This is all over social media, so I figured I’d help y’all out with this.
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And if that’s not enough, then perhaps Stephen Colbert can help you figure out what’s what.
Tip o’ the white plastic lid to Slate’s Lisa Larson-Walker for putting this image together for me so quickly and so perfectly.
“The View” co-host Candace Cameron-Bure has spoken out in support of the Starbucks coffee company after it received criticism for its new red holiday cup design. “And now Starbucks customers are disappointed that instead of an ultra-Christmasy cup, they’re getting one of these”. First, he pointed out that a red and green cup could symbolize many different things.
While Stephen agrees that the plain red-and-green canvas suggests basically anything from bell peppers to an amphibian’s unlucky encounter with a bus, he goes on to offer a more holiday-friendly option. Previous cups displayed snowflakes, which have nothing to do with the religious aspects of Jesus Christ or Christmas as celebrated by Christians.
Joshua Feuerstein isn’t alone with his controversy. On Feuerstein’s website The Radicals, there is an article written the same day, titled “Starbucks Holiday Cups No Longer Contain Christmas References”. Complete with lights, ornament, tinsel, a manger scene, music, and of course, a full Christmas Tree underneath it, the cup is obviously the solution to the problem.
“Remember Starbucks: Christmas is the season for giving into any demand anyone makes on the Internet”, Colbert said.
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What are your thoughts on this? Did you find Stephen Colbert’s Starbucks coffee cup solution humorous?
