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McDonald's Holiday Cup Gets An NSFW Makeover Thanks To The Internet

Robert Mapplethorpe would be proud, no?
Cavan Sieczkowski
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Deputy Director of News & Analytics, HuffPost

A little ink on the side of a McCafé cup makes for a viral story.

Author Sam Sykes took to Twitter Saturday to share a very NSFW version of McDonald’s holiday cup, which depicts two mittens along with the slogan “Warmest Greetings.”

Some penwork changed the meaning altogether.

Now how the hell are Starbucks cups in the news again and no one's talking about a guy spreading his cheeks open on McDonald's cups pic.twitter.com/QmIuZiDJst

— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) December 11, 2016

Twitter was loving it.

McDonald's daring homage to contemporary art. pic.twitter.com/wjNrAz9rI8

— Giovanni Tiso (@gtiso) December 11, 2016

When someone draws fingers on McDonald's mittens and 'spreading holiday cheer' takes on entirely new meaning. Good God. pic.twitter.com/k9DZRiJabf

— Misty Harris (@popcultini) December 11, 2016

Of course, McDonald’s original version, released earlier this month, had absolutely nothing to do with human anatomy.

“Our festive McCafé cups are of mittens not hands,” a rep for McDonald’s told The Huffington Post. “The altered image circulating on social media is the result of someone getting a little cheeky and adding some hand-drawing to a cup.”

December is here! Get in the spirit with a McCafé Peppermint Mocha! pic.twitter.com/tUzVWY8vnM

— McD's Savannah (@McD_Savannah) December 1, 2016

Real cheeky for sure.

This post has been updated with comment from McDonald’s.

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