Calendar's have always been an important part of the holiday season too. My mother got three Scottish ones for 2007. Although we are allowed to look at the pictures as the calendars arrived, we are absolutely not allowed to put them up before New Year's Day. It would be very bad luck to do that. The other traditon is that we phone each other right after midnight. With the five or six hour time change between Ontario and Scotland, it can be quite a challenge phoning just after midnight has struck with the person you are phoning. And finally, almost every year, our Scottish relatives send us Highland Tablet, made with sweetened condensed milk, not to be confused with fudge. And yes, we have the New Year's dinner and bring out the crackers and hats again. Cheers, Margaret