The occasion of New Year is celebrated worldwide. At this time of the year the schools. colleges, universities and offices remain closed all over the world for the occasion of New Year. New Year's Eve in Spain is a grand affair.One of the most significant customs that is associated with New Year's Eve in Spain is the eating of grapes. The people of Spain have to get ready to eat twelve grapes when the clock of Puerto del Sol in Madrid starts to gong.
At midnight on New Year's Eve, it is traditional for the citizens of Spain to listen to the clock and each time the clock chimes, everybody puts a grape in their mouth and before the advent of the New Year, the people of Spain has to finish those twelve grapes. The reason behind this custom is that the inhabitants of Spain witnessed a big grape harvest, and therefore in that year, the king of Spain decided to give his people grapes on New Year's Eve to eat. |
