"Auld Lang Syne" as we know it today first came together in the late 1700s, and wasn't initially a song for New Year's Eve. Here's what it means and how it became a popular holiday song in the U.S.

The clock strikes twelve marking the arrival of 2024, and we all know what comes next—that most popular of all New Year’s songs, "Auld Lang Syne." You might hum along as you try to remember the lyrics ...

As the clock strikes midnight and the world ushers in 2026, revelers around the globe will sing "Auld Lang Syne," a song about "old acquaintance be forgot" and, well, other lyrics people may not ...

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." ...

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 ...

Penned by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788, Burns confessed that he had gathered the words after hearing an old man recite them during his travels. However, an earlier ballad titled 'Old Long Syne' ...

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 ...

You know the drill. As the New Year’s Eve countdown draws to a close, the ball drops, and, if we’re lucky, we finish our midnight kiss. Next up: someone inevitably queues up the familiar tune of “Auld ...

You might know it as the song that people sing – or at least try to sing – every year on New Year's Eve. Once the clock strikes midnight and the calendar flips to 2022, people around the world will ...