Some foods are just plain lucky to eat on New Year's Eve. It also has to do with a human tradition of eating something special, like a birthday cake, to mark the passage of time. As the tradition goes, believers eat 12 grapes at midnight, one for each month of the year. On the contrary: Don't eat the round foods and you could have a year of bad luck! Noodles are long, and that length is thought to symbolise long life and, yes, luck, Elias says.

Source: Stuff December 31, 2019 02:03 UTC