Fill in the Blanks What do you eat?Online version Fill in the blanks. by Monserrat de Hoyoux 1 champagne grapes grapes Spain dishes noodles Russia toast vegetables seconds In China people eat eight , ten or twelve of food at New Year . This is because an even number means double the luck . A lot of the food at New Year has a special meaning . Seaweed means good luck and long mean long life . They eat whole and don't use knives to cut things , because this means the end of your good luck . In there is lots of food on the table so the next year will be happy and plentiful . At 11 . 59 people open and wait for the clock to strike twelve . Then they make a for the New Year . They wish everybody good luck and happiness . In people eat twelve ? one with each chime of the clock at midnight . This brings good luck for the next twelve months . But it is difficult to eat twelve in twelve , so people usually have a mouth full of grapes at the end !