Explained: Why people eat 12 grapes before midnight on New Year’s Eve
Many people around the world welcome the New Year with champagne, parties or warm hugs. In Spain, however, the countdown to midnight follows a very different tradition — eating 12 grapes in the final 60 seconds of the year, a custom known as ‘Las doce uvas de la suerte’ or ‘The Twelve Grapes of Luck.’…