That’s what happened this week when Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) drew Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in the second annual Senate Secret Santa. They were two of sixty U.S. senators — 40 Democrats and 20 Republicans — who took part in this year’s gift exchange, which was organized by funny-man Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.).
Lee’s gift to Leahy? (Keep in mind: There’s a $10 limit.)
A Batman Snuggie.
“He just thought it was an appropriate gift, given the fact that Sen. Leahy made a cameo in the recent Dark Knight film,” says Lee spokeswoman Emily Bennion. “And it’s cold up in Vermont, so he thought that would be the perfect gift for Sen. Leahy.”
Leahy (not pictured in Snuggie at right) has made appearances in four Batman films over the years.
If you think that’s cute — and it is — wait ’til you get a load of the poem Lee wrote and sent along with the Snuggie:
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