{"id":3297,"date":"2016-01-05T08:01:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T13:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2016-01-05T08:01:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T13:01:57","slug":"the-cup-that-stole-christmas-is-starbucks-ruining-your-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=3297","title":{"rendered":"The Cup That Stole Christmas: Is Starbucks Ruining Your Holiday Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"starbucks<\/a>Katherine Boback ’17
\nEE\u00a0<\/em>Staff Writer<\/p>\n

With everything going on in today\u2019s world it may be surprising to see what has the the United States in a controversy so early in the holiday season. \u00a0You may have heard about it, seen it, or drank from it. \u00a0That\u2019s right, it\u2019s the Starbucks 2015 holiday cup, and it has the online world in a storm. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Starbucks, the largest coffeehouse company in the world, sparked a throng of controversy when it released it\u2019s new holiday cup on Tuesday, November 3. \u00a0Unlike previous holiday designs, this cup sports a plain red body devoid of any holiday-themed decorations. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So what has people so mad? Many avid Starbucks customers are outraged because they believe that it is a jest by the company against the christmas season. \u00a0The supporters of this side of the argument have taken to social media, and as proof of the massive following of this controversy, the original \u201cStarbucks\u2019 War on Christmas\u201d video has more than 14 million views, according to Vox. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although previous holiday cups never explicitly mentioned Christmas, they showed images of snowmen, snowflakes, holly, and other symbols of the season, and many believe that removing them is a move by Starbucks against Christmas altogether. \u00a0It is worthy to mention, however, that the coffee house also sells Christmas ornaments, advent calendars, Christmas gift cards, Christmas music CD\u2019s, Christmas coffee blends, and Christmas cookies. \u00a0But none of these have given any rest to what is being called \u201cThe Red Cup Scandal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To combat their outrage, many have started a movement to \u201ctrick\u201d Starbucks into decorating their holiday cups. \u00a0When buying a drink and asked for their name, they instead say \u201cMerry Christmas,\u201d so that their plain red cups have at least a small reminder of Christmas cheer. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Needless to say, the controversy has given Starbucks, if it was possible, even more publicity, making some wonder if the whole Scandal was sparked by a sneaky campaign on the corporate end, falling in line with the saying, \u201call publicity is good publicity.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Planned or not, even media stars are giving their take on the outrage of the red cup. \u00a0Ellen Degeneres weighed in on the topic with a jest at the supporters of the argument when she pioneered her \u201cStarbucks Holiday Vision Glasses,\u201d which are a pair of sunglasses with snowflakes and snowmen over the lenses, to help people who feel that Starbucks does not celebrate Christmas enough. \u00a0\u201cSo when you\u2019re wearing these you go into Starbucks and you\u2019ll see Christmas everywhere you look,\u201d she says, while advertising her new glasses which are on sale for a reasonable price of $99, \u201cWhich is slightly less than a Venti Frappuccino I believe,\u201d says Ellen. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen Colbert also gave his comedic take when he revealed his version of the starbucks holiday cup, which was covered in tinsel and Christmas lights, and sits atop a small christmas tree, on the Late Show. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even with these cracks from celebrities, many people are still up in arms about the holiday cups. \u00a0\u00a0\u201cI think it\u2019s stupid,\u201d says Trumbull High School junior Kate Romanchick in direct terms. The same opinion was voiced by Ariana Rojas, another student, when she said, \u201cI think you should be worried about other things than the color of a Starbucks cup.\u201d \u00a0So what do you think? Is the anomaly of the \u201cred cup\u201d a strike against Christmas, or simply, just a plain, red cup? <\/span><\/p>\n

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