USA+Holidays+and+Festivals

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=Groundhog day=

Groundhog Day is a well known holiday in America celebrated on February 2. After a long winter sleep the groundhog comes out of it's hole. If it's a sunny day its likely the groundhog will see his shadow and run back into his hole. We will have 6 more weeks of bad weather. If it is a cloudy, shadowless day he would think it's spring and stay out of his hole.

This legend was based on an old Scottish couplet: "If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there'll be two winters in a year." To celebrate this day, people gather at the Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney,Pennsylvania.

=St.Patricks Day=



=Presidents' Day=

It was originally called Washington's Day.
This year Presidents' Day is on Monday, February 21, 2011.

George Washington is the first president of the United States.