Countdown to Groundhog Day

55 days until Groundhog Day

by Countdowntogroundhogday on December 9th, 2015

Only 55 more days until Groundhog Day! Watch out for that first step… It’s a doozy![…]

8 weeks until Groundhog Day 2016!

by Countdowntogroundhogday on December 8th, 2015

Ok, we’re getting really close now! Only 8 more weeks until Groundhog Day 2016 arives!![…]

Reese’s Groundhog Day groundhogs don’t resemble groundhogs at all! – Stop the War on Groundhog Day

by Countdowntogroundhogday on December 8th, 2015

So we were able to get our hands on what is purported to be a bag of this coming Groundhog Day’s Reese’s Groundhog Day groundhogs, and, as we feared, they don’t resemble actual groundhogs in any way. Maybe they resemble eggs, or footballs, or maybe even Christmas trees or some bizarre amalgamation of all these things, but what they most certainly don’t resemble is our favorite weather predicting rodents.[…]

57 days until Groundhog Day!

by Countdowntogroundhogday on December 7th, 2015

Groundhog Day is in 57 days! Did you know that Punxsutawney Phil met with President Ronald Reagan in 1986? They shared jelly beans, and hugs.[…]

Groundhog Day occurs in 58 days!

by Countdowntogroundhogday on December 6th, 2015

58 days until Groundhog Day! Yesterday I said that the first Groundhog Day celebration was held in 1887 in Punxsutawney, but now I’m seeing a lot of sources saying that it was actually 1886 but that his prediction wasn’t recorded anywhere. So it looks like first celebration was 1886, first recorded prediction was 1887. Whatever the case, let’s just say Punxustawney Phil has been predicting the weather for a really long time and is really old.[…]