--- title: Dunkin' Donuts Unveils Holiday Cups Amid Starbucks Backlash description: The company unveiled the design amid controversy over Starbucks' seasonal cups canonical: https://time.com/4108329/dunkin-donuts-holiday-cup-starbucks-backlash-christmas/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-11T16:53:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:49.486Z og:title: Dunkin' Donuts Unveils Holiday Cups Amid Starbucks Backlash og:description: Here's how the designs differ og:url: https://time.com/4108329/dunkin-donuts-holiday-cup-starbucks-backlash-christmas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5991f2c597484b84/6988708ff887dce127e93432/starbucks-dunkin-donuts2.jpg?branch=production&width=813&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 813 og:image:height: 457 og:image:alt: starbucks-dunkin-donuts og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dunkin' Donuts Unveils Holiday Cups Amid Starbucks Backlash twitter:description: Here's how the designs differ twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5991f2c597484b84/6988708ff887dce127e93432/starbucks-dunkin-donuts2.jpg?branch=production&width=813&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dunkin' Donuts Unveils Holiday Cup Designs Amid Starbucks Backlash > Sponsored content. 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Dunkin' Donuts (L); Karen Bleier—AFP/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 11, 2015 4:53 PM UTC Dunkin’ Donuts’ is getting into the Christmas spirit with [new seasonal holiday cups](https://instagram.com/p/94QtOsDypk/) that will feature wreaths and the word “Joy” this year. The company [unveiled](https://instagram.com/p/94QtOsDypk/) the seasonal design as competitor Starbucks faces controversy for its latest holiday cups, which feature a minimalist design free of any recognizable Christmas imagery. Some Evangelical Christians have criticized the company for its holiday-neutral approach. “Starbucks REMOVED CHRISTMAS from their cups because they hate Jesus,” wrote Joshua Feuerstein [in a viral Facebook post](http://time.com/4104107/starbucks-holiday-cup-christians/). He also encouraged users to give their name as “Merry Christmas” while ordering to “trick” Starbucks baristas into saying the greeting. Even Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump chimed in. “I have one of the most successful Starbucks in Trump Tower,” [he said at a recent campaign rally](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/10/donald-trump-starbucks-holiday-cup/75506574/). “Maybe we should boycott Starbucks? I don’t know. Seriously, I don’t care. By the way, that’s the end of that lease but who cares.” See how Starbucks holiday cups have changed over the years: ### 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/4108329/dunkin-donuts-holiday-cup-starbucks-backlash-christmas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4108329/dunkin-donuts-holiday-cup-starbucks-backlash-christmas/"},"headline":"Dunkin' Donuts Unveils Holiday Cup Designs Amid Starbucks Backlash","datePublished":"2015-11-11T16:53:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:49.486Z","description":"Here's how the designs differ","url":"https://time.com/4108329/dunkin-donuts-holiday-cup-starbucks-backlash-christmas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Starbucks","Coffee","Companies","Dunkin' Donuts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5991f2c597484b84/6988708ff887dce127e93432/starbucks-dunkin-donuts2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5991f2c597484b84/6988708ff887dce127e93432/starbucks-dunkin-donuts2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"starbucks-dunkin-donuts","caption":"Dunkin' Donuts holiday cup (L) ; Starbucks holiday cups.","creditText":"Dunkin' Donuts (L); Karen Bleier—AFP/Getty Images","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/4108329/dunkin-donuts-holiday-cup-starbucks-backlash-christmas/","name":"Dunkin' Donuts Unveils Holiday Cup Designs Amid Starbucks Backlash"}}]}] ```