The MPs say they are angry that the cups’ designs do not include direct references to Christmas or Christian symbols.
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The Starbucks coffee company has received criticism from a few on social media upset with the minimalist design of the brand’s new holiday coffee cups.
In the video Feurstein also complains that Starbucks employees are not allowed to say “Merry Christmas” and stages a “protest” by claiming the greeting is his name, effectively forcing an employee to utter the phrase.
What do YOU think about Starbucks’ new all-red, no-design, no-theme holiday cups?? He goes on to tell his almost 2 million Facebook fans that he entered his local Starbucks, told the barista that his name was “Merry Christmas”, and didn’t hesitate to do so while wearing a shirt imprinted with Jesus’ likeness and while carrying his gun. Photos of people holding their plain red cups with handwritten “Merry Christmas” are popping up in social media.
“I’m sure in a few ways they’re happy about a few of this attention. We have anchored the design with the classic Starbucks holiday red that is bright and exciting”, said Fields.
Matt Walsh tweeted: “Starbucks can’t take the meaning of Christmas away – their cups have nothing to do with the meaning of Christmas”.
A Starbucks spokesman said the company wanted a design that would be more inclusive. Feuerstein asked. “That’s why they’re just plain red”. An Arizona-based customer named Joshua Feuerstein managed to garner nearly 500,000 shares on his video about the Starbucks cups.
“We’re embracing the simplicity and the quietness of it. It’s more open way to usher in the holiday”, his statement continued.
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The Republican candidate added that he is a Christian and would like to see more mentions of the holiday in businesses. According to a report from ABC, a Starbucks spokeman shared that the plan red cups serve as a “blank canvas: for customers to write their own stories this year”. Last March, Starbucks was forced to yank its controversial “Race Together” campaign days after launch, which was meant to get people to talk about race.
