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Christians who apparently have the most perfect lives and have nothing else to be concerned about

are worried about Starbucks's recent holiday cups and how they don't celebrate Christmas enough.

Man, I want to live that life. I want to live that life where everything is so peachy

that you're concerned about Starbucks holiday cups.

Anyway, those are the cups in question.

How dare they? I can't believe they would do this to Christmas.

They're worried that the cups are too minimalist and you know, previous cups had things like snowflakes and reindeer on them.

Which is much more respectful of Jesus.

By the way, Starbucks holiday cups never endorsed one particular religion over another.

And by the way, Christmas colors are green and red, so I don't know what they're upset about.

Okay, so you're probably wondering who's complaining?

Like, there's no way that someone actually complained about this, but you're wrong.

One person by the name of Andrea Williams, who by the way lives in the UK.

She says this is a denial of historical reality and the great Christian heritage behind the American dream

that has so benefited Starbucks.

This also denies the hope of Jesus Christ and his story so powerfully at this time of the year.

They denied the hope of Jesus Christ by not putting snowflakes on the cup and other things that they've put on the past like snowmen.

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