Round fruits for new year?

Hello! I am also a resident of the Philippines, and right now, I just came from the market to buy my fruits. Every year, im just like that, I always complete all my 12 or 13 fruits so that our table will look so bountiful with the presence of the fruits. Yes, its a tradition and I intend to keep it whether it brings luck or not, the mere sight of seeing those fruits on our table makes our togetherness during the Medya noche complete. Aside from that, I also ensure that our cupboards was complete with the supplies of salt, sugar, everything so it could make me feel bountiful for now and the next year to come. HAppy New Year to All!!!!

this is an interesting tradition... i never heard about this until today... in fact, this is the first time i read about this tradition in your post... i am also a christian... so i don't really follow traditions especially the ones that go against the Bible... but it is always nice to learn something about other people's traditions... take care and have a nice day...

Well I have never heard of this but sounds interesting. As to what kind of fruit well lets see Pears, Apples, Banana's, That is three, Pineapple, Orange, Plum that is 6, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit that makes nine, Guava, Melon, Dates, that is 12, Figs, Papaya, apricots that is 15, cherries, Berries, Pomegranite, Those are a few.

We used to do this at home. But for 8 years now that we have been spending our Christmas and New year with my in-laws we do not prepare this tradition personally. I think my in-laws prepare some fruits but I'm not so sure yet if they complete the 12-13 fruits. Not totally round because they have bananas and mangoes as well. In our case before, we had apples, star apples, oranges, grapes, bananas, pineapples etc. My mom would still buy some fruits but not too many anymore because nobody would eat it after. Happy New Year everybody!

hi louievill I am from the Us and had not heard of this interesting tradition. sounds yummy as I am a fruit lover. As you are in a tropical area there you must be able to easily find 12 or 13 round fruits for New Years.We do not have this tradition but I c an name some fruits we have available in the U.S.. lemons, grapefruit, oranges, tangerines, nectarines, kumquats, loquots, grapes, manderin oranges, peaches, pears, apr icots,papayas, water melons,plums, blackberries, blueberries, boysen berries, cherries so we do have fruits in our markets too. Oh my left out apples. So I came up with more than 13. lol l ol

I think this tradition came from the chinese, especially the feng shui. Some or most pinoys follow this, because of their belief to collect round fruits brings luck in the coming year. But, even though you're doing this, if you're lazy nothing will happen to you. My family before follow this chinese tradition of collecting round fruits, but there's no luck at all. The best thing is to be industrious in the coming new year and always GOD'S first.

I used to practice this tradition before, but when I became a Christian, we just lift everything to God. Last Christmas we celebrated it just like a birthday party of one of the family members. We bought a birthday cake with Happy Birthday Jesus written on it, we had ice cream and spaghetti, hotdog with marsh mallows for the kids and we sang Happy Birthday at 12 midnight. It's nothing fancy, just a birthday celebration of our most beloved creator and for that we have to be thankful for.

I've never heard of this before, but it sounds fun! I can think of grapefruit, apples, oranges, tangerines, pomegranits...how's that? I am going to make black eye peas for new years. I don't have a silver dollar to put in it though!

its a tradition for us to have 13 or more fruits on the table as long as it is an odd number.

For me it is not good in the eyes of Jehovah God.

I rarely complete all 12 or 13 rounded fruits on new year's eve. I'm not even sure if I'm supposed to count by kind or total number of fruits. But I still buy fruits to fill up a whole basket (looks good on pictures and very healthy to eat after stuffing our tummies with too much sweets and fats!)

In my culture we frequently hand out 12 grapes to all attending the celebration. At the strike of midnight we are all to eat all grapes as this will bring us 12 full months of luck. Not many today still do this here, some do and I am guilty of skipping it from year to year, maybe I will remember this New Years Eve. LOL

My mother is a devout Christian but she does this practice like clockwork during the New Year. She also not misses on the rice, the kalamay, the salt and other psedo-offerings during the New Year. In my opinion, these are traditions and traditions never hurt anyone or someone or even a person's faith. The only thing that matters is that the New Year will be better than the last - something that a religious institution like Christianity have a common thread with. I guess that this tradition is an old habit and old habit die really hard. Doesn't matter as long as you believe.