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French
Etymology
Due to the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, whereby the feast day of Pope Sylvester I came to fall on the 31st of December.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Saint-Sylvestre f
- New Year's Eve
1983, Marcelyne Claudais, Un jour la jument va parler...:Chez nous, à la Saint-Sylvestre, la porte est toujours grande ouverte !
At our house, on New Year’s Eve, the door is always wide open!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)