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Our Eight Favorite Things About Groundhog Day

Laffs by Scott Lydon & Jason Toon on February 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM

After a year of real news, reporters could really use a quiet trip to Punxsatawney.
Ensures that at least one ground squirrel species will never go extinct.
Our Jewish friends get to celebrate eight Groundhog Days.
Gives hope to other young holidays that someday they could be turned into a movie starring Bill Murray.
Has long outlasted a rival holiday briefly popular in the 1970s, Sweathog Day.
Quaint ritual amuses the lizardlike aliens who live inside the Earth's hollow core enough to keep them from wiping us out and starting over.
For just one day, shadow-watching hobbyists don't feel marginalized.
Gathering around the table with our loved ones while Dad carves the groundhog.