What's everyone doing for Hogmanay?

[Arlen]

We don't have any solid plans just yet, but we're hoping to convince a few friends to play Rock Band and perhaps watch some Scottish films with us. (Maybe I can even get some of my old favourites from Hogmanay past. White heather club, Supercop etc.)

What's everyone here planning on doing?

[Lachlan09]

For this Manay of the Hogs, we’ll be doing what’s become a sort of tradition over the last 3 years here in Muscat, Oman.

We’re having a house-party for neighbours, friends and anyone they bring along or just appears ! It’ll be mainly Filipinos, a few Indians/Pakistanis, some Arabs, as my wife invites her various pals and their (usually expat Westerner) husbands, plus her Filipino bowling league friends plus various assorted gay Filipinos. Most British and Westerners go back to their countries at New Year, so there won’t be so many from my side ! But I know the Filipinas’ husbands etc. Our neighbours are Arabs, but the cosmopolitan type. Just in case, we’ll make sure pork is off-menu or else isolated and identified (A Filipino without pork is like a day without sunshine !).

There will be lots of food, Filipino food will be there of course (such as lumpiang Shanghai and perhaps lumpiang sariwa, pansit, mechado, afritada, kare-kare, adobo, manok, kilaw, perhaps paella, leche flan etc) but my teenage son wants to cook some Italian and Spanish style food which he’ll organize (like pizza, calzone, lasagne and tapas – tortilla, chorizo in red wine, mushrooms in garlic etc) and I want to make Indonesian festive dishes (Nasi kuning tumpeng, sate campur, gado-gado, marbled eggs, rempeh-rempeh, rendang daging, perkedel jagung etc).

Lots of beer, lots of B-52 cocktails, lots of tequila etc - soft drinks too. Lots of dancing, lots of karaoke ! I’ve taken leave so not going back to work till 3rd January to allow a full recovery !

Hmmm - I hope they turn up !

[Jimmy]

Arlen, we should be spending Hogmanay in local pub in Bowling beside Dumbarton, last year it had been closed down so we opted for a Caledonian 3 day trip to stay in the Gairloch hotel in Gairloch, Wester Ross, it cost a fortune at that time for the 3 days and the hotel was frozen and the food rubbish, it was the first time that I had used Caledonian Travel and probably will never use them again.
So looking forward to hogmanay in the local

[cessna152towser]

Nothing planned so far.

[Drac]

My wife & I are headed to New Orleans and have reservations at Emerl's Domenico's. Not exactly a party at the house but we're looking forward to it.

Jim

[ForresterModern]

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[skauwt]

We don't have any solid plans just yet, but we're hoping to convince a few friends to play Rock Band and perhaps watch some Scottish films with us. (Maybe I can even get some of my old favourites from Hogmanay past. White heather club, Supercop etc.)

What's everyone here planning on doing?

a good old scottish knees up ,parties... booze ... lots of stewed steak tatties and puff pastry then after the bells perhaps a wee first foot(lump of coal and a wee dram in pocket also) round some family or friends what ever the spirit of the night brings out in folk will determine the type of party we end up at

[Squeaky McMurdo]

James and I will be celebrating our 5th anniversary! :mrgreen:

--Chelsea McMurdo--

[highlander_Daz]

bagpipes £££££££££££££££££££££

[shawhighlander]

It twil be a grand evening celebrating the marriage of my cousin Hunter and his fiancé in Chicago. The black tie wedding is at eight o'clock and we will party the rest of the night till the New Year!
Slainté mhor

I'm considering wearing my Shaw Ancient with Prince Charlie and vest.