If you’re still sans Christmas gifts at this point, you’re a few hours away from being SOL. But wait, it’s not too late to run to Walgreens and score a Snuggie for anyone -- or any dog -- lingering on your gift list.
Even though the Snuggie was around last year, it seems like the blanket with arms is more popular than ever. And now, you can buy ‘em for your kids and pets. And they come with a book light.
You can get a Snuggie for about $15 at Walgreens or Wal-Mart. Kids’ Snuggies are $10.
I am hesitant to admit that my kids and I all own Snuggies. I like it, but I originally misunderstood its function, and I think a lot of people do, too. The Snuggie is simply to be used like a blanket: you throw it over yourself when you’re reading or watching TV on the couch. It’s not a robe, because the back is open, so if you try to wear it around the house, it will keep flapping open.
My mother-in-law actually sewed closed the back of my boys’ Snuggies so it’s more like a mini monk’s robe. I'm quite certain that, of all of us, my 6-year-old likes his fleece Snuggie most.
"It feels really good when I wear it with nothing underneath," he says.
Now there’s an effective tagline.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
