Blessings on New Year's Day

An old custom in the Scottish highlands is to celebrate Hogmanay with the saining, a blessing of the household and livestock. The Hogmanay custom of singing Auld Lang Syne has become traditional in many countries. Here's another old Scots song, Haste ye Back, which expresses similar sentiments:

Haste ye back, we loue you dearly,

Call again you're welcome here.

May your days be free from sorrow,

And your friends be ever near.

May the paths o'er which you wander,

Be to you a joy each day.

Haste ye back we loue you dearly,

Haste ye back on friendship's way.

Endnote: I wish you all a blessed and joy filled New Year!