The Best And Most Important Holiday Is Right Around The Corner
And it’s about a RODENT!
6 min readJan 27, 2022
If you know anything about me, you know one of three things: I revere pie, I collect spatulas, and Groundhog Day is my favorite holiday. And not that you can be right about favorite things, but I am right about this. All other favorite holidays are wrong. Here are the reasons that this is best holiday:
- It celebrates a rodent, and not something remotely controversial like Jesus or the United States or even a civil hero. Some people hate groundhogs, but very few hate them with fervor. When asked, most people would rank their feelings about groundhogs as, “No Opinion.”
- It takes place in the beginning of February. This is the worst time of year for most people. There is little salvageable daylight, it’s brutally cold, and the Holidays with a capital H are not distracting everyone from the horrible cold and terrible darkness. February 2 is a full month after the last holiday, New Years Day, which can stretch a little bit as people have resolutions and hopes and dreams. By February 2, though, those have all worn off and everyone is miserable again. That’s exactly when we need a holiday, wouldn’t you agree?
- The greeting card moguls have not yet ruined Groundhog Day. Depending on who you are, you may feel that Bill Murray has…