I love Bobbie the Bear from Bridestowe Estate Tasmania

I’m not someone who brag BUT guess what my bf got for me last Christmas? Yes guys, it’s Bobbie the Bear from Tasmania. The thoughtful guy actually got one of his buddies to buy it for me when they went on vacation there, after knowing that I ‘like it’. Well he overheard me & some friends talking about the craze that has been going on.

Here’s the bear’s history :

The owners of Bridestowe Estate Tasmania created Bobbie the Bear as a fluffy solution to the excess of dried lavender they had lying around, and now the after-thought has turned into an international smash hit.

Chinese model Zhang Xinyu triggered the Bobbie the Bear craze after posting an image with the bear on social media in 2013. She wrote that the fluffy toy, which becomes a heat pack when microwaved, was a great bedtime companion. Actresses Sun Li and Fan Bingbing followed suit, sharing pictures with millions of followers.

It is an incredible turnaround for Bridestowe Estate which was close to closure several years ago. "The amount of folklore this is creating is just phenomenal," Mr Ravens the owner of  Bridestowe said. "Every day brings a new adventure and we're knee-deep in an international phenomenon. "We are still thinking about and wondering how it all happened."

In the year since Xinyu posted a photo of herself cuddling the bear, 65,000 visitors have flocked to the lavender farm to buy the fluffy toys.

This is one of the BEST Christmas gifts I ever have !!!