My Favorite Holiday

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Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Merry Kwanzaa, Feliz Navidad, and have a wild and crazy New Year! My loyal Street Sense readers, do you know what Fido and I left out? The best holiday of the year: Groundhog’s Day! Now I know many of you may wonder why Feb. 2 is our favorite day. The first day of spring is March 21, exactly six weeks after Groundhog Day. And if our little buddy Phil sees his shadow, we get six more weeks of winter. So, it’s the same either way. They made a movie about it, right? Groundhog’s Day is great because your spouse, children, siblings, and friends will not be upset if you don’t spend it with them. Try doing that with Christmas, New Year’s or Valentine’s Day and see how that goes. Hallmark doesn’t have a card for Groundhog’s Day. It’s also the only holiday that doesn’t have its own one-day, What-a-Day sale at Macy’s. There are no DUI checkpoints on Groundhog’s Day. Banks and post offices are open on Groundhog’s Day. Your boss won’t be mad at you for calling off work on Groundhog’s Day–it will be just another sick day. No Street Sense vendor will ask for donations to help Punxsutawney Phil–except for me and Fido, that is. Who the heck celebrates Groundhog’s Day but me? Anyone? Everyone who knows me does, plus you too now. February is actually the start of groundhog mating season. My little furry friends come out of their burrows to get their reproduction on. So, Americans wake up at 5 a.m. to watch a rodent see — or not see — his shadow, when really he is just looking to get laid. For that reason, I alone deem Groundhog’s Day the best holiday of the year. For everyone else, have a great holiday season. Fido and I will be waiting for our favorite day instead. See you on February 2, 2013. God Bless America!

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