According to NPR, the 12 grapes New Year's tradition comes from Spain. On nochevieja (which translates to "old night,") Spaniards consume las doce uvas de la suerte (which translates to "the 12 ...

Spaniards believe so, and at midnight on New Year's Eve all across ... is key to celebrating in Spain. Celebrants need to eat the grapes before the clock chimes 12:01 a.m., and if consumed in ...

Across the globe, denizens are gearing up to celebrate the arrival of 2025. In some parts of the world, a new year also means drawing on old practices to symbolically usher in wealth and good luck.

In every corner of the globe, cultures and communities have their own special New ... revelers in Spain and Latin America stop what they are doing and start "stuffing 12 green grapes in their ...