Oh my gosh, you guys, it is kind of exhausting to be Latino on New Year's Eve. There are just so many traditions to follow and not that I'm superstitious or anything, but I don't want to take my chances in the coming year. Do you? If I can set myself up for a fabulous new year, then I'm gonna do it even if it means that my to-do list for NYE is long and all my non-Latino neighbors, friends, and relatives think I'm crazy. What I'm about to list are not signs of insanity, no, they are 10 signs that you are Latino on New Year's Eve.
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- You carefully consider the color of underwear you will be wearing when the clock strikes midnignt. If you want passion, you better wear read chonies.
- As soon as you are done smooching and hugging at the stroke of midnight, you eat 12 grapes within 12 minutes and make a wish on each of them.
- You run around the block with packed luggage if you want to travel. You do this while trying not to choke on the grapes, of course.
- You're tired because you spent the whole morning of the 31st cleaning your home to cleanse it.
- You hold money in your hand at midnight, so you'll have money in the coming year.
- You seep the negative energy out of your home. Vacuuming would be so much easier.
- If you want new clothes, wear your underwear inside out and then flip them right side out right after midnight.
- If you are looking to get married or find a special someone sit and stand three times in a row at the stroke of 12.
- You drop some uncooked lentils in your purse so that you have money in the coming year.
- You start off on the right foot by only standing on your right foot at the beginning of the new year.
I told you, you guys! It's absolutely exhausting to be Latino on New Year's Eve. I wish you all a wonderful coming year, you deserve it!
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