THE NEW YEAR

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 157, 31 December 1940, Page 9

THE NEW YEAR

a£IHE SCOTS WILL CELEBRATE co: , ——

c The staid Englishman makes Christinas his main festival of the year:, the .''ubiquitous and more enterprising Scot ■ has always inclined to the New Year I as being the most important date from a celebrating point of view. One may be sure that, despite the distractions of war, Scots all over the world will not forget tonight that tomorrow ushers in 1941.. Hogmanay is the name applied in Scotland to today, December 31, the last day of the year. The origin of this name is quite unknown. But that will not deter observation of the day, which, in former times, marked the commencement of a holiday of uproarious jollity. Things may have toned down a bit in modern days, but no true Scot will allow Hogmanay to pass unhonoured and unsung. In barrack or billet, on sea or on land, at . home or abroad, all Scots will be in their element tonight, and one may be sure that even, those in the British Isles will not be deterred by Nazi bombs from their customary indulgences tonight—New Year's Eve. Wellington, as is usual, will greet the advent of 1941 by a gathering in the Post Office Square, and when the clock strikes midnight there will be the usual cheers and singing—altogether a tame affair compared to real Hogmanay celebrations.