Xmas at Starbucks
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It would look more Christmasy with a green lid. Of course, the contents of the cup are more important than the cup itself. Actually, I enjoy Starbucks coffee. I feel like a double espresso.
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MadParrotWoman
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Christmas. Why do others spell it the other way. It's like you are taking out the most important thing about Christmas. Christ.
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MadParrotWoman
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I don't drink coffee and have never been to starbucks but I believe they ask you your name and write it on the cup? Am I correct? If true it's simple, tell them your name is "Merry Christmas". Regardless, the OP is correct in that Christmas has zero to do with coffee.
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Siberian_Khatru
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Funny.
Yesterday I spent the entire work day cutting the generic red seasonal menus.
(If you walk into a Starbucks/Supermarket in America and glance over their menus, we did those. Why? I have no idea why they used the company l work for? I assumed they had a secret Starbucks base in the desert, where they built super employees, bounce ideas off each other to make their drinks more expensive, have top secret coffee formulas, and is the super center where all the powerful men of the world gather to make plans to take over the coffee market...one drinker at a time.
....oh, and of course, make seasonal red menus.)
So, the cups match the menus.
Style over Christ.
I may know their Christmas drink line up by heart, but l still have no idea how to order a regular cup of coffee from them?
They are a confusing company, so this should surprise no one.
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Yeah. I do like the cup it is a good message to those who don't have JESUS in their life. Thank God I do!
I think we all need to take a chill pill here. Are we seriously upset because a secular company doesn't want to make their cups more "Christmas-y"?
There are more important things to worry about here. How about the REAL persecution Christians are under.
There are more important things to worry about here. How about the REAL persecution Christians are under.
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Actually I threw that in to stir the pot.
Myth: “Xmas” is a non-religious name / spelling for “Christmas”.It turns out, “Xmas” is not a non-religious version of “Christmas”. The “X” is actually indicating the Greek letter “Chi”, which is short for the Greek
(From The "X" in "Xmas" Doesn't Take the "Christ" Out of "Christmas")
Hokay, now that I've done that (sorry, been cooped up sick all week and I'm bored), personally I don't care what Staryucks does with their cups. Frankly, I get a perverse pleasure out of watching this world screw itself into apostasy.
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That's interesting (you rascal)! Thanks for posting the info.Actually I threw that in to stir the pot.
Myth: “Xmas” is a non-religious name / spelling for “Christmas”.It turns out, “Xmas” is not a non-religious version of “Christmas”. The “X” is actually indicating the Greek letter “Chi”, which is short for the Greek, meaning “Christ”. So “Xmas” and “Christmas” are equivalent in every way except their lettering.
(From The "X" in "Xmas" Doesn't Take the "Christ" Out of "Christmas")
Actually.....
X is a Greek letter for, "chi" (pronounced as ch) which means "Christos" or "Christ."
Actually I threw that in to stir the pot.
Myth: “Xmas” is a non-religious name / spelling for “Christmas”.It turns out, “Xmas” is not a non-religious version of “Christmas”. The “X” is actually indicating the Greek letter “Chi”, which is short for the Greek, meaning “Christ”. So “Xmas” and “Christmas” are equivalent in every way except their lettering.
(From The "X" in "Xmas" Doesn't Take the "Christ" Out of "Christmas")
Hokay, now that I've done that (sorry, been cooped up sick all week and I'm bored), personally I don't care what Staryucks does with their cups. Frankly, I get a perverse pleasure out of watching this world screw itself into apostasy.
Actually.....
X is a Greek letter for, "chi" (pronounced as ch) which means "Christos" or "Christ."
It's almost time for the Xmas threads.
The “X” in “Xmas” — Learn the sacred, 1,000-year-old meaning of the “X” | Dictionary.com Blog
Here’s a holiday surprise that only the dictionary can provide. Do you find the word “Xmas,” as an abbreviation for Christmas, offensive? Many people do.
You won’t find Xmas in church songbooks or even on many greeting cards. Xmas is popularly associated with a trend towards materialism, and sometimes the target of people who decry the emergence of general “holiday” observance instead of particular cultural and religious ritual.
But the history of the word “Xmas” is actually more respectable — and fascinating — than you might suspect. First of all, the abbreviation predates by centuries its use in gaudy advertisements. It was first used in the mid 1500s. X is the Greek letter “chi,” the initial letter in the word Χριστός.
And here’s the kicker: Χριστός means “Christ.” X has been an acceptable representation of the word “Christ” for hundreds of years. This device is known as aChristogram. The mas in Xmas is the Old English word for “mass.” (The thought-provoking etymology of “mass” can be found here.) In the same vein, the dignified terms Xpian and Xtian have been used in place of the word “Christian.”
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