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By Austin Cline, About.com Guide to Atheism since 1998

Religion & Groundhog's Day: Christian & Pagan Origins of a Groundhog's Day

Monday February 13, 2006
Most residents of North America are familiar with Groundhog's Day, celebrated every year on February 2. What people may not be so familiar with is the fact that there are important religious origins that lie behind that celebration, even if those origins are no longer recognizable. Today, Groundhog's Day is treated as a purely secular, if perhaps a bit superstitious, holiday -- but that was not always the case. Read Articl: Christian & Pagan Origins of a Groundhog's Day

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