Inglês - new year's eve uk

When Big Ben announces midnight, the London sky lights up with fireworks.
Many of the traditions of New Year's Eve in England originated in Scotland with the Hogmanay festival.
The Hogmanay party in Edinburgh is one of the largest New Year celebrations in the world and originated in the Celtic festival to celebrate the winter solstice.
The last night of the year in England usually ends with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne", the equivalent of the British "Goodbye Old Year, Happy New Year." People cross their arms in front of body and shake hands of the person next to form a chain. The music, composed by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788, is a symbol of new beginnings and have versions in several languages.
The first person to visit after midnight is very important in the English tradition, and can bring good or bad luck for the whole year. This tradition is called 'First-Footer'.
Ideally, get a tall dark, which was not in the house at the time of the turn. He can not be dressed in black or carry sharp objects and should enter carrying symbolic objects such as a piece of coal or a bottle of whiskey (of course). Nobody should talk with Harry until he put coal on the fire or help a dose of scotch to the householder.
Women receive as first-footer is considered bad omen, as well as doctors, priests, lawyers or police.
The New Year inevitably brings a mood of reflection: Looking past mistakes is that we try to improve in the future.
The custom of making new promises for the new year is already a custom in England for centuries, as old as the custom of breaking