The Groundhog Day is basically a German tradition. In native Germany, hedgehogs were used to detect if the winter will run long or if it has come to an end. It is believed that they can predict the weather accurately by observing the shadow of its own. Every year on the 2nd of February the Groundhog Day is celebrated in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. It was started by the German people who came to settle down at Pennsylvania. Clymer H. Freas, who was the editor of a newspaper in Punxsutawney, became fascinated by the use of groundhogs for determining the weather and started championing it.
