Every year at midnight on December 31, the celebrity on duty kicks off one of the most widespread traditions in the national territory. A ritual that we carry out (each one in our own way, especially the little ones) to commemorate the end of one stage and the beginning of the next, convinced that the bad will go away and the good will come.
< h3>The 'Puerta del Sol' in MadridOne of the most symbolic places from where we are given the precise directions, before choking, is the 'Puerta del Sol' in Madrid, but why from there?
According to unofficial sources, this practice was extended by the famous Madrid chulapos, given the impossibility of being able to celebrate the beginning of the new year in the streets, due to express prohibition, they discovered that in the squares they did which was allowed, therefore it is said that that is where the famous celebration in Puerta del Sol comes from.
Tradition or marketing?
About why we drink twelve grapes, this story It dates back to the time of 1909 when a surplus harvest of this fruit popularized, starting in the Alicante area, this practice to accommodate and benefit this excess fruit, through very diverse forms, including the selling grapes in packages of twelve and we suppose that with this type of story behind it, like a good slogan. A very good marketing strategy to tell the truth.
Symbology
This fruit is normally associated with good luck and positive symbols, such as joy, happiness or humility. Each of the grapes corresponds to a month of the year and it is assumed that every time we eat one we will be asking for good luck for each month of the year that follows.
