Been There Christmas – Manila 2 (2023) was released together with this mug. It is pretty easy to get lost between Philippines releases, so here are some distinctive features of this particular mug, that will allow you to tell it apart from others:
1. The box and the inside of the mug are purple
2. The design replicates the regular mug but has a Christmas (red) reusable cup next to the name of the mug
Been There Christmas Manila is following the release of the country mug from Republika ng Pilipinas. Similarly, the design of the regular mug was revised, with some elements rearranged and new holiday elements added: huge Christmas tree to the right of the title, gift boxes, and ornaments.
It is worth mentioning that there were three YAH Christmas mugs from Manila released in the previous years.
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Another mug from the Holiday release in the Philippines is Starbucks You Are Here Christmas – Manila v3. As I mentioned in the post for Philippines v3 mug, the box is red and outlines are silver (same as v2), however the name and the Christmas decorations are silver-red.
Here are all three versions stacked together, where you can clearly see the difference:
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Here is the second Asian Christmas YAH spotted online – Starbucks You Are Here Christmas Manila v2. It reveals more details about 2018 Edition as a whole. Specifically, the box will be green this time, as opposed to red one we always had. Also, it’s hard to judge based on this blurry image, but I think the “waves” in the bottom part of the front are painted red and green. Last year these were solid gold. Better quality pics are supposed to come soon and we will be able to tell for sure whether this is true.… Read more
Since the Philippines has 15 YAHs in its collection, I was somewhat expecting new releases this Holiday season. Surely here they are: Philippines and Manila. And if for the first one we don’t have real pictures yet, You Are Here Christmas Manila is already here!
To be honest I could only find one Christmas ornament below the truck. Again we see waves filled with gold background color as on some other recent mugs. I would call this design very busy, as it has tons of elements.… Read more
Here’s the second version of the last year’s Holiday Edition mug – Starbucks You Are Here Christmas – Cebu v2, and the only difference is the green box and inside of the mug instead of red. This mug conclude Philippines trio of v2s this year (see Manila and Philippines)… Read more
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