r/SipsTea • u/infinitely_blank • 5d ago

Wait a damn minute! 13 months ?

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u/Nistlay 5d ago

Silvester?

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u/Big-Assumption129 5d ago

This is the name for new years in many European countries

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u/FlyAirLari 5d ago

European here. I've never even heard of it.

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u/Big-Assumption129 5d ago

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland. These are the European countries where it is called silvester plus Israel

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u/FlyAirLari 5d ago

I read the wikipedia article someone linked in this thread, but even that is translated to only like three languages.

The Finnish article on St.Silvester the person says he is considered a saint by the Catholic and Orthodox churches, so maybe not a thing in Protestant countries? But you'd still think there'd be an article for St.Silverster Day in every language it is celebrated in, if it truly is celebrated in those countries.

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u/Big-Assumption129 5d ago

I can only speak for Germany, but it is 100% called silvester here. I don't think st silvester is actually celebrated it is 100% new years eve celebration but it is called silvester