Warsawan’s Visit With Punxsutawney Phil
February 5, 2018 at 6:38 p.m.
By Carol Anders-
Ami Pitt, her daughter Carolyn, Ike Wilson and family friend Dottie Schang traveled to Punxsutawney, Pa., to see the official groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, make his appearance Friday morning.
“Our baby, Carolyn, is a senior this year and it was a great memory maker,” Ami Pitt said.
Phil saw his shadow at 7 a.m., a sign of another six weeks of winter.
Ami said they always celebrate Groundhog Day because it represents the first whisper of spring. Every year they have a special dinner and make funny groundhog celebration food.
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She explained that her husband works outside, and by February they are all tired of winter.
“Anything that speaks of spring, we celebrate,” Ami said.
They arrived at Gobbler’s Knob at 3 a.m. in 13-degree weather and joined an estimated 50,000 other groundhog enthusiasts.
Groundhog Day is celebrated in both the United States and Canada on Feb. 2. Its beginning came from a Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if it is a clear day and the groundhog can see his shadow, he will go back into his den for another six weeks. If the day is overcast, then spring could come early.
Ami Pitt, her daughter Carolyn, Ike Wilson and family friend Dottie Schang traveled to Punxsutawney, Pa., to see the official groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, make his appearance Friday morning.
“Our baby, Carolyn, is a senior this year and it was a great memory maker,” Ami Pitt said.
Phil saw his shadow at 7 a.m., a sign of another six weeks of winter.
Ami said they always celebrate Groundhog Day because it represents the first whisper of spring. Every year they have a special dinner and make funny groundhog celebration food.
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She explained that her husband works outside, and by February they are all tired of winter.
“Anything that speaks of spring, we celebrate,” Ami said.
They arrived at Gobbler’s Knob at 3 a.m. in 13-degree weather and joined an estimated 50,000 other groundhog enthusiasts.
Groundhog Day is celebrated in both the United States and Canada on Feb. 2. Its beginning came from a Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if it is a clear day and the groundhog can see his shadow, he will go back into his den for another six weeks. If the day is overcast, then spring could come early.
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