Starbucks Hopes This Year's Holiday Cups Will Serve as a 'Messenger of Joy'

Seasonal beverages return to stores

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Pandemic or not, there are still a few things you can rely on with the arrival of the holiday season. One of those is the perennial Starbucks holiday cups, first introduced in 1997.

Since then, they have brought both cheer and, well, controversy. President Donald Trump once cited the cups as an example of the “war on Christmas.”

Whether or not this year’s cups pass the look test remains to be seen (though it may help that the U.S.

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