Why Do People Save Stuffed Animals?
Many teenagers, and adults, too, enjoy owning stuffed animals. Sometimes there are so many animals piled up that it’s hard to find the bed! Displayed on shelves or sitting in little chairs and wagons, our favorite plush dolls and bears are often used in decorating our homes to give them that warm comfortable feeling. They are also used for holiday decorations, as a playful reminder of Santa’s surprises from years long past, of the Easter bunny’s visit, or of ghosts and goblins to come. They look down on us from our computer monitors, line the back windows of our cars, and our team mascot stuffed animals declare our allegiance. We hold onto these lovies from our past long after we become “grown-ups”, and diligently search for replacements when they somehow disappear during a move, get lost on vacations, are discarded as divorce splits families, or are accidentally thrown away. We like to pass on a new version of our own childhood toy to our children and grandchildren, too. REAL Stuffed
