My parents lived in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania for a few years, so my kids and I know a lot about the groundhog. Punxsutawney is where crowds as large as 40,000 have gathered to celebrate the holiday since at least 1886. One of the first things you notice when you reach the small town is that everything (and I mean everything) has a groundhog on it. We have t-shirts, hats and sweaters with the rodent’s face in it. When my daughter was just a toddler and learning how to speak, Punxsutawney was one of the words she said regularly and it remains an adorable memory today. So our family will eagerly await to see what happens this Groundhog Day 2011.US NEWS PAPER
