HOGMANAY

I celebrated New Year's Eve with a couple of events, deciding not to stay home as I have so often in the past.

Hogmanay - this odd-sounding event is a Scottish rite associated with the Winter Solstice involving a bonfire. The Lawrenceville* historical society has done this event on New Year's Eve for a number of years. The tradition is to bring written examples of the past Year's events which are best forgotten, and toss them into the fire. If you wish, they'll provide paper and pencil to write some on the spot. Not being superstitious, I didn't originally plan to play along, but I found some letters written to Cynthia by our daughters that seemed to be good candidates for consignment to the flames.

* (Another misspelt Laurence)

Here are some shots of the fire.

 

There were also some musical accompaniment- a bagpiper at the fire and a fiddler in the house.