National Teddy Bear Day - 25th November in Poland is World Teddy Bear Day (światowy Dzień Pluszowego Misia).

The first producer of the famous bears, being an American, got the idea of a toy after he saw a picture in which the then American President, Theodore Roosevelt refuses to shoot a bear cub while he is hunting. Teddy is a diminutive form of Theodore. To celebrate the event, 100 years later the date of 25th November became World Teddy Bear Day in Poland.

In Poland children (and adults) have the opportunity to celebrate the day, they bring plush bears to their kindergarten and proudly show them to their friends and teachers and of course play with them. Sometimes they have them dressed up, with the adults taking their teddy's to work.