworks and the kissing of complete strangers – not necessarily in that order.

Where did the word Hogmanay come from?

Nobody knows for sure. Various suggestions have been made over the years and they all sound pretty good from where we are sitting:

from the Gaelic oge maidne ("new morning")

-A Flemish combo of hoog ("high" or "great"), min ("love" or "affection") and dag ("day")

-Anglo-Saxon Haleg Monath ("Holy Month")

-Norman French word hoguinané("gift at New Year")

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