Among these is a tradition with old roots and a new wave of popularity—eating 12 grapes at midnight. Known as the 12-Grape Theory, the custom promises good fortune for the coming year ...

Even today, the Puerta del Sol becomes crowded every New Years Eve with Spaniards eating their grapes in time with the chimes ...

Can grapes bring you luck? Spaniards believe so, and at midnight on New Year's Eve all across the country it's a race to gobble 12 grapes all before the first minute of the year passes.

The tradition of eating 12 grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve comes from Spain, where they call them uvas de la suerte (lucky grapes). The custom is also observed in parts of Latin America.

I really thought I was on my good luck game coming into 2024. I stocked up on black-eyed peas and collared greens days before to make sure I could prepare a proper Southern New Year's Feast that would ...

or the 12 lucky grapes, may have started in the 1880s, when Madrid's "bourgeoisie" put their own spin on the "French custom of drinking Champagne and eating grapes on New Year's Eve." Another ...

The superstition turned social media phenomenon will likely prompt plenty of people to eat one grape at each of midnight's 12-clock chimes to ensure a luck-filled 2025. New Year tradition of ...

Social media is filled with clips of women from last New Year’s Eve hiding ... The tradition of eating 12 grapes was created by vine growers to boost-year end sales. Now, it’s turned into ...