--- description: Some Christians have taken to social media to protest the 2015 edition's lack of overt Christmas iconography title: See How This Year's Starbucks' Holiday Cup is Different image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt624b96b4e05d7f2b/69887041428a9e3503cd0027/starbucks-lead.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See How This Year's Starbucks Holiday Cup Is Different From the Past by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2015 9:22 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2015 9:22 PM CUT The 2015 edition of Starbucks’ annual red holiday cup has some Christians [taking to social media to protest the design’s lack of overt Christmas themes](http://time.com/4104107/starbucks-holiday-cup-christians/ "undefined"). The cup, which this year features a range of shades of red, does not include any iconography reminiscent of the holiday season, a decision that a vice president for the company called a “more open way to usher in the holidays.” See the evolution of the red cups over the last seven years below: ### 2009  Starbucks ### 2010  Starbucks ### 2011  Starbucks ### 2012  Starbucks ### 2013  Starbucks ### 2014  Starbucks ### 2015  Starbucks ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4105283/starbucks-holiday-cups-evolution/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4105283/starbucks-holiday-cups-evolution/"},"headline":"See How This Year's Starbucks Holiday Cup Is Different From the Past","datePublished":"2015-11-09T21:22:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:39:03.613Z","description":"Some Christians have taken to social media to protest the 2015 edition's lack of overt Christmas iconography","url":"https://time.com/4105283/starbucks-holiday-cups-evolution/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Starbucks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt624b96b4e05d7f2b/69887041428a9e3503cd0027/starbucks-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt624b96b4e05d7f2b/69887041428a9e3503cd0027/starbucks-lead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"starbucks-lead","caption":"Starbucks; Illustration by Kenneth Bachor for TIME","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4105283/starbucks-holiday-cups-evolution/","name":"See How This Year's Starbucks Holiday Cup Is Different From the Past"}}]}] ```