Snowflakes, reindeer and candy canes are back on the 2016 Starbucks holiday cups after last year’s plain red ones caused an uproar from critics who said that the chain was part of a so-called war on Christmas. No one is complaining that the blue-and-brown holiday cups at Caribou Coffee take the “Christ” out of Christmas. Starbucks’s minimalist holiday cups in 2015. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)Starbucks’s holiday cups have often featured nondenominational holiday symbols, such as snowmen and stars. People thought it was the holiday cup, and a mass freakout ensued.

Source: Washington Post November 28, 2016 18:36 UTC