Question: Hogmanay - What is Hogmanay - Hogmanay Recipes So,
what is the celebration of Hogmanay? Answer: Hogmanay is the
Scottish celebration of New Years Eve and can last for days. No-
one celebrates the eve quite like the Scots. It is believed the
Scots inherited the celebration of Hogmanay from the Vikings and
their celebration of the shortest day but many believe that as
Christmas was virtually banned and not celebrated in Scotland
from the end of the 17th century until the 1950’s, New Years Eve
was a good excuse for some revelry and the excuse to drink
whisky and eat good food. Hogmanay involves parties and
festivals across Scotland with the largest and most famous
public party in Edinburgh.