Christmas cup blackens Starbucks image in online attacks

In the ‘tempest in a teacup’ category — only here it’s a coffee cup — some American conservatives are seeing red. They have accused the billion-dollar company Starbucks of taking the ‘merry’ out of Christmas by going with a one-colour, no frills idea. A rant by social media personality Joshua Feuerstein went viral and other righteous Christians agreed that the lack of holiday designs on this season’s cup was outrageous. See what you think. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));Starbucks REMOVED CHRISTMAS from their cups because they hate Jesus ... SO I PRANKED THEM ... and they HATE IT!!!! #shareUse #MERRYCHRISTMASSTARBUCKSFollow --> Joshua FeuersteinPosted by Joshua Feuerstein on Thursday, November 5, 2015 These customers in New York were more ‘live and let live’. Jasmine: “I like it anyways. I think some people don’t have enough problems, so they can worry about something like that. Well, I like it. It’s red, it’s Christmassy. It’s the colour of Christmas. So it doesn’t matter if it has snowflakes on it or not.” Brendan: “I thought it was actually the opposite. I thought that people were protesting because it was too Christmassy, because it was red. So I was very surprised when I found out that it was not Christmassy enough.” Debbie: “I don’t think you are going to find Christmas on the outside of a cup. I think Christmas comes from a deeper place. And besides that, I think they are doing a nice job with just making it so that it appeals to everyone.” The most wonderful time of the year! #RedCups pic.twitter.com/P3sXwPoJ2z— Starbucks UK (@StarbucksUK) November 3, 2015 Other Starbucks defenders noted it has ‘Merry Christmas’ gift cards and a ‘Christmas Blend’ coffee. The company just said it chose to go simple on the cups this year. Tis the season to be jolly? Well, okay, how about red?