To the Editor:

Groundhog Day, eagerly awaited by all and nationally celebrated by the media, should be a national holiday.

The U.S. awakens that day to one of the top stories of the media. Phil, the famous, well-rested, pampered groundhog, in a top-hatted, well-rehearsed, elaborate ceremony, is rudely awakened and pulled from his home once a year, and held up high for the world to see. This year, still half-awake and through bleary eyes, he saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter.

February 25, 2015