[HPFGU-OTChatter] "Auld Lang Syne" (Was: What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?)

[Sue Wartell]

I'm coming into this discussion late, having just returned from the year-end round of family visits.

I'm over 40 (by a fair margin), so don't provide a counter-example to Carol's (?) questioning whether anyone under 40 know the words to Auld Lang Syne.  However, I know quite a few under-40's who do.  I do Scottish country dancing, and every big event ends with that song - at least 3 verses of it.  I bet a fair number may not be able to translate it, but they can sing it.  The one time we went to an end-of-year  family dance camp (all kinds of dancing, for ages 4-90), we celebrated midnight with Auld Lang Syne, and most everyone there managed a credible job on the lyrics (and we were in a dry county in West Virginia, so there was no champagne to fuel the singing.).  So there are pockets of rememberance for that particular tradition.

Sue




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