Las doce uvas de la suerte por Joseph Weaver by Joseph Weaver https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte Made with charisma en-us 2018-12-03 15:58:25 UTC 2018-12-05 23:32:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://image.flaticon.com/icons/png/128/1153/1153053.png Los doce uvos de la surte is translated to the twelve grapes of luck. jweaver27 https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/310586689 If you eat the twelve grapes supposedly the New Year will be prosperous and lucky.]]> 2018-12-03 18:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/310586689 One grape is eaten at each stroke of midnight on New Years Day. jweaver27 https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/311627828 Each grape symbolizes a month in the upcoming year.]]> 2018-12-05 22:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/311627828 According to tradition you make a wish while eating each grape. jweaver27 https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/311628837 2018-12-05 23:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/311628837 There are two leading theories on how this tradition was created. jweaver27 https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/311629959 One is that the tradition was formed in the 1880's by the Spanish middle-class copying the English and French aristocracy.  The other is that the tradition was formed in 1909 by Spanish grape growers with a surplus of crops in the begging of winter, advertising them as grapes of luck. ]]> 2018-12-05 23:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/311629959 The event is linked to the Puerta del Sol, Madrid, where many people go to celebrate the New Year jweaver27 https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/311631051 Ever since 1962, Televisión Española, Spain's public broadcasting channel, has streamed the Puerta del Sol on TV.]]> 2018-12-05 23:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jweaver27/Las_doce_uvas_de_la_suerte/wish/311631051