Strangely, Gen Z flocked to hide under the table... to eat 'magic fruit' on the 30th night to find a lover, magical?

Recently, the trend of hiding under the table to eat grapes on New Year's Eve has started to go viral again on social media. It is said that if you do this, you will have a lover in the new year. It sounds strange, but Gen Z people are extremely excited to respond.

On November 12, actress Le Ly Lan Huong posted a video of herself crawling under the table to eat 12 grapes with the caption: "I'm ready to eat 12 grapes under the table on New Year's Eve, bring good luck." She also reminded viewers "don't forget to eat grapes under the table on New Year's Eve." The video quickly attracted more than 1.5 million views and more than 83,000 likes as of December 28.

Not only the above video, a series of clips with similar content are also "bustling" on TikTok, especially when New Year's Eve is approaching. On December 23, a TikTok clip sharing 8 notes when eating 12 grapes on New Year's Eve posted by the account @dophiedophie also attracted more than 2.1 million views and 162,000 likes. Through the hashtag #grapetheory, social media users can access thousands of videos recording young people around the world hurriedly eating grapes under the table.

According to the New York Post, the trend of eating 12 grapes on New Year's Eve originates from a long-standing Spanish custom called "uvas de la suerte" - meaning "lucky grapes". According to tradition, Spanish people often eat grapes on New Year's Eve. If a person eats all 12 grapes within the time it takes for 12 bells to ring - symbolizing the 12 months of the year - they will have good luck in the new year.

The custom of eating 12 grapes on New Year's Eve still exists in some other countries such as Italy but is now mainly practiced by Spaniards. In some cultures, the custom of eating grapes under the table is also intended to bring success and love.

American TikToker Izzy Dwyer posted a video of herself eating 12 grapes at the turn of 2023-2024, followed by a happy moment between her and her boyfriend this year. She credits #grapetheory for helping her find her other half. TikToker Liliana Tuskia also performed the "ritual" last year and was lucky enough to find love. She shared a video that opens with her huddled under a table, eagerly stuffing a dozen grapes into her mouth before switching to a clip of her wedding in August.

"Who would have thought!" Izzy Dwyer captioned the video, revealing that she discovered the hashtag #grapetheory on TikTok and the idea of eating 12 grapes on New Year's Eve to help find love. "I saw on TikTok that eating 12 grapes will bring good luck in love. So I did it with two friends even though I and one other person were single. Now all three of us are happily in relationships. I guess this method has a 100% success rate," Dwyer happily shared.

A social media user shared that because he had nothing to do, and his friends kept telling him that it was effective, he reluctantly 'followed the trend'. After all, many Gen Zers are free near Tet, and this trend doesn't require much effort or money. Furthermore, many people also want to have a smooth start to the new year, so they immediately followed the trend of eating 12 green grapes.

Easy to make and simple ingredients are the reasons why young people are not afraid to "follow the trend" in the hope of a peaceful new year. They even have more faith in this trend when they see people who did it last year "get their wishes come true".

Previously, in addition to the trend of eating green grapes, young people also spread many other forms of wishing for good luck in the new year. For example, they believe that watching fireworks with their lover will help couples bond and become stronger. However, the online community believes that these trends are just a matter of "luck". The proof is that many people ate green grapes last year but they still haven't met their "other half" at the present time.

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