Starbucks hates Christmas, Santa, Rudolph, Ebenezer Scrooge, Olive (the Other Reindeer), You, Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo, Père Noël, Krampus, and Jesus…at least according to The Internet, which never blows small things completely out of proportion.
You see, this year’s cups from the coffee chain are just plain red – and the lack of snowflakes, ornaments or snowmen has led a writer to post on Breitbart.com calling the plain red cups the “War on Christmas”!!!
And that article is not alone, just look at how pissed off this guy (who has a challenge for Christians) is:
Starbucks REMOVED CHRISTMAS from their cups because they hate Jesus … SO I PRANKED THEM … and they HATE IT!!!! #shareUse #MERRYCHRISTMASSTARBUCKSFollow –> Joshua Feuerstein
Posted by Joshua Feuerstein on Thursday, November 5, 2015
Great protest, pal. I am sure Starbucks is so angry that you are coming in and buying a drink with “Merry Christmas” on it. Side note: they would take your money even if you said your name was “Isis”…but, I digress.
And this guy is not alone. Look at how angry people are over red cups:
@Starbucks I have to agree with the rest of your patrons on social media. Bring back #MerryChristmasStarbucks!
— Luke Roberts (@LukeRobertsMI) November 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/ElyonSpaGirl/status/662638197579620353
https://twitter.com/KatOzkosar/status/663151687578832896
Then, there are those with a different position on the matter:
Forgot that forcing others to celebrate Christmas was one of Jesus' commands after love God & love your neighbors #merrychristmas #starbucks
— Greg Woods (@diygreg) November 8, 2015
Jesus, your robe isn't Christmasy enough. Taking the you out of Christmas. 🙁#MerryChristmasStarbucks @Starbucks pic.twitter.com/6KnBEyL6UQ
— Mandy Meisenheimer (@mandymeis) November 8, 2015
And then, there is this:
Frat Boys have been having a war on Christmas for years. #merrychristmasstarbucks pic.twitter.com/mFa6cGPDtS
— geoff grant (@needsinsulin) November 8, 2015
So, Merry Christmas! Glad to see that the holidays are bringing out the best in everyone, yet again.