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Never heard "Silvester" before and thought it was some new German social network. Turns out it's just "New Year's Eve" in German.
by diggan 2y ago
Never heard "Silvester" before and thought it was some new German social network. Turns out it's just "New Year's Eve" in German.
- riidom 2y agoNamed after pope Silvester I., who happened to die on 31.12. .. somewhere around 300 AD I think
- CRConrad 2y agoI'd guess in most countries that follow the Name Day[1] tradition (most countries in Europe and Latin America, it appears), Sylvester's day is on Dec 31st[2]. The Germans just use the name to refer to the day (and spell it with an 'i' -- which TIL seems to be the original spelling); dunno, maybe others do too. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_day [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sylvester%27s_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sylvester%27s_Day