Across the globe, denizens are gearing up to celebrate the arrival of 2025. In some parts of the world, a new year also means drawing on old practices to symbolically usher in wealth and good luck.

or the 12 lucky grapes, may have started in the 1880s, when Madrid's "bourgeoisie" put their own spin on the "French custom of drinking Champagne and eating grapes on New Year's Eve." Another ...