Monday 28th November 2011
St Andrew's Day message 2011
Scottish Government
Scotland's First Minister issues message to mark Scotland's national day.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond issued a St Andrew's Day message, ahead of celebrations across the country to mark Scotland's national day.
Filmed at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh - which will reopen to the public after an ambitious £17.6 million restoration project on December 1 - the message gives the First Minister the opportunity to reflect on Scotland's great contributions to the world.
In the film, the First Minister sends his warmest wishes to Scots and Scots at heart and extends a warm invite to the world to visit Scotland and join in our Winter Festival Celebrations, which runs from St Andrew's Day through to Christmas and Hogmanay, then right through to Burns Night at the end of January.
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