ano nuevo vispera "new Years eve"
Most Mexicans celebrate New Year's Eve by having a late-night dinner with their families. Those who want to party generally go out afterwards.
Some Mexican New Years Customs:
1). As the New Year’s Eve midnight countdown begins, eat 12 grapes making a wish for each one, representing the 12 months of the next year. (Hint: eat seedless grapes.) A sweet grape means it will be a good month next year; a sour grape, a bad month.
2). On New Year’s Eve, women who want love and passion in the next year wear red underwear; for happiness and prosperity, yellow underwear; for health and well-being, green underwear; for true love and friendship, pink underwear; for hope and peace, white underwear.
3). Mexicans clean their house; take a bath; or wash their pets and cars on New Year’s Eve for renewal.
4). At midnight on New Year’s Eve, mexicans open their door and symbolically sweep out ‘the old’; then toss some coins on the ground and sweep them into the house for prosperity.
5). On New Year’s Eve at midnight, they throw a bucket of water out the window for renewal.
6). Watch fireworks on New Year’s Eve to frighten away evil spirits, allowing safe passage into the next year.
Traditional foods to eat on New Year's Eve:
Bacalao, dried salted codfish, is a New Year's staple in Mexico. Toasts are made with sparkling cider, and a hot fruit punch known as ponche is also popular, in fact, most of the traditional Mexican Christmas foods are also good choices for New Year's Eve.
Some Mexican New Years Customs:
1). As the New Year’s Eve midnight countdown begins, eat 12 grapes making a wish for each one, representing the 12 months of the next year. (Hint: eat seedless grapes.) A sweet grape means it will be a good month next year; a sour grape, a bad month.
2). On New Year’s Eve, women who want love and passion in the next year wear red underwear; for happiness and prosperity, yellow underwear; for health and well-being, green underwear; for true love and friendship, pink underwear; for hope and peace, white underwear.
3). Mexicans clean their house; take a bath; or wash their pets and cars on New Year’s Eve for renewal.
4). At midnight on New Year’s Eve, mexicans open their door and symbolically sweep out ‘the old’; then toss some coins on the ground and sweep them into the house for prosperity.
5). On New Year’s Eve at midnight, they throw a bucket of water out the window for renewal.
6). Watch fireworks on New Year’s Eve to frighten away evil spirits, allowing safe passage into the next year.
Traditional foods to eat on New Year's Eve:
Bacalao, dried salted codfish, is a New Year's staple in Mexico. Toasts are made with sparkling cider, and a hot fruit punch known as ponche is also popular, in fact, most of the traditional Mexican Christmas foods are also good choices for New Year's Eve.