In Scotland Christmas is a low key celebration with a build up to New Years, called Hogmanay, the biggest party of the year. In the late 1500s, the Scottish Reformation abolished Christmas, which lasted for 400 hundred years. Most Scots had to work on Christmas Day until the … [Read more...] about Auld Man’s Milk, the Scots version of Egg Nog
History of Hogmanay
Final Countdown to Hogmanay and Downton Season 4
North Americans revel in Christmas celebrations and for us New Years is more of an after thought, one last party before getting back to business. In Scotland however, Christmas is a low key celebration with a build up to New Years, called Hogmanay, the biggest party of the year. … [Read more...] about Final Countdown to Hogmanay and Downton Season 4