12 Grapes New Years Spain. It consists of eating 12 grapes at 12 o’clock during the 12 gongs of a clock. The eating of the twelve grapes symbolizes the twelve months of the year.
Here are the 12 grapes from spain: One of the biggest spanish new year’s traditions is to eat one grape on every chime of the last 12 seconds of the year so that by the time it strikes midnight, you will have stuffed a total of 12 grapes into your mouth. Everyone in spain knows that eating 12 grapes as the clock chimes in the new year brings good luck.
New year's eve in spain.
Spraying the host’s living room with confetti canons and downing 12 grapes in unison with the bell tolling midnight on t.v. Then, they go out to party all night long with cava, a spanish sparkling white wine. Spraying the host’s living room with confetti canons and downing 12 grapes in unison with the bell tolling midnight on t.v. Spanish new year celebrations it’s a family thing.