Once y'all get those New Zealand trees and shrubs planted to serve as Yule logs you can revive the Stromness 'ba. I picture the sides, decorated with Maori tattoos, challenging each other with the haka before the game, then stalking the wily apteryx through the cold jungle for Christmas dinner. Plucking those hairy feathers must be quite the art. Is Hogmanay just an excuse for excessive drunkenness and bad behavior, as is usually the case for our own New Year's Eve parties in the states? Not really my idea of a good time, but what do I know? The Kirkwall Christmas lights are beautiful, thanks for that link and the one to Maeshowe. Love to all, and holiday blessings, George Sandy Coghill Olympia, Washington USA