By John DeShazier, The Times-Picayune

January 25, 2010, 12:34PM

For now, it’s OK to bask in the aftermath of the hangover to surpass all hangovers in New Orleans.

That’s right: “Bask,” not “suffer” or “endure.”

Unofficially, Jan. 25, 2010, will be remembered as a holiday in New Orleans. Records will indicate that no substantive was done on that day in the city, the day after the New Orleans Saints’ 31-28 overtime thriller over Minnesota in the NFC championship game, which sent New Orleans to the NFL’s championship game, Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, for the first time in franchise history.

Wise, prepared workers phoned in sick if they hadn’t already set aside the day as a vacation day. The ones who reported probably didn’t get all that much done, with a skeletal staff on hand and the likelihood that they were sleep deprived. Because the Saints were all that was on the brain in the Saints-loving region, their victory on Sunday at the Superdome a reward for long-suffering fans just as much as it was for the men in uniform.

The moment was all that mattered.

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