Eating grapes could bring good luck in the New Year

According to Atlas Obscura, Spaniards follow an age-old tradition of eating 12 grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve, one for each chime of the clock, symbolizing good luck for every month of the year. Those participating in this act must eat all 12 grapes before one minute passes.

While the origin of the “uvas de la suerte” tradition is hard to pinpoint, some say the historical belief dates back to the farmers from Alicante, Spain, who came up with the idea after having a surplus harvest to get rid of during the early 1900s. However, food writer Jeff Koehler said several newspaper articles suggest the superstition originated in the 1880s due to Madrid’s bourgeoisie, which copied the French, who had champagne and grapes on New Year’s Eve, per Atlas Obscura.

Although no one knows where the grape phenomenon originated, it has since taken over the country and other parts of Latin America.

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