"Should old acquaintance be forgot / And never brought to mind" — wait, what does that even mean? Every New Year's Eve brings about many attempts at singing the one song everybody associates with the ...

"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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You know the drill. As the New Year’s Eve countdown draws to a close, the ball drops, and, if we’re lucky, we finish our midnight ...

There are plenty of modern and timeless songs we sing on New Year’s. But one of the most classic tunes of all is “Auld Lang Syne.” It’s become a New Year’s tradition to sing the song during the big ...

Every New Year’s Eve, after the champagne has been popped, the ball has dropped, and everyone is feeling very merry indeed, revelers queue up the same song they’ve been queuing up for decades. You ...