Why Groundhog Day Is Celebrated?
It Has Become Famous Across the Globe, Helped by the Hollywood Film. the Celebration Derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch Superstition That If a Groundhog...
It has become famous across the globe, helped by the Hollywood film. The celebration derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day sees a shadow due to clear weather, it will retreat to its den and winter will persist for six more weeks.
Why do we celebrate Groundhog Day?
Groundhog Day has its roots in the ancient Christian tradition of Candlemas, when clergy would bless and distribute candles needed for winter. The candles represented how long and cold the winter would be. Germans expanded on this concept by selecting an animal—the hedgehog—as a means of predicting weather.
Who started Groundhog Day and why?
The first official Groundhog Day celebration took place on February 2, 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. It was the brainchild of local newspaper editor Clymer Freas, who sold a group of businessmen and groundhog hunters—known collectively as the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club—on the idea.
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