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Editorial: Starbucks flap pours out a cup of bad cheer
Red cup dustup is latest silly notion that a secular PC Grinch has stolen Christmas
Starbucks War on Chri Albe
A barista reaches for a red paper cup as more, with cardboard liners already attached, line the top of an espresso machine at a Starbucks coffee shop in the Pike Place Market on Tuesday in Seattle. It's as red as Santa's suit, a poinsettia blossom or a loud Christmas sweater. Yet Starbucks' minimalist new holiday coffee cup has set off complaints that the chain is making war on Christmas. - photo by Elaine Thompson
Amid the real issues and challenges our society faces headed toward an election year comes this one that blew up the Internet last week: The coffee chain Starbucks came up with a plain red holiday cup that some didn’t deem festive or “Christmasy” enough. Then the whole “war on Christmas” chorus erupted anew. Never mind that in past years, Starbucks cups featured images like snowflakes, snowmen and winter scenes that, when you think about, also have little to do with Christmas, Jesus or any of the holiday’s religious roots.