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Day: December 27, 2017

Traditional New Year’s Eve

December 27, 2017April 3, 2026 Lisa

The Swiss call December 31st Silvester. Sylvester?! Stallone or the Looney Tunes cat? Those are the only two Sylvesters I know. Still, I’m pretty sure New Year’s Eve wasn’t named after either one of them. So why is New Year’s… Read moreTraditional New Year’s Eve

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