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julesG Somehow I always expected Hogmanay to be the winter solstice. 5y
GingerAntics @julesG you‘re not the first person to mix those two up. Even in Christian Scotland (and now in whatever you want to call it Scotland) Hogmanay is this big, crazy, awesome New Years celebration. I don‘t think they have any special term for the winter solstice, other than Yule. Hogmanay is a great time of drunken revelries!!! lol It‘s considered tradition, now, to eat haggis (not recommended) and drink whisky 🥃 (very much recommend). 5y
julesG Yes, I know that. I'm just wondering, every year anew. I need to remember it's a Christian tradition. 5y
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julesG Haggis was a one-time experience, by the way. I thought it was only bearable because of the whisky. 5y
GingerAntics @julesG it‘s actually pre-Christian. 🤣😂🤣 I don‘t have enough chapters to add “especially if you‘re going to try the haggis” after whisky 🥃 (very much recommended). 🤣😂🤣 I‘ve heard many MANY people say haggis is only bearable with whisky and only one bite. 5y
julesG I think I managed two or even three bites. It might have been a dare. 5y
julesG Back to Hogmanay. Here's what I've been puzzling over for years. If it's pre-Christian, then it would make more sense to combine it with Yule. It's the celebration of the return of the light. 5y
GingerAntics @JulesG you are a brave BRAVE woman!!! Actually it‘s not. It‘s the celebration of the new year, rebirth, new opportunities, etc. Yule is almost a celebration of the lack of light and the hope of its return. (edited) 5y
julesG Wikipedia says kinda both. 😜 5y
GingerAntics @julesG maybe the best way to think about it is that Yule/Winter Solstice is the beginning of the celebratory period, you have naps and Christmas, and it all concludes with Hogmanay, but it‘s definitely two different things. It sort of ties into the idea that the sun is getting stronger with the coming of the new year, but that‘s a minor part of it. In the modern sense it‘s just a very Scottish New Years celebration. 5y
GingerAntics @julesG basically, there is a great bonfire at Yule, they wait a while to make sure that‘s definitely all the way out before drinking large sums of whisky so as not to light all of Scotland on fire at Hogmanay. 😏🥃🤣😂🤣 5y
julesG Do basically the "daft days" in a whisky fug. ? 5y
GingerAntics @julesG it is Scotland after all!!! 🤣😂🤣 (edited) 5y
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