Responding to the Punxsutawney Phil Facebook photo, Marci Salt posted this picture with the message: :What a BEAUTIFUL picture with the snow! I LOVE it!!! It was so MUCH fun watching you today and you did a GREAT job! In honor of Phil, I made this meatloaf for dinner!"
Punxsutawney, Pa. Surprising exactly no one this snowy week, Pennsylvania’s own world-famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. For the first-ever virtual Groundhog Day celebration, visitors from all over the world tuned in to see Phil make his highly anticipated weather prognostication for the 135th time. “Groundhog Day is a beloved Pennsylvania tradition that has been embraced wholeheartedly by Phil’s faithful fans from around the world for generations,” said Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf. “Although we couldn’t celebrate together in person this year, viewers could experience the magic of Phil’s prediction virtually by watching from their homes while prioritizing everyone’s health and safety.” The story of the holiday tradition declares that if the groundhog emerges early on the morning of Feb. 2 and sees his shadow, we will have six more weeks of winter weather. Should he not see his shadow, we will have an early spring. The annual event began in 1886, when a spirited group of groundhog hunters dubbed themselves “The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club” and proclaimed Punxsutawney Phil to be the one and only weather prognosticating groundhog. (Punxsutawney Phil Facebook photo)