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	Groundhog Day Facts and Tradition - Is it Spring Yet? - Candlemas
		The lowly groundhog, often called a woodchuck, is the only mammal to have a day named in his honor.
		But the job was reassigned to the groundhog after importing their Candlemas traditions to the U.S. Candlemas commemorates the ritual purification of Mary, 40 days after the birth of Jesus.
		The groundhog and badger were not the only animals that have been used to predict spring.
	wilstar.net /holidays/grndhog.htm (444 words)

	Holiday Page: Ground Hog's Day
		Groundhog Day is also the secular incarnation of Candlemas, a traditional Christian festival that commemorates the ritual purification of Mary 40 days after the birth of her son.
		Groundhogs spend most of their time in their underground burrows, which have one main entrance that can be identified by a large mountain of excavated soil immediately outside the entrance hole.
		Groundhog fur never was in vogue, partly because it is not particularly thick and warm, and because the fur's grizzled grey-brown appearance is more appealing to others of their species than to people.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~maggieoh/Holidays/G/g_index.html (4246 words)

	Groundhog Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Groundhog Day is a traditional festival celebrated in the United States and Canada on February 2.
		It is a cross-quarter day, midway between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox.
		Folklore from Germany and France indicated that when groundhogs and bears came out of their winter dens too early, they were frightened by their shadow and retreated back inside for four to six weeks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Groundhog_Day (826 words)

	Groundhog Day: The Movie
		Everything that happened to him the previous day -- the man trying to start a conversation at the top of the stairs; the old high school acquaintance recognizing him on the street, the ritual of groundhog day -- it all happens again.
		And so it goes, day after day, as this misanthrope of a human being finds himself trapped in Punxsutawney on groundhog day in what science fiction would refer to as a time loop.
		But as the days pass endlessly into the same day, this half-empty character finally finds a purpose in life: learning everything he can about his female producer, Rita, played by Andie MacDowell, so he can pretend to be her ideal man and seduce her.
	www.transparencynow.com /groundhog.htm (1691 words)

	Plumbing the Depths of "Groundhog Day" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Phil's situation in Groundhog Day is, in fact, that of an individual who is compelled, for an extensive length of time, to examine his own effect on other people, and to even conduct experiments of a kind.
		We might say that the eternal recurrence of Groundhog Day forced Phil to examine his own behavior--which has become the cause of all that is interesting and different in any given day--and in doing so, to find it wanting.
		The core of Groundhog Day is the process by which Phil is "enlightened" and becomes a Good Man, in a kind of secular, 20th century version of the Buddhist cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
	kflaux.com /personal/GroundhogDay.htm (1713 words)

	Groundhog Day (1993)
		Groundhog Day was a Harold Ramis-Danny Green script that Ramis ingeniously shot in a freezing Woodstock, IL for a 1993 release.
		Groundhog Day is on the American calendar, and the film is often played on that day in mid-winter where those of us in colder climates are dreaming of Spring.
		Today Groundhog Day is considered one of the great American Films of the late 20th Century.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0107048 (750 words)

	Groundhog Day
		If the groundhog comes out of its hole and sees it's shadow we are in store for 40 more days of winter.
		Groundhog Day is an example of predicting the weather based on folklore.
		On this day candles that are used for the rest of the year were bless.
	cimss.ssec.wisc.edu /wxwise/class/hogday.html (164 words)

	Pennsylvania Highways: Groundhog Day
		They determined the groundhog to be an intelligent animal and decided if the sun appeared on February 2, the groundhog would emerge from its underground home, see its shadow, and scurry back inside for another six weeks of winter.
		The earliest observance of Groundhog Day was held in private woods close to Punxsutawney in 1886.
		Groundhog Day is one of the most covered events by the media every year.
	www.pahighways.com /features/groundhogday.html (1233 words)

	Groundhog Day
		On Thursday, the opening-night feature at the Gramercy Theater, where the series is being presented, was "Groundhog Day," the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray as a sarcastic television weatherman forced by a twist of fate and magic to relive one day of his life, Feb. 2, over and over.
		The next day he awakens in the same bed in the same bed-and-breakfast, to the sound of the same tinny clock radio with Sonny and Cher singing "I Got You Babe" and the babblings of the frighteningly cheerful local D.J., to discover that it is Feb. 2 again.
		"Groundhog Day," Dr. Zito said, is a cinematic version of the teachings in Mahayana Buddhism, known as "the greater vehicle." "In Mahayana," she said, "nobody ever imagines they are going to escape samsara until everybody else does.
	www2.kenyon.edu /Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Misc/GroundhogDay.htm (1463 words)

	Groundhog Day Crafts, Worksheets and Printable Books - EnchantedLearning.com
		Color groundhogs, burrows, shadows, and the sky according to simple directions, such as, "Color the groundhogs who can see their own shadow orange." Or go to the answers.
		Count the groundhogs with and with a shadow, in and out of a burrow, looking to the right or left, facing their shadow, etc. Or go to the answers.
		Find the fractions of the groundhogs with and with a shadow, in and out of a burrow, looking to the right or left, facing their shadow, etc. Or go to the answers.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /crafts/groundhogday (1054 words)

	Groundhog Day
		Before reading any of the groundhog day books to the class, encourage children to share their morning routines with the class.
		After reading a groundhog day story, challenge children to compare their morning to the groundhog's.
		Using a brad, we fasten the groundhog cutouts to the blue paper at the bottom of the groundhog.
	www.kindergartentreehouse.com /groundhogs.html (907 words)

	Groundhog Day - Is it Spring Yet? - Candlemas
		The lowly groundhog, often called a woodchuck, is the only mammal to have a day named in his honor.
		But the job was reassigned to the groundhog after importing their Candlemas traditions to the U.S. Candlemas commemorates the ritual purification of Mary, 40 days after the birth of Jesus.
		The groundhog and badger were not the only animals that have been used to predict spring.
	wilstar.com /holidays/grndhog.htm (460 words)

	Groundhog Day - Groundhogs Day Holiday Website
		Groundhog Day, celebrated across the United States and Canada, on February 2, is purely a North American tradition.
		Chuck Wood is The Committee for the commercialization of Groundhog Day's official mascot.
		The Groundhog Day is also very popular in Canada and Wiarton Willy is the Groundhog that is used to predict the length of winter over there.
	groundhog-day.123holiday.net (418 words)

	VisitPA :: Groundhog Day
		Their enthusiasm for Groundhog Day is undeniable, but to discover how it all fits together, we'll have to do a little digging.
		Groundhog Day is a direct descendent of Candlemas, which, for early Christians, was a day to bless and distribute candles—a hot commodity in the days before electric light, especially during the cold, dark winter.
		In 1887, a spirited group of groundhog hunters from Punxsutawney dubbed themselves "The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club." One member of the club was an editor of Punxsutawney's newspaper.
	groundhog.visitpa.com (686 words)

	NCDC: Climate-Watch, Groundhog Day Special Report
		A groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, burrowed inside his heated simulated tree trunk, is about to thrust or be pulled into the limelight at about 7:25 am once again.
		Groundhog Day has its origins in an ancient celebration of a point mid-way between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.
		The film, and groundhog day on February 2nd, are a way to have a little fun at mid-winter but generally climate records and statistics tell us that winter isn't over.
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/extremes/2004/groundhog/groundhog.html (1041 words)

	Groundhog Day and Chinese Astronomy
		The existence of Groundhog Day and Midsummer Day thus are clues to the survival, as cultural fossils even after the adoption of Roman (Greek/Babylonian) astronomy, of an older European reckoning of the seasons, perhaps even from the Celtic tradition itself.
		Groundhog Day may bespeak the sort of perplexities that probably occurred in the midst of that assimilation: Come February, people weren't quite sure whether it was Springtime or not.
		Although, unlike 1 November, May Day was largely uncompromised by Christianity, it later achieved a form of secular sanctification and sad politicization when it was adopted in 1887 by the socialist parties of Europe to be the International Labor Day.
	www.friesian.com /grndhog.htm (2684 words)

	Groundhog Day Cards, Groundhog Day Ecards, Groundhog Day Paper Greeting Cards
		Groundhog Day is a traditional festival celebrated in the United States and Canada on February 2.
		It is a cross-quarter day, midway between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox.
		Folklore from Germany and France indicated that when groundhogs and bears came out of their winter dens too early, they were frightened by their shadow and retreated back inside for four to six weeks.
	www.bigdates.com /holidays/groundhogday.asp (757 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Groundhog Day (Collector's Edition) [1993]: DVD: Bill Murray,Angela Paton,Andie MacDowell,Chris ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Because none of the other characters are aware that Groundhog Day is continually repeating itself, Murray goes through a repertoire of responses, from conniving lust for Rita (Andie MacDowell) to gleeful nihilism to a Zen resignation worthy of Buster Keaton.
		Groundhog Day manages the rare feat of producing belly laughs in abundance and also being genuinely wise about the human condition.
		Bill Murray as TV Weatherman Phil Connors is stuck in a loop forever repeating "Groundhog Day" the day he meets Punxsutawney Phil the weather sensing Groundhog.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Groundhog-Day-Collectors-Bill-Murray/dp/B00005UL69 (1369 words)

	Groundhog Day Links
		A list of links for groundhog day, many I have already listed here, but there are a couple of new ones too.
		This page has a lot of historical information on Groundhog day as well as information and frequently asked questions about Punxsutawney Phil.
		Claiming to hail from Sun Prairie, the groundhog capital of the world, Jimmy is set to check for his shadow on February 2.
	www.fvsd.ab.ca /stm/groundhog_day_links.htm (873 words)

	Groundhog Day
		Groundhog Day is February 2nd of each year.
		If the groundhog cannot see its shadow, it remains above ground ending its hibernation, but if its shadow is visible six more weeks of cold weather will continue, and the animal returns to its burrow.
		The other day I was sent some bonbons in my email and I tried to eat them.GRIN Can you tell by now that cabin fever has begun to affect Cyber Grandma?.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/2328/ghog.htm (361 words)

	David Seah - Groundhog Day Resolutions
		Groundhog Day is one of my favorite holidays, though calling it a "holiday" may be a stretch for most people.
		For me, Groundhog Day is a reminder to maintain a flexible, magical perspective on life.
		Bill Murray gave Groundhog Day a much-needed boost with the eponymous movie back in 1993, and it's been suggested to me that an appropriate way to observe the day is to indulge in his cinematic back-catalog.
	davidseah.com /blog/groundhog-day-resolutions (1748 words)

	The Weather Doctor Almanac 1998
		Rural folk took this day as a point to turn their backs on winter and look forward to the coming spring chores on the farm.
		The most famous groundhog is Punxsutawney Phil in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania where the local chamber of commerce has made their groundhog the prime 'hog for the U.S. Canada has Wiarton Willie, an albino groundhog who resides northwest of Toronto, Ontario, outside the community of Wiarton.
		If we used the groundhog to forecast the weather for only the next few days, it would probably be right a bit better than half the time for the following day and decreasingly likely to be correct as the forecast is extended to additional days..
	www.islandnet.com /~see/weather/almanac/arc_1998/98feb04.htm (1618 words)

	Groundhog Day
		For Phil, the nasty, self-centered weather forecaster played by Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day," that hell reveals itself one morning in the Groundhog Capitol of Punxsutawney, Pa...Groundhog Day will repeat itself over and over and over again, apparently until the end of time, and Phil will be permanently condemned to cover it.
		Groundhog Day for either Ephesians 5:16, "making the most of the time" or for 2 Corinthians 6:1, "now is the acceptable time." In the Movie, Bill Murray is a reporter stuck in a town in PA, covering Groundhog day.
		At first he is horrified, but then he realizes he can take advantage of what he is already learned from living the through the day previously.
	www.textweek.com /movies/groundhog_day.htm (295 words)

	Groundhog Day \| Welcome \|
		February 2nd is the midpoint between winter and spring, it is the day of The Purification of the Virgin Mary, the day to sweep out all your Christmas decorations and wrappers, a day to rejoice in the bounty that is ours, even in the dark depths of deepest mid-winter.
		The second of February is marked by Stonehenge, it was one of the four great festivals of the Celtic world, it is carved in the stars and celebrated world-wide as a good excuse to count the firewood (or check the air conditioners in Australia), and count our blessings and our friends.
		In our neighbourhood, Groundhog Day is all about street-hockey, curling, dances, jamborees and sing-a-longs, bone-china teas, pancake breakfasts...
	www.teledyn.com /fun/GroundhogDay (314 words)

	CBC News In Depth: Groundhog Day
		How groundhogs got a reputation for predicting weather patterns is a mystery, because they are not the least bit interested in their shadows or the number of winter weeks remaining.
		The original Wiarton Willie, an albino groundhog said to be 22 years old, died during hibernation during the winter of 1998-99.
		Groundhogs are woodchucks, members of the squirrel family, marmots, sometimes called "whistle-pigs." They are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/groundhogday (1372 words)

	Groundhog day origin
		It is based on a belief that on this day (February 2) the groundhog, or woodchuck, comes out of hole after winter hibernation to look for its shadow.
		There is an old European supposition that a sunny Candlemas day would lead the winter to last for 'another six weeks'.
		Apart from Pennsylvania, fascinating Groundhog Day events are also held in other states, especially, Nebraska, Tennessee, Georgia, Ohio, Arkansas, and California.
	www.theholidayspot.com /groundhogday/theday.htm (417 words)

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