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Woodstock Willie Groundhog Breaks With Punxsutawney Phil, Predicts Early Spring On 2/2/21 at 12:51 PM EST Will we get an early spring this year, or are we stuck with six more weeks of winter? It depends on which groundhog you ask (you read that right). On Groundhog Day, which takes place every year on February 2, legend has it that if the groundhog sees his shadow because of clear skies, we get six more weeks of winter. However, if he doesn't see his shadow due to cloudiness, spring will come early. Illinois' Woodstock Willie, the relatively svelte rodent, predicted an early spring, Crystal L...

Here’s an idea: Let’s honor Groundhog Day like it’s “Groundhog Day.” The 1993 movie, in which a bratty TV weather announcer gets trapped in an endless repeating loop of Feb. 2, has become the cultural totem for this pandemic year. Like Bill Murray’s Phil Connors, billions of the world’s citizens are in a place they do not want to be, forced by COVID-19 into constricted versions of daily life that can be downright maddening in their endless repetition. Or, as my 14-year-old just said, “Guess who just had a mental breakdown this morning because she cannot face doing the same ex...