Millions across the world sing it as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, linking arms with friends and strangers alike to mark the end of one year and the beginning of another. But what does ...

The tradition in Scotland is to sing the song on Hogmanay — their word for the New Year’s celebrations — with everyone standing in a circle, holding hands. On the final verse of the song, everyone ...

According to Scotland.org, the phrase 'auld lang syne' roughly translates as 'for old times' sake', and the song is all about preserving old friendships and looking back over the events of the year." ...

So far as folk standards go, you’d be hard-pressed to find a song with the same stature and staying power as the Scottish traditional, “Auld Lang Syne.” To find the answer to that question, we’ll go ...

Millions of people sing it each year at the stroke of midnight, some beaming with joy and others overcome with emotion as they bid goodbye to the year that has passed. But what does the New Year’s ...

Every New Year’s Eve, many of us will come to the realisation that we don’t actually know the words to “Auld Lang Syne”. Belting out the song as the clock strikes midnight is a long-held tradition in ...

At midnight on New Year’s, there’s a good chance you’ll hear it: “Auld Lang Syne.” At the end of the seminal rom-com classic When Harry Met Sally, as they embrace in a room of people singing the song ...

In the final scene of Nora Ephron's iconic 1989 romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally," the couple embraces as "Auld Lang Syne" starts to play. It's not long until Billy Crystal's Harry begins to ...