“I have one of the most successful Starbucks, in Trump Tower (in Manhattan)”, Trump told the crowd, according to video of his speech.
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The whole Starbucks red cup controversy that swept social media early this week was like one of those terrible fights between roommates that escalates for no particular reason.
In a press release about the 2015 winter cups Jeffrey Fields explains the design is a way for “customers to create their own stories with a red cup that mimics a blank canvas”.
“With all of the attacks on religion, the fact that there’s not a snowflake on a cup of joe is probably not the most severe threat to organized religion”, said a bewildered Lipman.
“I think Howard Schultz and his team are sitting back in their chairs and high-fiving each other, ’cause they’re the good guys and buzz is buzz”, said Lemley, who worked with Starbucks in the 1990s to build the now-internationally recognized brand.
“If I become president”, the real estate mogul told the audience, “we’re all going to be saying “Merry Christmas” again – that I can tell you”. There’s nothing Christ-like about pulling a juvenile prank on a barista whose life would be a lot easier if you’d just tell her your name is Joe instead of wasting her time and making your fellow Christians look like jerks. A Santa, a snowflake, a few holly, a polar bear, a few jingle bells or plain red cup don’t define Christmas for me as a Christian.
“Starbucks REMOVED CHRISTMAS from their cups because they hate Jesus”, evangelist Joshua Feuerstein wrote on his Facebook page. Much of what is used to celebrate Christmas, such as the Christmas tree, is actually from pagan traditions.
Moreover, it doesn’t seem that this year’s plain red cups are focused any more or less on Christmas than the past six Starbucks designs were.
For Starbucks, the annual reveal of their “red cup” is meant to signify that the holiday season is approaching.
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A minimalist all-red design with no images aside from the company’s green and white logo will probably appear on the cups. Maybe we should boycott Starbucks, I don’t know. Naturally, people are very upset about this, as they believe Starbucks has done away with Christmas symbols because they are launching a “War on Christmas” with their political correctness. “The ombré creates a distinctive dimension, fluidity and weightedness”. “It’s more open way to usher in the holiday”.
