Just read the customary article for this date. I see that according to this obviously pagan ritual, we will have 6 more weeks of winter (what winter? It was 80 in central TX yesterday!) It was towards the bottom of the article,
"The lead-up to the announcement was raucous with singing and dancing in front of a cheering crowd. The tradition stems from Candlemas, an ancient European celebration midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... /97388078/Really? Candlemas, an ancient celebration, just randomly placed between seasons? This is the first time in my life that a groundhog offended me
instead of lifting Christ up, they are lifting groundhog.
And now for the rest of the (true) story
http://www.goarch.org/special/listen_le ... index_html