Snuggie Love

Perhaps you have seen it.  It is quite simply the product sensation of this holiday season. Yes, I am talking about the snuggie, the wearable blanket.  I witnessed this Christmas miracle on TV one day, and my life has never been the same since.  I instantly told my wife about it, and low and behold, the next day, she received an email about the snuggie.  It’s like the creators of the snuggie (yes I like saying that word) are inside our heads, knowing when we are most succeptable to purchasing their product, ready to pounce on our weakened state.

 

As the infomercial tells you, not only is the snuggie a perfect blanket to have while lounging on the sofa, but it has endless possibilities since you can wear it (the snuggie has sleeves).  Want to get up for a snack but worried you will get too cold? Worry no longer-snuggie will allow you to satisfy your cravings.  Want to go outside and play tackle football while looking like a Jedi? Cloak yourself in a snuggie and dazzle/mind-control your friends (“You will throw an interception”).

 

Alas, just like any other good thing, there are those that want to tear it down or threaten its exsistence.  Enter the slanket.  The slanket is clearly a poor imitation, a mere sliver of what the snuggie is.  The snuggie was here first (evidenced clearly by the fact that I saw its commercial first), and should be able to lay the sole claim to the wearable jacket market.  But hopefully consumers will not be fooled by the slanket’s diabolical marketing scheme. You should be ashamed of yourself, slanket. You are no better than the con-artists who prey on the elderly and little kittens during the holiday season. 

 

You know you can’t deny it.  The allure of the snuggie can only be resisted for so long.  Go ahead, give in to your urge.  You won’t regret it (and if you do, it will only be two small installments of regret, with a 3^rd one free!).