Furthermore, Aaron Dean a Starbucks employee, also tells the site, “I work at Starbucks and there hasn’t been anything innately Christmas on the cups in years”. Maybe we should boycott Starbucks?
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“I wonder if we’re not overthinking or overanalyzing this”, Batura said.
The design no longer includes the words “Merry Christmas” or holiday-themed things like trees, ornaments, or snowflakes.
What do YOU think about Starbucks’ new all-red, no-design, no-theme holiday cups??
“I guarantee if I become president, we’re going to be saying “Merry Christmas” in every store”, he said. Trump told a crowd of supporters in Springfield, Illinois, on Monday. In many ways, the cups seemed created to be unremarkable – unlike, say, the “Race Together” cups the company tried to push in the wake of unrest in Ferguson, Mo., earlier this year. In a RealClearPolitics average of polls, Trump leads the GOP field with 24.8 percentage points.
Joshua Feuerstein – a former pastor who calls himself a “social media personality” – posted a video on Facebook last week, criticizing Starbucks for removing “Christmas from their cups because they hate Jesus”.
The MPs say they are angry that the cups’ designs do not include direct references to Christmas or Christian symbols. There are no reindeer, no snowmen, it’s just an ombré of red color.
“Starbucks has become a place of sanctuary during the holidays”, Said Fields. He’s urging other customers to do the same, and to post selfies with the cups on social media. A spokesperson for the company said in a statement to Today, “In response to the video, our core values as a company is to create a culture of belonging, inclusion and diversity”.
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“This is a denial of historical reality and the great Christian heritage behind the American Dream that has so benefitted Starbucks”, Andrea Williams of the U.K.-based organization Christian Concern British news website Breitbart.
