Russia, if #AuldLangSyne is any consolation to yas, you're safe. [@Wikipedia online 12-28-2017]: The song begins by posing a rhetorical question: Is it right that old times be forgotten? The answer is generally interpreted as a call to remember long-standing friendships.[11])

Footnote 11: "Electric Scotland history site". Electricscotland.com. Retrieved 2012-01-01.

Wikipedia [online 12-28-2017] "Auld Lang Syne"