If not mistaken, the initial complaint was that Starbucks was removing Jesus/Christianity from the cups, not Christmas.
Removing reindeer and/or snowflakes from a cup, has no representation to Jesus.
The special cups are red (with some green also). These are Christmas colors (so why all the complaints).
Christmas has mainly become a marketing holiday for retailers, and all they're concerned about is massive money/sales (not Jesus).
I am Christian, but this debate is all too silly.
In past years the cups had sleds or ornaments.
http://m.mic.com/articles/128147/starbucks-holiday-themed-cups-cause-boycott-from-christian-groups-here-s-why
So they didn't have Jesus on the cups to begin with. It really is over secular Christmas symbols.
Ah OK.
I wasn't sure exactly what the symbols were (reindeer, snowflakes, sleds, ornaments, etc).
But I know the symbols had nothing directly to do with Jesus.
Thanks for the correction.
