New Year's Eve in Spain holds quite a different tradition when it comes to ringing in the new year. It involves 12 grapes, a knife (in certain households), and 16 chimes.
Unless you are the 10-year-old cousin who forgets to de-seed his grapes, all the little seeds are removed and the grapes "put back together" before midnight. The time begins with four chimes signaling the grape-eating is about to start. Beginning with the fifth chime, every couple of seconds or so, the 12 chimes continue on. The goal is to completely eat all of your grapes by the end of the chimes...or something like that. I believe I was pretty close!
Trying to take a picture of Alicia's cousin struggling with his grapes (complete with seeds) and the laughter that ensued because of the ordeal proved quite difficult! Laughter is a great way to ring in the new year though. Here's to you!!
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