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Eating grapes for New Years is a Spanish tradition that seems like a lot of fun, so I thought
I would share it with you. The tradition began in the early part of the twentieth century in Spain
because of a grape surplus, but people kept doing it and it spread to Portugal, Peru, Venezuela,
Mexico, and Cuba. The idea is to eat twelve grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve.
Each grape represents a month of the coming year. The sweeter the grape, the better the month
will be that it represents. If you get a sour grape, it may be that the month it represents could be
difficult for you.
Wash your grapes. Go ahead and count them and have them ready.
When the clock starts chiming at twelve o'clock, eat a grape. Name it January.
On the next chime eat your February grape.
Continue eating a grape at each chime, and try to swallow them all by the last chime.
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Comments
voliegurl said
on 10/30/2009 Wow this is a cool article, thanks and 5*!
eac913 said
on 10/18/2009 How fun. Thanks for sharing how to eat grapes for new years good luck. 5*
writeitout said
on 3/10/2009 I never heard of this tradition. Very interesting.5*
AlishaV said
on 2/22/2009 I've never heard of this tradition, sounds fun and I love grapes anyways!
1InternetSmarty said
on 2/19/2009 I never knew. Very interesting article. Five stars.