Where’s Christmas?! Starbucks has another cup controversy on its hands

Ready or not, it’s that time of the year again when stores set up giant Christmas displays, front yards get frosted in fake snow and Starbucks starts putting beverages in its highly-anticipated Christmasy red cups.

But wait — this year, there is an apparent lack of Christmas on the cups, and it’s making some holiday fans pretty angry.

I can't believe Starbucks didn't know that once something says Christmas on it, it can never not say Christmas again. #StarbucksRedCup

— Greg Wright (@GregTheWright) November 9, 2015

@Starbucks I'm not offended because they aren't Christmas themed, I'm offended because they're ugly. #RedCups

— •Alexandra• (@LexAnd_TheCityy) November 9, 2015

In the past, Starbucks has decorated the cups with Christmas images, such as snowmen, poinsettias, snowflakes and ornaments.

This year the cups are a red ombre, with a lighter red color at the top of the cup, fading into a deeper red color on the bottom.

Off to make someone's day. ❤ #StarbucksCard #RedCups pic.twitter.com/L7lnKqzZkU

— Starbucks Coffee (@Starbucks) November 5, 2015

The Christmas-less design is prompting some patrons to give baristas the name “Merry Christmas” at the register.

Can I get a name for your cup? Sure. "Merry Christmas" #MerryChristmasStarbucks pic.twitter.com/lFgFASnBsi

— Jay Carr (@Jay_Carr) November 6, 2015

Some have even threatened to boycott Starbucks because of it.

#Boycott #starbucks I don't care how much you like their coffee, get a cup elsewhere, this is a business catering to the left.

— 🇺🇸Trump🇺🇸 (@BarbAnn_PA) November 5, 2015

I wish more people would boycott #Starbucks for waging a war on Christmas. Whatever it takes to have a shorter line.

— JasmineEllisComedy (@JasmineCEllis) November 9, 2015

The backlash over the cups has created a backlash of its own, with people taking to Twitter to express their anger over the anger towards the coffee giant.

The #RedCups controversy is proof that our generation gets offended by everything.

— CollegeBoyProb (@collegeboyprob) November 9, 2015

This whole Starbucks red cup thing is SO dumb. Glad to know the designs on cups mean so much to America lol #merrychristmasstarbucks

— Kaelyn Walker (@kaewalk) November 9, 2015

The only way Starbucks could offend me with a red cup is if they gave me decaf. #MerryChristmasStarbucks

— Stephen Anfield 😀 (@StephenAnfield) November 9, 2015

Earlier this year, Starbucks unintentionally created another beverage container ruckus when baristas gave customers cups that displayed the hand-written message “Race Together.”

That attempt to get people to talk about racial inequities mostly got people talking about how obnoxious the whole thing was. The cup idea was shelved.

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