Round
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
January 1, 2018 10:14pm CST
I am not quite sure but I don't know where did the Filipino pick the idea of placing round fruits on the table for Media Noche. My 4th brother and my sister bought round fruits after we had lunch last Sunday.
Now, I am eating some of the round fruits and a few minutes ago, I peeled a piece of this clementine and ate it all whole.
12 fruits is what should be on the table, for good luck and prosperity. And now that the new year celebration is done,it will be hard for us to consume these fruits before they rot.
Did you have round fruits too?
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
Yes we also had round fruits but we don't complete the 12 fruits every year...
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Jan 18
@brokenbee the pineapple too. my sister sliced it and it was sooo 'naalsem' (sour). our face would twitch and squirm. the grapes were done first and now the green apple is sliced thinly and i am eating some.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
So hija were you able to consume all the round fruits now? Our melon was overripe and even the other clementines got rotten as well. The grapes were immediately consumed by the 3 of us.
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@brokenbee (11937)
• Philippines
6 Jan 18
@ridingbet not yet Ate... We still have the big watermelon, two pears, the persimmon, two apples and some kiat kiat. The melon is waiting to be thrown outside.. Awwwww sayang...
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
Won't the grapes rot prematurely because of the thermostat of the fridge? The oranges are also nice. Sometimes I like to eat oranges with a pinch of salt.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
That is true. But when there is a piece or half a piece of apple we set that aside inside the fridge because it can act as a freshener.
@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
I came back here because of your new discussion to see why I did not realize the salt shaker is missing.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
No, the salt shaker is not missing. It is actually making its presence felt by sneaking between the fruits. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Jan 18
@jobelbojel it is okay. i thought you imagined the salt shaker should not be there
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
The advantage of having my brother from vacation is, our fridge is filled up with things he wishes to buy, so the fridge has no space for the fruits. But the fruits are also made as fruit salad by my sister and this should be finished in 2 days.
@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
6 Jan 18
@ridingbet , Happy New Year to you too my friend. Yes that's lovely and we could all do with love, good luck and good health. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
Happy new year my friend. I guess putting round fruits on the table at midnight of December 31 is a tradition and a practice of some Filipinos here. But sweets are also preferred so the next year will be full of love, good luck and good health.
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
No we didn't. We just don't think that we have to. Even when I was a kid we never collected 12 round fruits on our table for NYE. We bought the usual fruits we eat. It's impossible not to find grapes, oranges, apples, and bananas in our house back then even in ordinary days
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
I can imagine your dining table with fruits in a fruit basket. It makes a nice centerpiece.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Jan 18
Happy new year kabsat. Yes some of the round fruits were sweet and some are even overripe. But what happens if not all the fruits are sweet?"mapakla ang buhay ngarud?" 
@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
No, we didn't. We had last year. I don't have time to buy and I did not go to the province. Instead, I was at the hospital in Cavite. My 3 brothers went home to Pangasinan. My sister stayed in Pampanga with her family. Me and my brother with his family in Cavite.
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@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
4 Jan 18
No, I didn't have round fruits at home. We spent our new year at my niece and her hubbys house in the Netherlands. I have no idea where and when that round fruits for New Year came to action. As I can remember, my parents didn't do that in the 60's and 70's. Maybe it's following another countries tradition again.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Jan 18
the placing of 12 kinds of round fruits on the dining table at the stroke of midnight, the putting of coins in the window sills, scattering of coins from the door to inside the house, and opening of all windows and all doors, and i won't forget the exchange of grapes to the neighbors and hang the grapes (in a small plastic bag) at the door, are some of the traditions that started when we believed in the Chinese Feng Shui.
