My people, make I gist you wetin dey happen for New Year wey go sweet your belle! Na the 12 grapes matter wey dey trend for TikTok so! Everybody dey talk say if you fit chop 12 grapes last minute before midnight, e go bring you plenty luck for the incoming year. No be joke o!

This tradition no be small p, e dey come from Spain and e don dey waka go other Latin American countries too. E don dey around for more than 100 years! Each grape wey you dey eat, na one month for the new year wey you dey welcome. So if you fit chop all 12 in time before the clock cuckoo, you fit bless your year with plenty smiles and good fortune.

Di matter be say from 11:59pm, as the chimes dey ring, you gatz dey chomp those grapes fast fast—na the rule be dat! You gree? You fit think of wetin you wan achieve for each month as you dey chew each grape. Some people dey say if you no chop your grapes finish before the last stroke, dem go bring you bad luck. Choking hazard dey wan in this kind hot chop, so make sure to dey careful!

So, why 12 grapes? E get one yarn wey say e start back for 1880 in Madrid when dem dey use grapes wey no fit sell well. Dem sabi say if dem fit promote am, e go sell and people go chop dem for New Year! As e dey sweet, na so people dey carry am put for their dreams. As for now, dem even dey add small shakara, like wearing red underwear and eating under table to boost your luck…

But abeg, make you no get wrong idea e no be all about finding husband or wife o! Na just for good luck and blessings. But if romance fit land for your side while you dey chop, who I be to talk say no? Na normal!

Whether na green or red grapes, dem all dey bring good fortune for you. Just ensure say your grapes no get seed, so your chop no go turn to wahala during the countdown. Sip your drink, make wish, and jam those grapes like say na magic dey hapen. As we dey enter 2026, make all of us align for this grape experience wey fit scatter luck for our year!