The origins of Groundhog Day date back to German settlers in the 1800s and the celebration of the Christian festival of ...

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Sunday morning, signifying six more weeks of winter, but his predictions are rarely ...

The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of spring and the new year on something called the lunisolar calendar. That's a type ...

According to folklore, we can expect an early spring if Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow on Groundhog Day.

Gloria McGowan of Williamsport, Ind., center, watches the festivities while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil, the weather ...

Celtic people across Europe marked the four days that are midway between the winter solstice, the spring equinox ... is also around when Christians celebrate Candlemas, timed to Joseph and ...

That’s the question behind German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig’s WINTER SOLSTICE, currently at the Berkeley Street Theatre in a Necessary Angel production in association with Canadian Stage and ...

The date not only divides the calendar between the winter solstice and the spring equinox ... there's a tradition of groundhog clubs and celebrations that are independent of Phil.

While Groundhog Day is Feb. 2, celebrations in Punxsutawney ... Candlemas is the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, and early Christians believed that a sunny Candlemas ...

Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, but celebrating the ...