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54 days until Groundhog Day!

by Countdowntogroundhogday on December 10th, 2015

In 54 days it will be Groundhog Day! Did you know that Punxsutawney Phil isn’t the only weather predicting groundhog? There are lots of other groundhogs who foresee the future. One other famous groundhog is Staten Island Chuck who resides in Staten Island Zoo in Staten Island, New York City and has his own ceremony on February 2nd.[…]

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.[…]

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.[…]

Only 60 days until Groundhog Day!

by Countdowntogroundhogday on December 4th, 2015

60 days until February 2nd! […]

66 more days until February 2nd

by Countdowntogroundhogday on November 28th, 2015

Groundhog Day will be here in 66 days. How many groundhogs do you usually get each year? Just one, or one for every room in the house?[…]

68 days until Groundhog Day

by Countdowntogroundhogday on November 26th, 2015

Only 68 days until the groundhog sees his shadow or doesn’t see it! I know some people might think it’s too early to be counting down to Groundhog Day, but to that I say: it’s NEVER too early to count down to Groundhog Day. You should start counting down to the next Groundhog Day on February 3rd every year. I know there are a few other holidays in between now and February 2nd, but does anyone really care about Black Friday and Boxing Day anyway? ‪[…]