A 1997 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 1998 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 1999 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2000 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2001 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2002 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2003 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2004 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2005 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2006 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Starbucks 2007 holiday cups photographed on Monday, October 23, 2017. (Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks)
A 2008 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2009 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2010 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2011 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Three Starbucks holiday cups from the 2012 holiday season are displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2013 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based company is celebrating 20 years of holiday coffee cups. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2014 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A 2015 Starbucks holiday cup is displayed, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at a Starbucks in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Starbucks red holiday cups photographed on November 9, 2016. (Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks)
The 2017 Starbucks cup design included a "color-it-in-yourself" feature. (Starbucks)
Starbucks 2018 Holiday Cups shown on Thursday, October 25, 2018, in Seattle. (Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks)
Starbucks released the 2021 designs for its holiday cups. (Starbucks)
For coffee lovers around the country, the holiday season kicks off not on Thanksgiving or the first week of December but when Starbucks unveils its iconic set of holiday-themed cups. See what the cups have looked like since they were introduced in 1997.