A Quiet Hogmanay Gift for New Year’s Day 🍵🖤

Hogmanay has a funny way of holding two moods at once.

There’s the noise and laughter, the clink of glasses, the singing at the bells and the rush of staying up just that bit too late. And then there’s the day after. New Year’s Day itself. Slower. Softer. A little foggy around the edges. Sometimes, for some of us, it includes a raging hangover or a tiredness that only a couch day can fix.

Traditionally, today is about rest. About easing yourself gently into the year ahead rather than charging at it full speed. Fires lit low, curtains still half-drawn, and time stretching out in front of you.

With that in mind, I’ve made something very simple for today.

This detailed Scottish colouring page is my wee Hogmanay hangover gift to you. No expectations, no resolutions, no pressure to “do” anything useful. Just a quiet page you can sit with, colour, and lose yourself in while the kettle boils again.

The scene is full of familiar comforts. Hills and water, stone and grass, creatures that feel part of the land rather than placed on it. It’s the kind of image you can colour slowly, or not finish at all, and that’s exactly the point.

Colouring can be surprisingly grounding on days like this. It gives your hands something gentle to do while your mind catches up with itself. You don’t have to think ahead. You don’t have to plan. You just pick a colour and stay right where you are.

If you’re nursing a sore head tomorrow, let this be your permission to rest. If you’re feeling reflective, let the lines guide your thoughts to a calmer place. And if you’re full of hope for the year ahead, there’s no rush. The year will wait.

However your Hogmanay looks, I hope New Year’s Day treats you kindly.

Pop the colouring page on the table, grab a warm drink, and take the day at Scottish speed.

Lang may yer lum reek,
and may your New Year begin gently.

💛