Bhubaneswar, Feb 10: Tracing the origin of 'Teddy day' today, we stumbled upon an anecdote where the 26th President of the United States of America Theodore Roosevelt aka "Teddy" was the inspiration behind the stuffed teddy bear. 

In the early 1900s Roosevelt had led a hunting party but unfortunately he could hit no animal despite waiting for hours. To please the President, some of his men tied a bear to a tree for the President to shoot it. But in that time, some wild dogs had injured the bear, witnessing the critical condition of the teddy President denied to shoot it. 

The news agencies and media houses projected it as if the President showed compassion on the bear and graced it with life.

Cartoonist Clifford Berryman beautifully drew this in his sketches, gaining more popularity for Roosevelt. 

Taking inspiration from the cartoonist, a New York based toy-maker Morris Michtom and his wife Rose made a bear like stuffed toy and called it "Teddy".  Thus, giving to the world, the teddy bear. 

Over the time the stuffed teddies became a symbol of love and February 10 is celebrated as Teddy day.