On New Year’s Eve, people in Italy throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothes and plates in the trees. In Spain, the New Year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets. Each holds a bag of grapes. When twelve o ’ clock comes, people start eating the grapes. In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year ’ s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji . There they watch the first sunrise of the New Year.