HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hogmanay• Hogmanay is what the Scots call their

New Year’s Eve celebrations.• Hogmanay’s origins are viking. Norse invaders celebrated the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, with wild parties in late December.

Torchlight Procession

Auld Lang Syne• “Auld Lang Syne” is a poem written by

Robert Burns in 1788 which is traditionally sung as a ‘bid farewell’ to the old year.

• Traditionally people hold hands and sing after midnight to celebrate the new year.

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• Do you have any special traditions for New Year in Spain?• Is New Year's Eve a time to spend with

family or friends?• What would your ideal New Year

celebration be?• Do you have any New Year

resolutions?• Any predictions for 2017?