Doing what newspapers do, they dutifully show both “sides” of the “issue,” treating Feuerstein’s post as if it’s a Serious Cultural Thing. (Sadly for Feuerstein, most of those using it are there to say his campaign is dumb.) And the campaign has been covered as “news” by such esteemed publications as The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The video has been viewed 12 million times. “Guess what, Starbucks-I tricked you!” Feuerstein says. For those who really, really need their barista to wish them a Merry Christmas to find their delight, Feuerstein has a solution: Tell her your name is “Merry Christmas,” and then she’ll have to say it when she’s fixed your hot beverage of choice. They can’t, as a matter of protocol, wish everyone a Merry Christmas. That being said, Starbucks is a global company that serves millions of customers per day at over 23,000 stores in 68 countries, including the United States, which is home to people who celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, other holidays, or nothing at all in December. They are simply encouraged to create a welcoming environment to delight each person who walks through our doors.” So, no, Feuerstein isn’t right-there’s no ban on Christmas greetings at Starbucks. In an email, a Starbucks spokesperson said that the company’s baristas “are not provided a script or a policy around greeting customers. “Do you realize that Starbucks isn’t allowed to say ‘Merry Christmas’ to customers?” Feuerstein continues. Lyme Disease Is Baffling, Even to Experts Meghan O’Rourke “Do you realize that Starbucks wanted to take Christ, and Christmas, off of their brand-new cups? That’s why they’re just plain red,” he says.įirst off, just to be clear, the long-haired, chill-looking person on Starbucks’s cups isn’t Jesus- she’s “a 16th century Norse woodcut of a twin-tailed mermaid, or Siren.” And though Starbucks says it “has told a story of the holidays by featuring symbols of the season from vintage ornaments and hand-drawn reindeer to modern vector-illustrated characters” since 1997, there was never a time when someone could sip a latte out of a nativity-scene-decorated cup. It was a rare moment of trollish apathy for the Donald, considering that he was referring to the kind of peevish campaign that’s right up his alley: a video going around the Internet by a guy named Joshua Feuerstein-he calls himself “an American evangelist, Internet, and social media personality”-raging against “the age of political correctness” and the new seasonal coffee cups at Starbucks. I don't know,” Donald Trump said on Monday night at a speech in Springfield, Illinois. The third cup takes inspiration from holiday lights, with bold, graphic letters spelling out Starbucks, while the last one displays diagonal stripes that look like a c candy cane.“Maybe we should boycott Starbucks. One looks like wrapping paper with a colorful geometric patter and another has pieces of ribbon and sparkles-similar to what your floor looks like after doing your last-minute gift wrapping. #Starbucks christmas cups plus#The designs include the chain's famous red hue with hints of green and white, plus a new lilac accent color to brighten up your winter days.Įach design is reminiscent of a different step in the holiday gift-giving and decorating process. Well, looks like 'tis officially the season because the coffee giant is officially bringing back their red holiday cups starting November 4.įour new holiday cup designs are available for your hot beverages this season, all of which are inspired by gift-giving. When the weather gets cooler and the holiday planning grows more frantic, we know one thing for sure: Starbucks holiday cups are coming for us.
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