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 ...

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 ...

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.

Uvas de la suerte, 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 ...