The Very First Blog Post of the New Year

Happy New Year, Everybody!

Well, we made it into a brand-new year, thank The Lord! Here it is—January 1, 2015, and I would just like to say:

 

 

 

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and days of auld lang syne?

Now, y’all know that I had to look up the history behind this song. According to my research, this is the name of a Scottish tune, which was written by one Robert Burns in the 1700s. The title/term “Auld Lang Syne” is literally translated as “old long since.” To put it more plainly, the aforementioned term simply means “times gone by.” This song—which is known to be sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day—is about remembering friends from the past and not letting them be forgotten.

Even though “Auld Lang Syne” is heavily associated with New Year’s Eve, it was never intended to be a holiday song. In doing more research (and I would like to cite my references from this website http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/auld-lang-syne-what-does-it-mean-again/), a gentleman named Guy Lombardo is credited with popularizing the song when his band used it as a segue between two radio programs during a live performance at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York in 1929. Just by a mere coincidence, they played “Auld Lang Syne” just after the clock hit midnight, and thus a New Year’s tradition was born.

And by the way: If this ain’t more proof that I am most definitely born to teach, then I don’t know how much more proof y’all need!

With that said, it is time to celebrate, because 2015 is here, and I am all psyched up to the max. I’ll holla at y’all later with another blog post, but until then… Happy New Year, Everybody!


Lotsa Love,

Natasha