the largest groundhog day celebration is held at punxsutawney in western pennsylvania, us.
the largest groundhog day celebration is held at punxsutawney in western pennsylvania, us.
where is the largest groundhog day celebration held in the us?
punxsutawney in western pennsylvania
the weather lore was brought from german-speaking areas where the badger (german: "dachs") is the forecasting animal. this appears to be an enhanced version of the lore that clear weather on the christian holy day of candlemas forebodes a prolonged winter.









































the groundhog day ceremony held at punxsutawney in western pennsylvania, centering around a semi-mythical groundhog named punxsutawney phil, has become the most attended. "grundsow lodges" in pennsylvania dutch country in the southeastern part of the state celebrate them as well. other cities in the united states and canada have also adopted the event.









































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the groundhog was not named phil until 1961, possibly as an indirect reference to prince philip, duke of edinburgh.









































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the largest groundhog day celebration is held in punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where crowds as large as 40,000 gather each year (nearly eight times the year-round population of the town). the average draw had been about 2,000 until the 1993 movie "groundhog day", which is set at the festivities in punxsutawney, after which attendance rose to about 10,000. the official phil is pretended to be a supercentenarian, having been the same forecasting beast since 1887.
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