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12 Grapes

by BillyMN @, Minneapolis, MN, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 09:48 (2143 days ago)

I see a restaurant advertising their New Year's Eve menu with "12 Grapes".

Is that a special tradition?

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12 Grapes

by crumbster, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 10:58 (2143 days ago) @ BillyMN

Google is your friend

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by La Cumbre @, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 11:55 (2143 days ago) @ crumbster

Not sure but I believe they are given frozen??

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by BillyMN @, Minneapolis, MN, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 18:19 (2142 days ago) @ crumbster

That’s too easy Amigo, I wanted to engage some friends on the site.

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by ZihuaRob ⌂ @, Zihuatanejo, México, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 19:04 (2142 days ago) @ BillyMN

That’s too easy Amigo, I wanted to engage some friends on the site.

As well you should. La tradición de las doce uvas is one we've always enjoyed in our household. Some years ago when we would celebrate with visiting family on our rooftop things could get a little hairy with all the gunfire, but that's mostly a thing of the past now. Mostly. ;-)

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by Keytime @, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 12:34 (2143 days ago) @ BillyMN

Google is our new memory, or new knowledge. Thanks for the question as I learned something today.....

12 Grapes is Spanish tradition that consists of eating a grape with each clock bell strike at midnight of December 31 to welcome the New Year.
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12 Expensive Grapes

by Talley Ho @, Playa la Ropa, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 12:34 (2143 days ago) @ BillyMN

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by BL @, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 12:34 (2143 days ago) @ BillyMN

Yes, it is. That is why grapes become more expensive this time of the year.

You are supposed to eat one with every "campanada" (bell ring), hence 12. It is thought to bring good luck for the coming year.

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by Juanita Banana @, Playa Buenavista, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 12:50 (2143 days ago) @ BillyMN

Great old movie El Inocente (1956) with Pedro Infante and Silvia Pinal to watch for the classic grape-eating scene: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048208/mediaindex?ref_=tt_pv_mi_sm

Looks like it may be available on YouTube.

J.

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Juanita

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by Ottawa Joe, Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 17:30 (2142 days ago) @ Juanita Banana

I have done this with a group lead by a good friend from San Sebastian while we watched it live on TV from Madrid. It was 6 pm in Ontario so we had not consumed too much alcohol. I cant imagine eating 12 grapes at midnight after an evening of consumption of food and drink with friends, it is not as easy to do as it sounds. Give it a try 12 white grapes can't cost that much.

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