The Hogmanay event, attended by 45,000 revellers ... handing them bits of coal and a bottle of whisky. "People are like, 'what are you doing?'." City of Edinburgh Council's Val Walker said ...

Hogmanay is the Scottish word for the last day ... Historically, these were: a coin, bread, salt, coal and whisky. This symbolises that the household will be wealthy, well-fed, flavour, warmth ...

Edinburgh’s streets are now quieting down as the tourists from far and wide return home after a damp squib of a Hogmanay, and I am left pondering the future of our capital’s famous New Year ...

First footing is, I think, at the very heart of Hogmanay, weaving a web of solidarity and neighbourliness. Some say the gifts should be coal, bread, silver and greenery, for warmth, good cheer, ...