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Sunday, September 29, 2024

The blanket with sleeves, the Snuggie, could be yours for free.

Starting Saturday, the UF Bookstore will give away free Florida Gators Snuggies before each remaining Gators football game.

"My friends don't want to get me [a Snuggie] because they think I sleep too much already," said Keely McKissack, a UF public relations junior.

To be eligible to win a Snuggie this week, one must become a fan of the UF Bookstore on Facebook and RSVP to the UF Bookstore Gators Snuggie Give Away event by noon Friday.

As of Sunday night, more than 4,800 people were signed up on the Facebook event.

According to the store's Facebook page, 10 winners will be selected randomly before the UF-Arkansas game.

"All you have to do is join two things on Facebook, so I was like, 'why not?'" McKissack said. "Anything Gators is good in my book."

Winners will be notified on Facebook in a message or on the event wall.

Lynne Vaughan, director of UF bookstores, said they decided to have this giveaway because the Gators Snuggie is selling phenomenally online and in the bookstore.

"It amazes me how many people are buying them," she said. "We're one of the leading sellers [of Snuggie blankets] among college bookstores."

Originally, the Snuggie was available in burgundy, royal blue and green. But now the blanket is offered in more than 50 college team logos.

The Gators Snuggie is $24.95 at the UF Bookstore and $19.95 on collegiatesnuggies.com.

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