Groundhog Day is arriving quickly and everyone is waiting ... According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the holiday originated with German immigrants in Pennsylvania in the 19th Century, but it ...

Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight ... And in eastern and central Pennsylvania, where people of German descent have been watching the groundhog’s annual emergence ...

The 70 attendees, including 30 youth, learned about Groundhog Day and the PA German language and culture. The event opened with the introduction of two live groundhogs Elliot and his little sister ...

Annually, Groundhog Day falls on Feb. 2. More: How a tiny Texas town of 71 residents became an epicenter for Valentine's Day The holiday began as a Pennsylvania German custom in southeastern and ...

The Groundhog Day tradition that began with German settlers in Pennsylvania, based on a German custom involving a hedgehog seeing its shadow. Since there were no hedgehogs in America, German ...

As more German settlers came to the U.S., they adapted their traditions, and replaced the hedgehog with a groundhog, which lived in the area. Groundhog Day was first recorded in Punxsutawney in ...

In the U.S., Groundhog Day dates back to the 18th and 19th centuries. Pennsylvania German settlers pulled the tradition from European weather lore that used the appearance of hibernators ...

Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow on a snowy Tuesday morning to perform his Groundhog Day duties. The annual event has its origin in a German legend that says if a furry ...

As the German-speaking Pennsylvanian Dutch settled in America, the tradition moved stateside with a groundhog replacing the badger. The first official Groundhog Day took place in 1887 in Punxsutawney.