This is Hogmanay, the gifting of another year, the coming of midnight, the darkest hour, before the turn towards dawn.
-- John F. Deane, "The music of what happens", Irish Times, December 28, 2000
The biggest celebration in Britain was in Edinburgh, where Hogmanay drew about 200,000 people to a free street party in the city centre.
-- "Archbishop of Canterbury calls for greater generosity", Irish Times, January 2, 1999
