When I first saw the commercial for the Snuggie, I almost fell out of my chair laughing. It looks like a ‘70s infomercial featuring people immobilized by the awkwardness of…a blanket? These poor folks can’t reach for coffee mugs or change the channel on the TV. They can’t do anything.
Thank goodness for the Snuggie! – which is basically a poncho with arms. With the Snuggie, you can do anything while still staying warm – cook, dance, scale buildings, whatever.
Of course my first thought was “what’s wrong with a sweater?”, but it was chilly in our office last week and oddly, I found myself wistfully thinking of the Snuggie. Yes, the commercial’s absurd, but the idea of cozying up in a blankie while banging away on the keyboard does have its appeal. As does the price: 15 bucks! It could definitely warm up those pre-dawn mornings when you’re making the baby’s first bottle or packing lunches.
I love how they're not telling you what it really is: A robe! The Snuggie is a robe, right? But maybe without a zipper or a belt, so it's a little harder to put on and take off?
I couldn't stop laughing either when I saw this commercial. I loved how they made pulling your arms out of a blanket to appear as such an arduous task. But more than that, I love the image of the whole family wearing the maroon ones - great for families in monasteries or bizarre cults!
I know this is a parenting forum, so I figured that people reading this might want to know they have something that just came out called the 'Snuglette'. It's a smaller size snuggie that is made for kids.
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