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Grapes as a Costa Rica New Years Tradition
Robert Isenberg / The Tico Times

Want to celebrate New Year’s like a Costa Rican (and many others throughout the Spanish-speaking world)? Just buy a bunch of grapes and send 12 of them down the hatch as the New Year arrives, making a wish for each month as you do so.

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