Heart Happy (cathy_edgett) wrote,
Heart Happy
cathy_edgett

Hogmanay!

It seems the Scottish New Year is alive and well, replacing Christmas with exuberant celebration.  The song Auld Lang Syne is from Robert Burns.   I was unaware of the history.

If you want a rousing new year celebration, check this out, and make your plans for next year:

http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/myth/hogmanay-12-97.html


We went to Rodeo Beach and watched the surfers and looked for gray whales.  The day is unimaginably beautiful and very un-winter-like, and I'm sure our winter weather will return.
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