we explain why do you eat 12 grapes when they touch the 12 chimes of the midnight of the last day of the year.
Despite the fact that the change of year is something completely random (it could happen any day), for human beings this date represents an opportunity for change, almost a clean slate full of promises, objectives and purposes.
The omens have been with us for hundreds of years, our families have acquired certain customs and rituals with which to close and open a new year. Fruits do not escape this tradition.
Why eat twelve grapes?
As Jeff Koehler explains in his book Spain, the custom of eating 12 grapes exactly at midnight came to Spain through the bourgeoisie, who imitated the French; subsequently, the tradition came to Latin America from the Motherland.
To have 12 months of good luck and prosperity you should eat a grape with the sound of each midnight chime or, if you don’t have a cuckoo clock or a church nearby, you can measure time with the second hand.
According to the portal BBC Worldin 1909 there was an oversupply of white grapes in Alicante, Spain, and farmers began selling them as «grapes of good luck», hence they are now used as a symbol of fortune and prosperity, especially during each New Year.
However, some people go further with this omen and say that you have to make a wish for each of the grapes you eat. Have you done this before? They say that if you eat all of them, wishes will come true. Will be?
Recommendations to eat the 12 grapes in New Year
Finally, we must warn you that you must be careful when eating the grapes, because you could get choked by choosing some that are too large and trying to swallow them in a short time, so it is better that you choose small and bite them, even if it takes a little longer.
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