No Spanish Noche Vieja is complete without the tradition of the "uvas," or the grapes. As part of the final countdown to the new year, people traditionally eat 12 grapes, one right after another, to bring luck in the coming year. As you can see from this picture, grapes tend to vary in size. Brian’s grapes were the smaller ones on the right, and mine were the monsters on the left. Of course, Brian had no difficulties what so ever with his. I, on the other hand, shoved all of them into my mouth, ended up looking like a rabid chipmunk with grape juice oozing down my face, and nearly killed myself choking on them. So much for good luck in 2008!
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