Groundhog Day!

Each year on February 2nd Punxsutawney Phil pops out and predicts whether we will be having 6 more weeks of winter or if summer is on the way...  Yesterday he said....  6 more weeks of winter.  Bummer.  I was really looking forward to putting away the sweaters and breaking out the sunscreen.  Here are a few facts about Punxsutawney Phil..  Who lives in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania and is the original and ONLY true weather predicting groundhog..

•  Yes! Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The others are just impostors.
  
•   How often is Phil's prediction correct? 100% of the time, of course!
  
•  How many "Phils" have there been over the years? There has only been one Punxsutawney Phil. He has been making predictions for over 120 years!
  
•  Punxsutawney Phil gets his longevity from drinking the "elixir of life," a secret recipe. Phil takes one sip every summer at the Groundhog Picnic and it magically gives him seven more years of life.
  
•  On February 2, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler's Knob - in front of thousands of followers from all over the world - to predict the weather for the rest of winter.
  
•  According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring.
  
•  No! Phil's forecasts are not made in advance by the Inner Circle. After Phil emerges from his burrow on February 2, he speaks to the Groundhog Club president in "Groundhogese"(a language only understood by the current president of the Inner Circle). His proclamation is then translated for the world.
  
•  The celebration of Groundhog Day began with Pennsylvania's earliest settlers. They brought with them the legend of Candlemas Day, which states, "For as the sun shines on Candlemas Day, so far will the snow swirl in May..."
  
•  Punxsutawney held its first Groundhog Day in the 1800s. The first official trek to Gobbler's Knob was made on February 2, 1887.
  
•  So the story goes, Punxsutawney Phil was named after King Phillip. Prior to being called Phil, he was called Br'er Groundhog.

There you go, Everything you wanted to know about Groundhog day and more... Hang in there, only 6 more weeks till the warmth of the sun will grace us again...  You can count on it because Phil said so... ;-)