LOOKING forward to the next year, a holiday tradition is sweeping social media.
The 12 Grapes of Luck is a decades old New Year’s Eve practice from Spain taking over TikTok.
To attract good fortune for the new year, TikTok users everywhere are taking part in the 12 Grapes trend.
In order to engage in the tradition, the participant has to wait until the last few minutes of December 31.
The partaker is also encouraged by believers to wear something red while executing the custom.
At 11.58pm on New Year’s Eve, the person grabs at least 12 grapes and takes cover under a table.
With those grapes, 12 of the person’s desires and manifestations are focused into the pieces of fruit at hand.
The participant only has three minutes to complete the tradition.
In those three minutes, the person eats one grape every time they hear the NYE bell sound off.
Usually, the bell chimes at least 12 times and by 12.01am on January 1, the participant is expected to have eaten the 12 grapes.
By then, the partaker can come out from under the table.
The 12 grapes represent the total number of months in a year and are believed to bring that person’s 12 wishes into fruition.
Out of the 12 grapes a hopeful person consumes for a new year with good fortune, a sour grape can spoil the festivities.
Legend has it that if the partaker eats a sour grape, it can result in a sour month.
For every sour grape they consume, a sour month is expected to follow.
The person will supposedly know which month it will be based on the number of grapes they already consumed.
For instance, if the participant downed three sweet grapes and then one sour grape, the corresponding sour month falls in April.
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The 12 grapes under the table tradition dates as far back as 1895.
The craze is believed to originate in Alicante, located in the east of Spain.
The trend is especially popular in Madrid and has since reached other cultures worldwide.
Mexico, the Philippines, and some parts of the United States have adapted the superstition as well.
