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February 2, 2006
Location, Location, Location!
Happy Groundhog Day! Seton Hill University is closer to the magical rodent than you think! We are nestled a little over an hour south-west from beautiful Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Unfortunately he saw his shadow this morning, so welcome 6 more weeks of winter! Ugh. This bizarre tradition actually started in Europe and was called Candlemas, a Christmas holiday, of course. They used a hedgehog for this seasonal prediction. Supposedly the Pilgrims brought this tradition over and since they couldn’t find a hedgehog in western, Pennsylvania, they chose the next best thing…the groundhog. My question is, why couldn’t they have chosen something more attractive and something less destructive than a groundhog? What do they really know anyway? They hibernate 8 months out of the year!
Going back to the “facts”, I would like to wish you all a Happy Groundhog Day and a wonderful 6 more weeks of winter!
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Posted by AshleyHoffman at February 2, 2006 8:59 AM