{"id":42519,"date":"2015-12-26T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=42519"},"modified":"2018-01-03T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T15:57:29","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-what-the-heck-is-hogmanay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2015\/uncommon-knowledge-what-the-heck-is-hogmanay\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: What the Heck is Hogmanay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/single-malts-of-scotland-tasting-map?source=blog_122615\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42522 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/24895_uk122615.jpg\" alt=\"Single Malts of Scotland Tasting Map\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you think New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations, you might think of mobs in Times Square. But December 31st is a big night in Scotland too. There, it\u2019s traditionally known as Hogmanay, a possible corruption of the French <em>au guis menez<\/em> (\u201cto the mistletoe,\u201d suggesting a Druidic origin). But whatever its name or origins, the celebration is essentially the same to this day\u2014drinking toasts to the old year, counting down to the new, and tying on a few more after midnight. But a wonderful part of Scottish Hogmanay called \u201cFirst Footing\u201d is less common. In this ritual, the first person to put their foot across a threshold has the honor of bringing good fortune to the whole household. Sometimes, this metaphor for stepping through the door of a new year was accompanied by a <em>handsel<\/em>, a gift of a lump of coal or a bottle of whisky to symbolize the many gifts of the coming year. Warmth\u2026whisky\u2026who needs a Christmas sweater?<\/p>\n<p>Discover more holiday lore in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/2015\/from-hogmanay-to-krampus-12-uncommon-facts-about-the-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Twelve Uncommon Facts About the Holidays<\/em> post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Single Malts of Scotland Tasting Map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/single-malts-of-scotland-tasting-map?source=blog_122615\" target=\"_blank\">Single Malts of Scotland Tasting Map<\/a> | $30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are no swine involved&#8230;but lots of whisky (no e). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":42524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[270,1920,813,934,1933],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42519"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42706,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42519\/revisions\/42706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}