The New Year’s Eve is a custom of western. This eve consist to celebrate the arrival of New Year, staying up until midnight, a night of 31st of December, last day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
In most of country, the New Year’s Eve is celebrated with friends.
The celebration of the Spanish New Year begins with family dinner including lamb, prawn and Turkey. The countdown is followed on the clock in the building “CASA de CORREOS” in Madrid. The tradition in Spain, to eat 12 grapes each stroke of the midnight ringing on the bells.
This custom date of 1909 by wine grower of Alicante. This idea was for to remedy surplus of production of this year.
Today this custom was celebrated by all of Spanish people during the New Year’s Eve. This 12 of Grapes are become indispensable during the New Year. After the twelfth stroke of ringing on the bells, people congratulate them and celebrate the New Year with champagne, cider…
After the dinner with the family and the twelve grapes, young people go to the party to celebrate the happy new year in night club, pub… This party is called in Spanish: “cotillones de nochevieja”.
The festivities usually last until at dawn and can bring together thousands of people. Early morning, fun-loving person bring together for the traditional breakfast of chocolate con churros ( chocolat and donuts).
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