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What is Groundhog days

Groundhog's day stemmed from a Christian Belief. The tradition was Candlemas Day and clergy would bless and give out candles for the winter. The candles represented how long and cold the winter was going to be. The Germans broaden the holiday by adding hedgehogs. German settlers brought the tradition to Pennsylvania and changed it to groundhogs.  The first day that it was celebrated in the United States was in 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. If the groundhog comes out of his hole and sees its shadow then their is 6 weeks more of winter; no shadow means an early shadow. 

The groundhog did see his shadow so that means 6 more weeks of winter, of course it doesn't matter in Los Angeles where it's already 70 degrees.

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