Monday, January 4, 2010

Catholic Culture: St. Sylvester Party (New Year's Eve Party)

Every December 31st. 

Begin to call it a St. Silvester party, as did our ancestors.

December 31 is the feast of Pope St. Silvester I, Confessor, who baptized the Emperor Constantine the Great.
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2 comments:

  1. DanielJanuary 5, 2010 at 2:02 AM

    In Germany, that day is (and has always been) called "Silvester".

    "New Year's Eve" seems to be an invention from the english speaking world. :-)

    Thanks for your blog. I enjoy reading it.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2010 at 11:16 AM

    In Poland New Year's Eve is called "Sylwester", so here we are honoring the great pope ;)

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