New Year's Day Description
Celebrates January 1st, the first day of the calendar year. Mexican families gather for late-night dinners on New Year's Eve featuring twelve grapes eaten at midnight for each month's good luck and lentils sprinkled at doorways for prosperity. Fireworks displays illuminate cities and towns nationwide. Most businesses, banks, and government offices close. The day is spent with family, recovering from celebrations, and enjoying leftover holiday foods such as tamales and bacalao.
