Kilted New Year's Eve?

**Derek Conley** · 31st December 08, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by PiobBear

Sounds like NYE when I was a paramedic in South St. Pete. Contrary to conventional wisdom, our worst holiday was always Independence Day, hands down.

Fun area, that...

Here, every Holiday is just as bad as the next. Regardless though, I hope to find time to swing by my mother's house and visit, if only for a few minutes. Luckily she lives in my patrol zone so that makes it somewhat easier!

**thomaschisholm** · 31st December 08, 04:50 AM

I am sorry to say that I am not a big fan of NewYears Eve celebrations, and so I prefer to mark the event quietly at home.Also working the late-shift today.

But,I do have a tradition of an outdoor walk/hike on January 1st, and this will be a kilted-event! Happy New Year,Tom.

**Snowbear** · 31st December 08, 05:08 AM

The new year will take her first look at me wearing a kilt.
It will yet again be a challange to keep my husky away from the tassels.

**A Hay** · 31st December 08, 07:47 AM

No special party plans this evening. We tend to stay home and watch the celebrations on TV. The custom in Germany is to set off fireworks at midnight. From the balcony of our house we can see at least 3 small towns nearby so it is quite a nice show.

I've been taking some leave this week so I'm not working today. I put on my Xmarksthescot box kilt this morning with cream hose and a white Irish Sweater. When we went on the Army Post around 11am I topped that with a light blue balmoral bonnet. I have a first edition X Marks the Scot pin for a kilt pin and Steve Ashtons cap badge version for my balmoral.

I ran into a fellow I know and we discussed kilts for a while. My new admin assistant has seen me kilted twice now. She says she wants a picture of me in my kilt to send to her mother.

After lunch, we stopped at a German Grocery store to pick up a few items we like on the local economy. While standing in line, a nice lady behind me asked if I was Scottish. I told her no, but my family came from Scotland to America long ago. We had a nice discussion about keeping up traditions. The conversation was all in German, but at the end she spoke a few words in english. I'll bet her English was much better than my German!

So it has been a good New Year's Eve so far.

Wishing all of you a safe and enjoyable evening and a Happy New Year!

Tom

**BassClefB** · 31st December 08, 08:18 AM

Glad to hear everyone's kilted NYE plans are going along swimmingly. We're under a high-wind warning here (50-60 mph gusts at times), so this will be a brave test of my kilt-control skills. haha. I'm breaking out the big cable-knit sweater and adding extra ballast into the sporran for today's outings!

**Andrewson** · 31st December 08, 02:23 PM

Even before I wore the kilt with anything like the frequency I now do, I did make a point of wearing it to see each new year in - and wearing it all day on Ne'erday. The only difference now is that I have been wearing an Ancient Forsyth tank all day anyway so I don't have to rush to get changed as the old year peters out ...

Originally Posted by thomaschisholm

But,I do have a tradition of an outdoor walk/hike on January 1st, and this will be a kilted-event! Happy New Year,Tom.

We too have developed a family tradition of a hike on the local White Horse Hill on New Year's Day and I will certainly be kilted for that - I'd be too cold out on the exposed hill without the kilt

**Geoff Withnell** · 31st December 08, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by Andrewson

Even before I wore the kilt with anything like the frequency I now do, I did make a point of wearing it to see each new year in - and wearing it all day on Ne'erday. The only difference now is that I have been wearing an Ancient Forsyth tank all day anyway so I don't have to rush to get changed as the old year peters out ...

We too have developed a family tradition of a hike on the local White Horse Hill on New Year's Day and I will certainly be kilted for that - I'd be too cold out on the exposed hill without the kilt

Especially if you were regimental!

Geoff Withnell

**bjproc** · 31st December 08, 08:28 AM

i think i'm going kilted, one of my mates mentioned it the other night, it's freezing here as well.

off to a band night, Bad Manners are playing, if anybody remembers them??

**McNulty** · 31st December 08, 08:56 AM

What better way to end a year AND start a new one than kilted. With the temps hovering at 5F I'll probably start off in my WPG MacKenzie and finish off the evening in my new SWK MacCrae. My wife and I stay at home for New Years and will celebrate by watching the festivities on the T.V., watching a good movie, and then calling it quits after midnight. We open our Christmas presents New Years Day because we go to visit the family in Chicago during Christmas. This is our time to celebrate. We wish everyone a happy and prosperous New Year!
Nulty

**David Duncan** · 31st December 08, 02:06 PM

The kilt is the traditional dress for Hogmanay in Scotland, and I'm sure there will be more kilts being worn tonight than at any other time of the year.

I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.

Kind Regards,

David.

www.your-kilt.com