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Groundhog Day Decorations and Party Supplies

Six more weeks of winter, or is spring right around the corner?

Let's hope Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow! Try out our Groundhog Day top hats as a fun party favor! Groundhog Day celebrations are a unique kind of party that will have your friends and family buzzing with excitement.

Whether you’re celebrating at Punxsutawney Phil's burrow, at home, or in your classroom, order your Groundhog's Day party supplies from PartyCheap.com.

8 Fun Groundhog Facts:

  • The Germans already had a tradition of marking Candlemas (February 2) as "Badger Day", where if a badger emerging saw it's shadow winter last 4 more weeks.
  • The observance of Groundhog Day in the United States first occurred in German communities in Pennsylvania, according to known records.
  • The earliest mention of Groundhog Day is a February 2, 1840 entry in the diary of James L. Morris of Morgantown, Pennsylvania
  • Clymer Freas, who was city editor at the Punxsutawney Spirit, is credited as the "father" who conceived the idea of "Groundhog Day".
  • The Groundhog Day celebrations of the 1880s were carried out by the Punxsutawney Elks Lodge.
  • The lodge started out being interested in groundhogs as a game animals.
  • Punxsutawney Phil's statistics are kept by the Pennsylvania’s Groundhog Club.
  • A Middlebury College team found that a long-term analysis of temperature high/low predictions were 70% accurate, but predictions for an early spring were usually wrong.