New Year’s Eve 2024 live: World welcomes 2025 with fireworks and light shows

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As traditions go, fireworks displays are only the tip of the NYE iceberg.

In Spain, it’s customary to count out a dozen grapes and eat one with each toll of the bell at midnight.

This dates back to 1909, when vine growers in Alicante had too many grapes to sell and needed a way to boost their popularity.

Don’t be offended if a neighbour lobs a plate at your doorin Denmark – the gesture is meant to be affectionate. The more plates chucked, the more luck you’ll have in the coming year.

Save your most colourful underwear for celebrations in Latin America, where donning them on new year is meant to bring you a different type of fortune depending on the colour. Yellow brings wealth, red brings love, for example.

In the Philippines, people will surround themselves with round objects, to represent coins. Wearing polka dot clothing and eating grapes is common choice.