San Diego Scottish Highland Games
New Year’s Eve in Scotland is called Hogmanay. This joyful gathering was especially celebrated in the years when Christmas was ‘banned’, and celebrations could last for days! Edinburgh now hosts one of the world’s biggest and most famous Hogmanay street parties, with an amazing fireworks display. All over the country, Scottish people brighten up the […]
There’s plenty to do in Scotland in the winter, and many Scots love getting in the festive spirit. But did you know that Christmas was banned there for almost four centuries? Before the Reformation in 1560, Christmas in Scotland had been a religious feasting day. Then, with the powerful Kirk frowning upon anything related to
Contributed by Marilyn McPhie It was December 25, 1914. World War I was five months old, and already there were more than a million casualties. There was fierce fighting everywhere, it seemed. Soldiers had spent their days surrounded by the sound of bullets. But it was Christmas. And that changed everything. Some have said that