Although Christmas and its customs were in disfavor for only a short time in England (during the reign of Cromwell), Scotland ignored the holiday far longer. To the Scots, "Christmas" is "Christ's Mass," and Mass was banned in Scotland. Charges were brought against people for keeping "Yule," as it was called in Scotland. This less-than-festive attitude lasted for 400 years. It has only been in recent years that the Scots observed December 25 as a special day at all. Until the 1960s, Christmas Day was a normal working day for most people in Scotland. Rather, they would save their sense of celebration for a week and celebrate "Hogmanay," a greeting of the New Year.
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