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WTF! SNUGGIES OUT IN PUBLIC? THAT'S A BLANKET FOR YOUR HOUSE!

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At least they'll be snug when they pass out.

Dozens of men and women dressed in robelike fleece coveralls made their way from bar to bar Saturday for the New York City Snuggie Pub Crawl.

The Snuggie, the TV-advertised "blanket with sleeves" that has created a cultlike following, was the glue that held the group together during the eight-hour event. Or maybe it was the $2 Budweisers and $3 well drinks.

"I'll take any excuse to drink and be comfy," said Jennie Morton, 23, a nanny from Astoria, Queens.

Morton, who wore a blue Snuggie with a colorful belt and scarf, was happy to dress down for the day of drinking. "Hello! I'm wearing flip-flops," she said at the first stop, the Village Pourhouse. "I'm usually wearing heels when I'm at a bar."

More than 50 Snuggie-wearing binge drinkers crowded the East Village bar's back room for about an hour before moving on to the nearby Bar None.

Onlookers were puzzled by the gathering.

"It makes me think of cults," said Keith Murphy, 37, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. "You know, mass suicides and spaceships."

Asked if he would consider wearing a Snuggie to a bar, Murphy said he wouldn't even wear it in his house.

Vladimir Aurelus, 33, said he wouldn't wear a Snuggie to a bar, either. "I want to stay cool, literally and figuratively," he said.

A Chicago-based charity concocted the bar hop to raise money for an orphanage in Tanzania, but that was far from the minds of the cozy and crazy crew.

Some reenacted the famous infomercial that made the Snuggie a national sensation.

"The commercial is so dorky, you just have to go with it," said Lauren Levinstam, 25, of Westchester County, who spent Friday with 10 friends tailor-making her Snuggie into a beaded gown.

Oil broker Jon Short, 37, wore his blue Snuggie backward and open to let in some cool air. Sweating, he lamented, "This seemed like a good idea at the time

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