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This holiday season, we would do well to remember what’s important, such as freedom, equality and brotherhood, what things are worth fighting for and what is not. “The theme for holiday was Give in to the Rhythm, and the red festive cups punctuated the jewel-toned palette of deep reds, greens, blues and yellows and a jazzy Santa with a profile that evoked the Starbucks siren”. But 17 holiday seasons later, not only is there no jazzy Santa-there’s no Santa at all.

The red-cup Starbucks controversy set off by Joshua Feuerstein in a YouTube video after discovering the company’s holiday cups do not have the words “Merry Christmas” written on them seems priceless considering the publicity the company continues to receive – not only in social media, but also search engine queries. The design varies from year to year, but has consisted of things from snowflakes and snowmen to Christmas ornaments and reindeer.

An enormous amount of coverage and attention has been aimed at the Starbucks “Red Cup Controversy” this past week – more so than a topic of this caliber warrants. This year’s cups, which debuted in early November, are a plain, matte red.

“I think in the age of political correctness we become so open-minded our brains have literally fallen out of our head”.

Basically, the new cup is just a version of Starbucks rebranding themselves.

In the video, Feuerstein wears a Christ T-shirt and brandishes his gun while speaking at the speed of a man who just pounded a triple-shot macchiato.

A Breitbart writer called the evolution of the cups “as disgusting as an Eggnog Latte”.

On Facebook, the vast majority of my brothers and sisters in faith laughed off the controversy and said that they were more offended by the prices at Starbucks than anything missing from the cups.

And a few noted that a boycott on Starbucks could result in shorter lines. That’s the end of that lease, but who cares?… He also encouraged each of his followers to tell the baristas that their name is “Merry Christmas” so that every barista would be forced to write “Merry Christmas” on the cups. That said, I stand by the opinion that Starbucks, especially after seeing how their consumers have responded, should have decorated the cups. “That I can tell you”. It’s shameful that an American presidential candidate could even see a strategy in appealing to such an unbelievably superficial controversy – that he could potentially earn votes by condemning Starbucks’ attempt to act as any smart, fair company would in a multicultural capitalist society. Do people really have nothing better to do? There were more than 861,000 Starbucks-related tweets, which peaked at 9am on Tuesday. After reading through a variety of sources, I’ve determined that someone out there must have far too much time on their hands (where can I get a few of that?) and they must not truly understand how to represent Christ during Christmas.

The real kicker? Spredfast was unable to find “any evidence” on Twitter “of Christians who were genuinely upset about the cup gaining traction”.

Starbucks said that the plain red cup is the canvas for people which they can use to celebrate Christmas the way they want to. Now, if you need me, I’ll be at my local Starbucks drinking a peppermint latte out of what I think is their most attractive cup yet.