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Eating 12 grapes under the table on New Years Eve last year proved successful for TikTokers
According to TikTok, youre going to want to sit underneath a table and eat 12 grapes when the clock strikes midnight on New Years Eve.�
The tradition has been followed in different variations in both Spain and Latin America for decades, but it boomed last year on TikTok.�
TikTokers sat under a table at midnight, eating a grape with every strike of the clock, in hopes of a successful love life in 2023. Now a year on, many have said that it really did work.�
Where the tradition started
According to NPR, the tradition of eating 12 grapes on New Years Eve dates back to 19th-century Spain. History books suggest that the tradition was copied, perhaps even ironically, from the upper class in France who would eat grapes and drink champagne on the last day of the year.�
Managing to eat a grape for every chime at midnight, with each grape representing a new month, suggested a year of good luck.
Sitting under the table is a tradition in itself, followed in Latin America thats thought to welcome good luck in your love life, according to San Antonio Express News.
Its unclear exactly when, but at some point, those traditions appear to have merged and now many are sitting underneath a table at midnight to eat 12 grapes in time with the midnight chimes. It might sound easy, but it doesnt give much time to chew and swallow an entire grape before the next is due.�
Eating 12 grapes under the table worked for these people on New Year’s Eve 2023
With midnight soon approaching, many are attesting to the validity of the tradition. Those who tried it out last year when it first trended on TikTok have voiced their success online, claiming that theyve had good luck in their love life sincefrom new relationships to engagements.
@polo.g_ on TikTok said it was the best decision she ever made, as she soon began dating her best friend from 7th grade this year.�
TikToker @kimdricklamar also ate grapes under the table with her best friend at the end of last year and said it worked. They are both now in happy relationships.�
Hannah Odonovan on TikTok showed photos of her with her new boyfriend this year after she ate the 12 grapes last year.�
Carrie said everyone else was laughing at her last year, but shes the one laughing now with her smooth love life.�
Other popular New Years Eve traditions for good luck
Eating grapes under a table might be the focus of TikTok, but there are also plenty of other traditions to ring in good luck.
Some cultures will walk around with an empty suitcase, or place it in the middle of the room, in order to attract more travel in the coming year.
In Greece, some smash a pomegranate after the clock strikes midnight, for good fortune.
Irish superstitions believe that all doors and windows must be open at midnight, in order to let the new year inside.
In the Philippines, its customary to create a prosperity bowl with various different items, including pineapple and garlic.
