Articles of category "Groundhog Day (2 February in United States and Canada)"

Groundhog Day is a special and amusing holiday that is taken with a light and fun attitude and can help give those who recognize the day, a little boost to help them get through the some times long and cold winter months. This holiday has an interesting background and there is a bit more to those who celebrate Groundhog Day than one may know.

Every February 2 the whole United States converges on a small town in Pennsylvania to see if groundhog will see his shadow thereby predicting how much more winter the United States will have to endure. It is quite a big deal to everyone but the groundhog and when the prediction is over people put the poor little guy back in his hole for another year. How do they know if he saw his shadow?

Groundhog Day is one of the quirkiest holidays on the calendar. Superstition tells us that on this holiday, the behavior of a small groundhog and whether or not he can see his own shadow can provide a foolproof forecast for February and March weather. This holiday has been around for over a century, but part of the holiday's fame in the modern age is due to the popularity of the recent Groundhog Day movie.