Groundhog Day

Today, February second, is Groundhogs day.  This is a commonly celebrated day around the U.S. about if there will be six more weeks of winter or a sign that spring is coming.  This is based on the weather this day.  If it is cloudy with little or no sun than it's a sign of spring.  If there is lots of sun and the groundhog, "sees his shadow" then he gets scared and goes into his hole and there is six more weeks of winter.  On this particular Groundhogs day it was sunny and now there should be six more weeks of winter.  This tradition comes from similar beliefs based on the older Candlemas day, celebrated by the early Christians in Europe.  Old poems and songs about this holiday talk about the same weather pattern that day affecting the elongation of winter.