MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 14: A man carries a large teddy bear for his girlfriend along Swanston Street on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. The day is named after two of 11 officially recognised Early Christian martyrs named Valentine, namely Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni, and has been associated with love and romance since Chaucer’s 1382 writings in ‘Parlement of Foules’ to honour the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia.
Kristian Dowling/Getty ImagesFour in ten adult Americans still sleep with a teddy bear at night.
More than half of the survey participants admit OWNING a stuffed animal, and 40 percent indicated the toy joins them at bedtime.
56 percent of those polled said that they’ve held onto their favorite stuffed animal from childhood for at least two decades.
72 percent of respondents want to keep their stuffed animal forever.
