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Twelve Grapes

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The Twelve Grapes is a Spanish tradition since 1909. In December that year, some alicantese vine growers came up with it to better sell huge amounts of grapes from an excellent harvest.

It consists of eating a grape with each bell strike at midnight of December 31. According to the tradition, that leads to a year of prosperity.

The twelve grapes are linked to the Puerta del Sol tower clock, where this tradition started and from where the change of year is always broadcast.