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"The Snuggie has come blazing through 2009 like some inexplicable, unstoppable, so-bad-it&amp;#x27;s-good phenomenon, swiftly sidelining Crocs as the top contenders in the &amp;quot;love to hate it&amp;quot; contest. It&amp;#x27;s got an official Facebook fan page with more than 15,000 fans, an endorsement from the Today Show crew, and now, the &amp;quot;How ridiculous is this, really?&amp;quot; treatment from The New York Times. Allen Salkin, Times reporter, recently took to the streets of Manhattan wearing &amp;quot;the blanket with arms&amp;quot; to see just how the public would react to his little cocoon of comfort. He was called a grim reaper, &amp;quot;Gandalfy&amp;quot; (as in, reminiscent of The Lord of the Rings character), and a Sherpa--but that doesn&amp;#x27;t mean people didn&amp;#x27;t love it. &amp;quot;It looks cool because it looks warm,&amp;quot; a 7-year-old told Salkin. &amp;quot;You&amp;#x27;ve got my favorite blanket on!&amp;quot; another woman told him, and one very excited bar patron even insisted on stripping it from his bod so she could wear it herself. Surely they&amp;#x27;re on to something--according to the article, more than four million Snuggies have already been sold. Now tell the truth, gals--are you the proud owner of one? Did you give your dad one as a Christmas gift? Have you been about to dial the 800 number countless times, only to find yourself embarrassed by the thought of owning a blanket with arms? Or have you barely taken yours off since the moment it arrived in your mailbox? Just in case you haven&amp;#x27;t seen the hilarious commercial, check it out now... Check out even more fashion moments that are worth forgetting and the 15 most unfortunately named trends of all time! Photo: Courtesy of Allstar Products Group"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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