Ringing in the Grapes

How do you plan to celebrate 2011? You'll find us with mouths full of grapes!  Our goal is to not keep witches and evil away, but to attract good things in the New Year.  At the top of the list, we wish for health, peace, and a growing relationship with Christ.  If prosperity decides to pay us a visit, then we will welcome her as well!

G's Grapes

The tradition of eating grapes started in 1909 in Alicante, Spain.  At the time, growers had a harvest surplus, and decided that the best way to reduce the excess was to have people eat them.  Each grape represents one month of the New Year.  As you eat one, you make a wish.  However, don't take too long thinking about your wish.  You'll need to have eaten all of the twelve grapes in twelve seconds.  Since then, eating grapes on New Year's Eve or "Noche Vieja"  has become a tradition followed by the Spaniards and many other Latin American countries. 

Start a new family tradition this year! Feliz Ano Nuevo!