The Twelve Grapes is a Spanish ritual in which a grape is eaten with each clock bell strike at midnight on December 31 to welcome the New Year.

The twelve grapes have been around since at least 1895, but they became popular in 1909. In December of that year, certain alicantese vine growers popularized this practice in order to sell a large number of grapes from a good crop. Eating the twelve grapes, according to custom, brings a year of good fortune and riches.

People congregate to eat the grapes in two places: at home with the family after Nochevieja meal or in the main squares around the country, being the Puerta del Sol in Madrid the most famous place to do it and where this tradition started.

At the beginning of the new year, the taller and more handsome men in Scotland will be, the more likely they are to receive kisses from women.

The people of Scotland have a long tradition, called First-footing. Accordingly, the first person to come to your house on New Year's Eve will determine your family's luck for the next 12 months. So handsome, tall and dark-haired men will be considered the luckiest. Also, if you have red hair or practice as a doctor, you should avoid going to a Scottish home. They believe that these people will bring bad luck.

People who come to this land often appear on the first day of the new year, or the moment after New Year's Eve. They will bring a bottle of wine, a piece of coal, a coin, salt and bread as gifts to meet at the beginning of the year. They will also be warmly welcomed by the host. However, if you come empty-handed, no matter how handsome you are, you will still be considered rude and bring bad luck to the owner.

The New Year is considered a time of renewal in Greece. This is also considered a lucky time, and many people view the activities that take place on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day as an important part of ensuring a prosperous and healthy new year.

The Greeks believed onions to be a symbol of rebirth, so they hung them on their doorstep in the hope of doing well in the coming year. Greek culture has long associated onions with sustainability, due to the onion's nature to constantly grow. By placing an onion or sea onion at the door, the people of Crete in particular and Greece, in general, believe that the luck and resilience of this plant will stick to them. The next morning, parents would wake the child up by pounding an onion on the head, then the whole family would go to church.

For the past 25 years, divers Father Frost and Ice Maiden have regularly visited Lake Baikal, the largest freshwater lake in the world at the time it was frozen, and retrieved a twig, usually a spruce, more than 30 feet above the surface. meter on decoration.

Although temperatures in Russia are often well below freezing on New Year's Eve, many people from all over the world are present to participate in this one-of-a-kind custom. In particular, on New Year's Day, Russians have the habit of writing their wishes on a piece of paper, then they will burn them with candles, mix the ashes in champagne to celebrate.

The Danes believe that, in the first days of the year, if there are a lot of broken bowls and dishes in front of the house, it will be a good sign for the family. Old bowls and plates are set aside for the whole year to be tossed out in front of friends' houses on New Year's Eve. If someone has a lot of broken plates in front of someone's house, it means that they have a lot of friends in their house. Some people even think that throwing away broken bowls and dishes means throwing away all the bad things, the bad luck of the past year, and getting ready to welcome a wonderful new year, all the peace.

Instead of enjoying parties full of meat and wine, the Danes attach great importance to green vegetables such as kale, cabbage. They think that the green color of these vegetables is very important. Similar to the color of their country's money, this brings luck, abundance and fortune for a happy new year. The Danes often combine these vegetables with other foods to create great dishes with a refreshing and nutritious vegetable taste. In particular, they often eat steamed green vegetables with sugar and cinnamon, which is an indispensable dish of the Danes on New Year's Eve.

Famous for being one of the most vibrant football and prom countries in the world, on the most important New Year's Day of the year, every city in Brazil organizes jubilant parties and dances to welcome the New Year. Especially in Rio de Janeiro, people will go to the beach to watch the fireworks. Each Brazilian will come together to dress in pure white - their lucky color for tradition and watch the beautiful, splendid fireworks display at the beach.

In a great feast of lights and throbbing sounds, people will come together to pray for good wishes. Some people even jump the waves and throw fresh flowers into the sea to welcome the new year. After that, they will gather with relatives and friends to enjoy the sacred moment in grand parties throughout the night. The preparations for the New Year's party usually begin on the morning of December 31 of the old year and by the middle of the night, fireworks start to explode. The light party lasts about 30 minutes and during that time, people pray for New Year's wishes such as money, love, health.

On New Year's Eve, just before midnight, church bells across Switzerland began to ring for a few minutes. The Swiss call it ringing the old year to say goodbye to the old year along with all the good and bad things that happened during that time. Even though it's cold outside, many people are still willing to go outside or at least open a window or balcony door to listen to the bells ringing. The bells are stopped by a period of stillness and then by the twelve traditional bells that mark midnight and the start of a New Year's bell.

Everyone returned to their cozy homes, refilling glasses of Champagne. Kids will also receive Champagne glasses filled with Rimuss- a great drink that comes in a bottle that looks like Champagne, but without the alcohol, so everyone can have a little toast to the New Year. To welcome a year of luck, prosperity and peace, one of the popular traditions in Switzerland is that people eat a lot of ice cream and then throw the ice cream on the floor on New Year's Day.

Germans will spend a whole week reuniting with family, friends and have fun during the New Year. On New Year's Eve December 31, the atmosphere was quite quiet as everyone gathered and remained seated in their seats for the last 15 minutes of the old year. As soon as the church bells rang, they would jump off their chairs and together throw a prepared weight from the front to the back of their heads. According to German belief, that is the time when they get rid of the difficulties and bad luck clinging to the old year to welcome many good things when the new year begins.

After that, all of them will parade around the big and small streets of the country in a very vibrant and bustling atmosphere. The children will perform musical repertoire from the organ and harmonica to bring good prayers for everyone in the magical melodies of traditional music. The adults will gather in large groups to sing New Year's songs and raise colorful flags.

The most unique cultural feature in the custom of celebrating New Year in France is that people here welcome the new year with alcohol. As soon as December 31, the French will start a continuous and drunken party until January 3 to end. With the firm belief that when they drink all the alcohol they prepare, the new year will be filled with good things and luck. On the contrary, they will have bad luck when there is still undrinkable alcohol.

In addition, at the beginning of the year, every French person will go out to the street to predict fortune through the direction of the wind. According to the traditional concept from the past, France will have a peaceful and favorable year when the wind blows in the south. Dairy farmers and fishermen will have a good year if the wind blows from the west. In addition, winds from the East will bring a prosperous year for fruit farmers. However, if it is the north wind, it will signal a year of trouble and crop failure.

In the cities of Colombia, people often organize an interesting traditional custom, which is the custom of "burning the old year". Each family will prepare a male doll as a symbol of the old year and put various materials into the doll, sometimes they even put fireworks in to make it more beautiful when burning inside. If someone has items that are associated with a painful memory or bring them bad luck, stuff them into an "old year" doll and dress it up in old house outfits.

Right at the time the bell rings at 12 o'clock on New Year's Eve, each family will bring together "old year" dolls to burn them all. This is an act that symbolizes that the Colombians will forget the sorrows of the past and throw away all the bad luck of the old year. This also means that everyone is ready to welcome a new year with more luck and happiness.