New Year's Eve celebrations will still be allowed under the current covid guidance but they are expected to look different than many originally planned.
Nicola Sturgeon confirmed on Wednesday that people will still be allowed to meet up on Hogmanay but should do in smaller numbers.
Despite pubs and bars being allowed to remain open, Scots are being asked to restrict any social gatherings to members of three households - and to take lateral flow tests each day they plan on meeting others.
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Under previously announced restrictions, pubs and restaurants in Scotland have reintroduced social distancing indoors and customers must order while seated at a table.
Nightclubs have been forced to close for at least three weeks and all outdoor public events are restricted to crowds of just 500.
The First Minister said restrictions would remain in place until health experts had a better understanding of the omicron variant of coronavirus.
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She told MSPs: "While we better understand the impacts and while more and more of us get the added protection of booster vaccinations - which will help reduce the impacts - we must try to avoid the sheer volume of cases overwhelming us.
"That is why it is prudent, indeed essential, that we slow transmission as much as possible.
"Over Hogmanay and New Year’s day, and for at least the first week in January, we are advising everyone to stay at home more than normal, to reduce contacts with people outside our own households, and to limit the size of any indoor social gatherings that do take place so that they don’t include people from any more than three households."
Despite her plea, Ms Sturgeon also confirmed there would be no changes to the current restrictions in place.
The current measures will be reviewed on January 11.
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