A hyper-regional Pa. holiday touting geese could become the next Groundhog DayFor over a century, central Pennsylvanians have gathered near the start of fall to celebrate Goose Day, a quirky holiday with ties to Europe. Buffie Boyer, communications director for the visitors bureau, called Goose Day a kind of “sister holiday” to Groundhog Day. It’s called Goose Day, for goodness’ sake — we just like to have a lot of fun with it.”Cooking the gooseBecause Goose Day revolves around eating the namesake bird, restaurants play a big role in the celebration. “I just wanted to participate, and it was really, really hard to figure out what we were going to do,” Pannizzo told PA Local. This is ours, and I love that.”This year’s Goose Day goings-on run from Friday, Sept. 26 through Monday, Sept. 29.