Dunkin Donuts praised for Christmas design on their cup, opposite Starbucks

Dunkin Donuts has been garnering a lot of praise lately for embracing the Christmas season with its festive holiday cup that has the world "Joy."

CNN reported that this may be a traditional thing for the big doughnut chain, but it is inevitable that it would be compared to Starbucks' red cup. Social media users say that it is what Starbucks should have done. Starbucks released their plain red cup design in November 1, and users claim that it is a diss against Christmas.

According to Time, the Starbucks Christmas wars started when Joshua Feuerstein made a viral Facebook post that says, "Starbucks REMOVED CHRISTMAS from their cups because they hate Jesus." He even encouraged users to tell barristers that their names are "Merry Christmas," so that their cups will have "Merry Christmas" on them. Even Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in his speech that perhaps people should boycott the giant coffee chain.

In a report by The Daily Mail Dunkin' Brands' Vice President of Global Consumer Engagement Scott Hudler said "For many years Dunkin' Donuts has served coffee in festive cups featuring the word 'joy' as part of our annual celebration of the season and holiday offerings. We believe this conveys the happiness and spirit of the holiday season in a way that resonates with our guests."

Meanwhile, Starbucks Vice President of Design and Content Jeffrey Fields said the two-toned ombre red design on their cups "creates a distinctive dimension, fluidity and weightedness." Starbucks offered holiday themed beverages in a cup since 1997. Later on they incorporated holiday symbols in their cups. However, this year, they did something completely different, which outraged so many costumers. The plain red cups were first released on October 22 in selected shopping areas in Europe, before they were released later on November 1 in America and Canada.