I can understand doing this in, say, January, but April? That snuggie will be friggen WARM!

Isn't the whole point of a snuggie so you can stay home? They don't seem like the most practical of garments to wear while walking (or crawling).

It should be called the Point and Laugh Pub Crawl.

CHICAGO, April 18--Eighty hipsters were mistakenly arrested by the Chicago Police this evening in what a city spokesperson called "a case of mistaken identity." Members of a "Snuggie Pub Crawl" were incorrectly identified as members of an Idaho-based doomsday religious sect known as "? and the End Times." The Snuggies worn by the pub crawlers bore a striking resemblance to the robe-like garments worn by the cult.

They should have done this in the style of Guerilla Queer Bar - don't announce it to the public, just do it.

OMG, I think I'm in Chicago that weekend!

@Eyebrows McGee: Please take pictures so we can ridicule them for buying a snuggie and paying $7.96 P&H per unit.

@zigziggityzoo: You've never experienced a Chicago "spring," have you?

(Warning: NSFW language, hilarity.)

What I don't get is that snuggies are ridiculously small. It takes two to cover up the average American! I just do not understand it at all.

I wish I was close, I'd go in a heartbeat!

My husband bought my daughter and I each a snuggie as a joke for Valentine's Day. I put one in my car and have threatened to put it on at my daughter's effing cold soccer practice for fun... I didn't but the look on her face was priceless.

I'm not even sure I'd do this for a FREE snuggie

I own a "blanket with sleeves." I call it a "robe."

@maztec: huh? Ours are huge.

@ekthesy:

The Snuggies worn by the pub crawlers bore a striking resemblance to the robe-like garments worn by the cult.

Except the Snuggies are conveniently open in the back -- like a hospital gown.

@bastion72: Now now, you can buy them at several B&M stores now.

@catskyfire: The robe falls open over your feet though and can't tuck under them.

@zigziggityzoo: Clearly you are not familiar with Chicago.

@B: Have you not see the commercial where the lovely snuggie adored family is at a sporting event?

I still don't get it. Aren't snuggies just oversized, loose-fitting pullovers? How are they different from any regular jacket?

@Connie Lee: no. Imagine a blanket you put from your neck to under your toes... but you can't get your hands out to do things... so it is a blanket with sleeve holes.

Or a super big flannel hospital gown!

@zigziggityzoo:

Someone lives in the south! In New England, for example, it doesn't get warm until late May. :-)

@zigziggityzoo: Just in case none of those other replies tipped you off:

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@Eyebrows McGee:

Represent, bb!

I think this event sounds awesome. Can't wait for pics.

WHY did I move to KC? Nothing cool like this happens in Missouri.

@catskyfire: A robe you wear BACKWARDS, you mean.

@calquist: Oh yeah. Money.

@maztec: The snuggie is just a cheap ripoff of the slanket. the slanket is actually the size of a regular blanket with sleeves, and doesnt make you look like a cult member when you wear it.

@B: The point of the event is abject silliness!

I think they should combine the Snuggie Pub Crawl with Thrill the World and do surprise Thriller dances dressed in Snuggies.

@WorldHarmony:

This idea gets my full and unwavering support.

Pub Crawl indeed as they'll all be on their hands and knees after tripping over the bottom of their snuggie.

Especially after downing a few.

@Gtmac: But they'll be warm when they pass out in the gutter.

@Charlotte Rae's Web: I only regret my decision to remain child-free once in a great while. This is one of those times.

It's not about smelling a newborn's head, watching those first steps, or taking the prom photos. No, it's all about the constant threat of mortifying embarrassment. This would bring me great joy.

I imagine it will be not unlike Santacon?

@Connie Lee: They're like what Crocs did for footwear-- it's what you wear once you give up on trying to maintain your self-respect.

@gqcarrick: Which is what the international media will be doing. Do we really want the rest of the world laughing at us (again)??

I am seriously considering doing this. It's absolutely hilarious. Or at least following them at a discreet distance?

The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse: Snuggie.
'Nuff said.

@HRHKingFridayXX: If I had money I would fly to Chicago just to point and laugh. I have friends who have snuggies, and I laugh at them every time.

@richcreamerybutter: I'm worried it'll be more Satyricon.

@zigziggityzoo: I'm pretty sure that, what with the white-hot Fuzzie flames burning within each participant, things will get pretty warm even if they were in the Antarctic.

@Eyebrows McGee: I'd advise camouflage to better blend in. 28 shopping days to go, Eyebrows!
And yes, pictures and live-blogging = heroicness

This is just dumb. Aside from the fact that their precious snuggies will be ruined (that fleece will pick up anything and everything), a number of people will probably go up in flames while smoking since that material is about as close as you can get to an oily rag. Also, they will look really, really stupid. When it comes to retarded things people should never wear outside of the home, snuggies are right up there with jelly shoes.

How do you walk around wearing this if it is open in the back? O_o Are these people naked underneath?

"When: Saturday, April 18th
The date has been changed from March 21st to allow for additional time for our guests to acquire their Snuggies™ and for the bars to prepare for our volume"

People are buying Snuggies just for this?? And there will be Snuggies in volume?????

I must be sure to stay away from the city that day.

@larrymac808: That's what my friends and I do with our Santa Pub Crawl. It happens about the same time every year, and in the same place, but we never announce to the bars that we are coming. It's much more fun to just do it and see how people react.

@youbastid: I think that's the point.