"Auld Lang Syne" directly translates to "old long since" in 18th-century Scots. This essentially means times gone by or "old times." Think spirits, but not the ghost kind: "A cup of kindness" refers ...

Each year when the clock strikes midnight on New Year's, people around the world sing one song in unison. "Auld Lang Syne" has long been a hit at New Year's parties in the U.S. as people join together ...

The iconic song became a staple at the stroke of midnight with a little help from 18th century poet Robert Burns and the Scottish diaspora. It wouldn't be New Year's Eve without "Auld Lang Syne"—and ...

As “Auld Lang Syne” takes its annual spin around the globe on New Year’s Eve, its chorus belted out by revelers young and old, Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate Michael Pedersen says the song’s enduring power ...