Eating certain foods bringing good luck for the New Year is a common tradition. Some of these foods include: 12 or 13 Grapes representing sweetness and good fortune eaten for each month of the year and one for good luck; greens representing paper money; black-eyed peas or legumes representing coins; cornbread representing gold; pork symbolizing prosperity and progress; fish symbolizing abundance; noodles symbolizing long life; and cakes or foods shaped in a circle symbolizing the year in its fullness.
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