Starbucks' holiday cups are mostly DIY this year
Bring some crayons to complete your order
Bring some crayons to complete your order
Grab a coffee and some crayons.
Starbucks' popular — and sometimes controversial — holiday cups are in stores today, and they're mostly do-it-yourself. The designs have a splash of color with the coffee chain's regular green logo, some hands holding red cups with red ribbons, but from there, it's up to the customer.
“This year’s cup is intentionally designed to encourage our customers to add their own color and illustrations,” Leanne Fremar, executive creative director for Starbucks, said in a . “We love the idea of everyone making this year’s cup their own.”
If you didn't happen to bring crayons or your markers to the coffee shop, no worries. Colored pencils will be available in most of the company's nearly 5,000 U.S. locations.
A plainer red cup from 2015 spurred an outcry from critics upset that it lacked snowflakes, reindeer or specific symbols of Christmas. Even President Donald Trump, who was a candidate at the time, suggested boycotting the chain.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.