At the stroke of midnight to welcome the new year, the 12 grapes were eaten and the sidra served. Each year, I can only manage 4 grapes but everyone else seems to eat all 12 in record breaking time. We had the T.V. on for the countdown and each had their glass of 12 grapes. Then sidra was poured into the glasses. After midnight, a meal is eaten. A very Happy New Year 2010! 1) OH, the grapes and sidra are a Mexican tradition. As you eat a grape, one for each month, you make a wish. Then you fill your glass with sidra and drink that. Grapes and bottles of sidra appear in Walmart and Mega right after Christmas. Here are other New Year´s Eve traditions in Mexico. We followed all of them but did not go around the block with the suitcase, we just walked out the door and back in again.
2) On New Year´s Eve wear red underwear for good luck in love in the coming year, or yellow for financial success. The stores in Mexico are filled with red and yellow undergarments right after Christmas.
3) Walk around the block with a suitcase if you're hoping to travel in the coming year.
4) Open your door and sweep out all the bad.
4) Open your door and sweep out all the bad.
5) Put money in your shoe for financial success.
1 comment:
Now what happened that you could only get 4 grapes down?
Sounds like a tradition that we could begin here.
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