New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is associated with many interesting facts about which most of us probably do not know
- A name Dec. 31 probably derives from the name of Pope Sylvester II, who according to ancient tales, saved humanity from destruction by a dragon Leviathan

- Saint Sylvester, whose name is associated with the night on December 31, is the patron saint of domestic animals

- On New Year's Eve born: Nicholas Sparks (American writer), Anthony Hopkins (British actor), Val Kilmer (American actor), George Marshall (American general, politician, Nobel laureate), Wojciech Kossak (Polish painter), Agnieszka Grochowska (Polish actress)

-New Year's greetings in different languages:  Happy New Year (English), Bonne Année (in French), Feliz año nuevo (in Spanish), Felix sit annus novus (Latin), Buon Anno (in Italian)