Happy Groundhog Day

[Rye]

I bet pretty much everyone forget about Groundhog Day, myself included, until now. So... Happy Groundhogs Day! :D

Unfortunatly, 6 more weeks of winter, per usual. :(

[Yamaneko]

Does that mean he saw his shadow? Damn him!

[Shoden]

Exactly wth is Groundhog day?

[Lost Number]

What is Groundhogs Day? SOmethin bout goin back in time, if I remember.

[Rye]

I think it's an old German Tradition that the US got from them or something (I heard it from someone else so if I'm wrong, forgive me) but basically, we have a Groundhog, and it's said that they're scared of their own shadow. If it sees its shadow, we get 6 more weeks of winter. If not, spring comes early. :)

[Lost Number]

Oh. Ya learn somethin new every day.

[Rye]

I just looked it up. It is an old German tradition, but we changed it a bit. They used a badger and it was called Candlemas. :)

"When German settlers arrived in the 1700s, they brought a tradition known as Candlemas Day, which has an early origin in the pagan celebration of Imbolc. It came at the mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Superstition held that if the weather was fair, the second half of Winter would be stormy and cold. For the early Christians in Europe, it was the custom on Candlemas Day for clergy to bless candles and distribute them to the people in the dark of Winter. A lighted candle was placed in each window of the home. The day's weather continued to be important. If the sun came out February 2, halfway between Winter and Spring, it meant six more weeks of wintry weather.

If the sun made an appearance on Candlemas Day, an animal would cast a shadow, thus predicting six more weeks of Winter. Germans watched a badger for the shadow. In Pennsylvania, the groundhog, upon waking from mid-Winter hibernation, was selected as the replacement."

[Lost Number]

Only tradition we have is locking the doors in summer.

[SoulTaker*]

Global warming has killed the ground hog.

[theundeadhero]

OH NO, six more weeks of 60-70 degree winter weather :(

[Sapphiresea]

NO, I whis that winter would go away already. I'm sick of it being cold!

[RSL]

I didn't forget groundhog day. But Anaisa did.

[SammieBabe]

OH NO, six more weeks of 60-70 degree winter weather :(
What ever shall we do?! :(

[Tavrobel]

Good thing he DID see his shadow or else we would have have 42 less days of spring, taken from the beginning! No, there is no need for 50+ degree weather!

[Xaven]

OH NO, six more weeks of 60-70 degree winter weather :(
Oh noes! We'll freeze!

Ah, the benefits of southern California.