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SYFY WIRE Bad Astronomy

The Real Reason for the Coffee Season

By Phil Plait
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So you may have heard of all this nontroversy about the Starbucks annual Christmas cup only being a plain red instead of having actual Christmas decorations.* This is all over social media, so I figured I’d help y’all out with this.

So there you go. I fixed it for you.

And if that’s not enough, then perhaps Stephen Colbert can help you figure out what’s what.

It’s nice to see his move to CBS hasn’t changed him. That was perfect.

Tip o' the white plastic lid to Slate's Lisa Larson-Walker for putting this image together for me so quickly and so perfectly.

*Hmmmmm.

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