Overview
- Guides published on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 explain placing a banknote in a shoe at midnight to symbolically invite money in the coming year.
- Feng Shui-oriented reports advise using the left shoe to “receive” prosperity, while other outlets promote the right shoe and taking the first step with the right foot.
- Instructions emphasize intention, timing just before midnight, and keeping the bill in the shoe through the toast to mark the transition into the new year.
- Experts quoted say the bill’s condition matters more than denomination, with clean, untorn notes viewed as reinforcing respect for financial energy.
- Regional roundups show the practice across Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia, sometimes adding a key for housing wishes, and often pairing it with 12 grapes, lentils, colored underwear or burning the Año Viejo.