not true !
here in europe ,quite a few people call it Sylvester especially )according to what I have seen lately ( in germany. which explains why in israel it is also called sylvester )Israel and germany have so much in common, dont get me started). by the way I have celebrated the new year in down town Paris in some private appartment a block away from the Pompidou full of really beatiful drunk frenchmen/women . needless to say it was lots of fun