People eat twelve grapes because it is a guarantee of a prosperous and happy New Year. t f

Eating twelve grapes at the stroke of midnight is a Spanish tradition that begun in the late XIX century and early XX century.

Vine growers from Alicante, Spain, started this custom in order to sell lots of grapes the following year.

This tradition is a superstition that requires eating twelve grapes with each bell strike, and this means that the following year will be happy and prosperous, so the question is completely true.