What is Spain's New Year's Eve tradition of eating one grape for each clock chime called?

Spain’s New Year’s Eve tradition of eating one grape with each midnight chime is called Las doce uvas de la suerte.

The Spanish phrase means “the twelve grapes of luck.” At midnight on December 31, people try to eat twelve grapes, one for each stroke of the clock. Each grape represents a month of the coming year, and successfully finishing the sequence is traditionally associated with good fortune.

The most famous public version takes place at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, where the clock’s chimes are broadcast across Spain. Families and friends often prepare small bowls or tins of twelve grapes so they can follow the televised countdown. The grapes are usually eaten after the preliminary warning sounds and during the twelve main chimes.

The custom is often linked to a surplus grape harvest in the early twentieth century, although earlier elite versions of the practice may also have existed. It is separate from Three Kings’ Day, celebrated in Spain on January 6.