Ever run around your neighborhood block at midnight on New Year’ s Eve carrying a suitcase? The tradition here is to fill your suitcase with symbols of what you would like to have more of in the new year; i.e. money, love, heath. The suitcase symbolizes a safe journey and safe travels through the year. Even the eighty-year-old woman I live with runs around the block with luggage!
For the midnight meal, each person receives twelve grapes. When all of the church bells ring strike at midnight, you must consume each grape…whole…in timing with the church bells. While swallowing each grape, you wish for something for the New Year. Imagine everyone at the table performing this custom simultaneously! Hmmm… I’ve already started to practice grape swallowing and am considering what to put in my suitcase…
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Hey Ryan. This sounds cool! I'm going to start this tradition here in our house. I miss you.
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