People are upset by this year’s design saying the coffee giant has done away with traditional symbols of the holiday season. A few religious conservatives have suggested Starbucks’ new cups are part of a movement to phase out Christmas-specific holiday decorations.
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The Dunkin’ Donuts cup has a green and red holiday design and says “Joy” in red letters.
“I have one of the most successful Starbucks, in Trump Tower”, he said, CNN reported.
If you’ve been in or near a Starbucks in the last couple of weeks, you may have noticed the coffee company has switched to their red “holiday” cups.
“Taking a cue from customers who have been doodling design on cups for years, this year’s design is another way Starbucks is inviting customers to create their own stories with a red cup that mimics a blank canvas”.
The Christmas coffee cup controversy continues to brew. Not once have the cups they push out during the holiday season denoted anything geared at a certain religion.
Others aren’t as amused by the whole war on Christmas though.
Customers go to Starbucks for coffee, and if the cup design ruins your coffee-drinking experience, then drive around the corner to the nearest Dunkin Donuts. We said farewell to Starbucks’ beloved Pumpkin Spice Latte (see ya next fall!) and are now entering a season taken over by the Peppermint Mocha and Gingerbread Latte. “By the way, that’s the end of that lease but who cares”. “No more Merry Christmas on Starbucks”, the bloviating billionaire told a rally in Springfield, Illinois, this week.
Joshua Feuerstein, a man who calls himself “an American evangelist, Internet, and social media personality” has claimed that employees at Starbucks are not allowed to wish their customers a merry Christmas. “I don’t know. Seriously, I don’t care”, he added. In the years prior, the holiday cups from Starbucks displayed images of snowflakes, trees, red present bows, and more.
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“We’re embracing the simplicity and the quietness of it”.
