Today February 2nd is Groundhog Day. On this day people all over the country and Canada watch the actions of a local Groundhog Hero. The holiday has its roots in the the German Pennsylavanians of 1800s which were borrowed from a similar European Weather Lore. The largest Groundhog Day celebration is held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where crowds as high as 40,000 have gathered to celebrate the holiday since at least 1886. If the ground hog sees it's shadow and gets scared. It will run back into the burrow and there will be six more wintery weeks otherwise Spring will come early this year. Of the dozen or so Groundhogs responsible for predicting springs arrival Punxsutawney Phil is the most well known.
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