People are placing stuffed animals in their windows during coronavirus lockdowns to brighten the mood and give children a game to play by spotting bears in their neighborhoods.
In this Monday, March 30, 2020, photo, a teddy bear hangs upside down in a window of a house in Christchurch, New Zealand. by spotting the bears in their neighborhoods. WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Some are perched in trees. Some are hanging upside down. Some are baking scones.
New Zealand last week began a four-week lockdown but people are still allowed outside to exercise if they keep a safe distance from each other. In other words, bear-spotting is okay. Hoffman said one woman wrote that the teddy bears were the only thing getting her through the isolation, after she had already been housebound for six weeks following surgery before the lockdown began.
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