Just as it does every year, Starbucks has recently released new cups for the holiday season. However, unlike years past, this year’s cup is stirring up quite the controversy. Yes, you read that correctly. Cups are now causing controversy. It seems that nothing is immune to causing controversy nowadays.

The issue with the cups is not what is on them but rather what they are lacking. Instead of festive holiday snowmen and snowflakes, the cups feature a simple red ombre. To most, this might just seem boring, but to some people it’s a direct "attack on Christianity." I know this must seem like some elaborate prank pulled by trolls on the internet, but it is, unfortunately, a legitimate issue.

On November 5, Joshua Feuerstein started the controversy when he posted a video to Facebook. In his video, Feuerstein claims that Starbucks removed Christmas imagery from their cups because “they hate Jesus.” Feuerstein has also been encouraging Starbucks customers to say their name is “Merry Christmas” so that the barista is forced to write it on the cup. There is one glaring fault in Feuerstein’s plan, and that is, he lacks a following. A few people have sided with him, including presidential candidate Donald Trump, but the majority of Americans and Christians agree that Feuerstein and the cup controversy is ridiculous.

Starbucks’ holiday cups have never featured any Christian imagery in the past. There have never been any manger scenes or wise men on the cups in previous year. Instead, the cups mostly featured snowmen, reindeer, and snowflakes. So there really is no removal of Christianity if it was never there in the first place.

The whole controversy is actually rather insulting to the majority of Christians. It makes us all seem like nut jobs who want to shove our ideals down everyone’s throats. Yes, I am aware that there are many Christians who do feel that way, but in the modern world they are becoming the minority. Most Christians are actually tolerant people who have no problem with secular coffee cups.

There are so many more important things to worry about instead of what Starbucks' cups look like. Maybe we should focus our attention on important things such as world hunger. But if you still need to drink your latte from a festive cup, Dunkin' Donuts still features a Christmas design on their holiday cups.