Alright, I know that this is the third U.S. entry and that there is probably more to come, but there was a recent holiday in the U.S. that is mainly obscure to the world: Groundhog day!
So what is groundhog day, I here you ask? It's a local celebration in a small town called Punxsutawney(pronounced Puncks-uh-tawn-ee) where a local groundhog who is also called Punxsutawney Phil(although there have been many groundhogs that have been used, they are all called Punxsutawney Phil) is taken out every February 2nd to see his shadow. Basically, a bunch of men dressed up in victorian clothes take a groundhog out and set him on the ground. If he sees his shadow, then he runs away(I think into this little hideout-burrow thing). If he doesn't, then he stays still.
The goal of it weirdly is to predict how long the rest of winter will be. If he sees his shadow, then there's six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't, then spring comes early. I don't know where specifically this tradition started, but I know it's common for all sorts of states on the north east to have their own traditional weather reporter groundhogs. It's probably even a thing in Canada. Even so, Punxsutawney Phil is the most popular and important. Anyway, it turns out that Punxsutawney Phil is only correct like 40% of the time, so it's mainly superstition. Nobody really believes that whatever Phil does determines the future, but even so people are curious each year. I don't know if this is popular in, say, California, but in many places where there actually is a winter people tend to know about it and check for it in the news every year.
The last thing I want to say is that there is a movie called Groundhog Day which stars Bill Murray, it takes place during Groundhog Day and it's actually pretty good. Usually people like to watch it during Groundhog Day because it is literally THE only movie that takes place during Groundhog day; it's a very obscure holiday.
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