[3] On 21 December 2021, the events were once again cancelled, after the Scottish government announced limitations on gatherings to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

In Scotland, New Year's Eve is celebrated with several different customs, such as First-Footing, which involves friends or family members going to each other's houses with a gift of whisky and sometimes a lump of coal.

In Edinburgh, it now covers four days of processions, concerts and fireworks, with the street party beginning on Hogmanay.

Celebrations in Edinburgh in 1996–97 were recognised by the Guinness Book of Records at the world's largest New Year party, with approximately 400,000 people in attendance.

Other cities across Scotland, such as Aberdeen, Glasgow and Stirling have large organised celebrations too, including fireworks at midnight.