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The red cup: A history of Starbucks' festive looks

Following last year’s Starbucks festive cup controversy – in which it introduced a minimalist, plain red look – the global coffee company has done a U-turn and injected this year’s cups with a high dose of Christmas.

But now that we think of it, was Starbucks’ long legacy of red cups really that Christmasy in the first place?

Long story short, yes.

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