{"title":"Crystal Glass Town Ornaments","description":"\u003c!--\nCrystal Glass Town Ornaments\ncollection | crystal-glass-town-ornaments | Version: R4.3SP | 2026-09-13\nKeywords: 5 | Tags: 7 | Volume-tier ordered\nContent audit: PASS\n--\u003e\u003cstyle\u003e.collection-hero__inner,.collection-hero__text-wrapper,.collection-hero__title,.collection-hero__description,.collection-hero .rte{max-width:calc(var(--page-width, 100rem) - 10rem)!important;width:100%!important;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;padding-left:0!important;padding-right:0!important;}\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"mc-intro\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:calc(var(--page-width, 100rem) - 10rem);margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 16px 0;\"\u003eThirty-four towns, one ornament each. Every piece in this series carries original art of the thing a town is actually known for - a drawbridge that stops traffic, a lighthouse built like a mansion, a chile pepper, a mammoth still lying where it fell - printed on a 3-inch faceted crystal round and boxed in white or gold. Each ornament ships gift-ready with free U.S. shipping, and the story behind the art is on its page. Profits support hunger relief. Browse the towns below or request a new one!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"mc-email\" style=\"border:1px solid #000000;background:#FFFFFF;padding:18px 18px 14px 18px;margin:20px auto;width:100%;max-width:calc(var(--page-width, 100rem) - 10rem);margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;box-sizing:border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px 0;font-weight:600;\"\u003eDon't see your town? Ask, and we can add it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eTell us the town and we will let you know when its ornament is live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cform id=\"mc-town-form\" method=\"post\" action=\"\/contact#contact_form\" accept-charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_type\" value=\"customer\"\u003e\u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"utf8\" value=\"✓\"\u003e\u003cinput type=\"hidden\" id=\"mc-town-tags\" name=\"contact[tags]\" value=\"Town Ornament Request\"\u003e\u003cinput type=\"text\" id=\"mc-town\" placeholder=\"Your town, state\" required style=\"width:100%;max-width:340px;padding:10px;border:1px solid #000;margin:0 8px 8px 0;\"\u003e\u003cinput type=\"email\" name=\"contact[email]\" placeholder=\"Email\" required style=\"width:100%;max-width:340px;padding:10px;border:1px solid #000;margin:0 8px 8px 0;\"\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"submit\" style=\"background:#0B1E3D;color:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;\"\u003eRequest my town\u003c\/button\u003e\n\u003c\/form\u003e\n\u003cscript\u003e(function(){var f=document.getElementById(\"mc-town-form\");if(!f)return;f.addEventListener(\"submit\",function(){var t=(document.getElementById(\"mc-town\").value||\"\").toLowerCase().replace(\/[^a-z0-9]+\/g,\"-\").replace(\/^-+|-+$\/g,\"\");document.getElementById(\"mc-town-tags\").value=\"Town Ornament Request\"+(t?\", town-\"+t:\"\");});})();\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"crystal glass town ornaments, holiday town ornaments, christmas ornaments by town, town landmark ornament, gift boxed crystal ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"crystal glass town ornaments\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"holiday town ornaments\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"christmas ornaments by town\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town landmark ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"gift boxed crystal ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics ornaments\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament request\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"CollectionPage\", \"@id\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\", \"url\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\", \"name\": \"Crystal Glass Town Ornaments\", \"description\": \"Thirty-four 3-inch faceted crystal glass ornaments, each carrying original art of one town's most recognizable landmark, creature, or story. 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Navy\"}, {\"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 32, \"url\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/products\/tyler-texas-holiday-ornament-rose\", \"name\": \"Tyler, Texas Holiday Ornament — The Bloom That Replaced the Orchards\"}, {\"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 33, \"url\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/products\/waco-texas-holiday-ornament-mammoth\", \"name\": \"Waco, Texas Holiday Ornament — The Herd Still Lying Where It Fell\"}, {\"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 34, \"url\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/products\/minuteman-crystal-glass-ornament-kneeling-minute-man-statue-with-santa-hat-faceted-edge-est-1775\", \"name\": \"Minuteman Crystal Glass Ornament — Kneeling Minute Man Statue with Santa Hat, Faceted Edge | Est. 1775\"}]}, \"dateModified\": \"2026-09-13\"}\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What are the 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The arched \u003cstrong\u003eMINUTEMEN\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEst. 1775\u003c\/strong\u003e frame the figure on a white-backed face for crisp contrast, while the clear \u003cstrong\u003egem-cut beveled edge\u003c\/strong\u003e catches the tree lights and throws a subtle halo around the image. A slim red ribbon threads the top for hanging from a branch, mantel hook, or stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003eA true \u003cstrong\u003e3-inch round in solid crystal glass\u003c\/strong\u003e, it arrives in your choice of \u003cstrong\u003ewhite or gold gift box\u003c\/strong\u003e — ready to give as-is, tuck into a stocking, or keep for the collection. As with the rest of Merlin Classics, profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003eA decorative piece for adult collectors, not a toy; real glass, so hang it high if little hands roam the tree. Handle with care and wipe gently with a clean, dry microfiber cloth. With America’s \u003cstrong\u003e250th anniversary\u003c\/strong\u003e underway, this is the ornament for minuteman country everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 6px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Minuteman Ornament Collection:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/products\/minuteman-holiday-wooden-ornament-magnet-kneeling-minute-man-statue-with-santa-hat-est-1775\" style=\"color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-underline-offset:3px;text-decoration-color:#9ca3af\"\u003esolid wood with magnet back\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/products\/minuteman-pewter-snowflake-ornament-kneeling-minute-man-statue-with-santa-hat-est-1775\" style=\"color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-underline-offset:3px;text-decoration-color:#9ca3af\"\u003epewter snowflake\u003c\/a\u003e, or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/products\/minuteman-crystal-glass-ornament-kneeling-minute-man-statue-with-santa-hat-faceted-edge-est-1775\" style=\"color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-underline-offset:3px;text-decoration-color:#9ca3af\"\u003ecrystal glass\u003c\/a\u003e — each gift-ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/minutemen-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#A9C7A1;color:#1f2937;padding:10px 18px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;\"\u003eMore Minuteman Holiday Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none!important\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"glass christmas ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"glass ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"crystal ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"crystal christmas ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"clear glass ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"keepsake christmas ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"christmas ornament gift box\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"ornament gift box\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"glass keepsake ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"patriot ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"semiquincentennial ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is this ornament glass or acrylic?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Real glass \u0026mdash; 100% crystal glass in a true 3-inch round, with a gem-cut faceted edge that catches and refracts the tree lights the way only glass can.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the white backing on the print?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The artwork is printed on a white-backed face, which keeps the kneeling minuteman and the Est. 1775 lettering crisp and high-contrast while the clear beveled rim stays transparent.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Does it come in a gift box?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes \u0026mdash; choose a white or gold gift box at checkout. 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Not a variety bred in a laboratory and named for a founder, but a pod that carries the name of a city in Orange County, California - printed on seed packets, stacked in grocery bins, and roasted on sheet pans from Tucson to Toronto by people who have never once wondered why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story runs through a farmer named Emilio Ortega. In the early 1890s he brought New Mexican chile seed back to Southern California and began growing it in the fields around Anaheim, a town founded in 1857 by German immigrants who had come to plant grapes. The vineyards failed. The chiles did not. Ortega's canning operation made the mild, thick-walled pod famous, and the name of the town he grew it in traveled with the seed until it simply became the name of the pepper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is a rare kind of immortality. Cities put their names on bridges and ballparks and watch them get renamed a generation later. Anaheim put its name on a living thing that reproduces itself every season, in gardens nobody is tracking, in countries that have never heard of Orange County. The town is remembered every time somebody says the word without thinking about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe put it on crystal. The illustration is printed on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, backed in white so the deep green reads true and the pepper's highlights stay crisp against a lit tree. The faceted edge picks up light from every angle. It arrives boxed and ready to give - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the Anaheim family, the gardener who grows them every year, the cook who reaches for them without a second thought. Hung on a tree it is quietly beautiful. Handed to the right person it is a small piece of local pride. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/anaheim-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Anaheim CA Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Anaheim history page. The Anaheim town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"anaheim holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"anaheim holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Anaheim holiday ornament featuring the anaheim pepper?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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The coast fought it: sheer cliffs, no towns, no labor. Three San Quentin prison camps supplied the crews, who earned thirty-five cents a day plus a day off their sentence for every two days worked. Bixby Creek Bridge itself went up fast by comparison - completed in October 1932, dedicated that November, 714 feet long and 24 feet wide, and finished more than three thousand dollars under budget. The convict crews met on the road in September 1934. The highway opened in June 1937.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes the bridge extraordinary is not its size but its restraint. A single concrete arch, unornamented, thrown across a gap the land said could not be crossed - and somehow it looks less like an intrusion than like the coast agreed to it. Nearly a century later it is the image the whole Pacific coast is condensed into.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe illustration is printed on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the grayscale holds its depth and the red berries catch the eye from across a room. The faceted edge throws light from any angle on a lit tree. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the person who has driven that road, or who still intends to. It hangs quietly and starts conversations loudly. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/big-sur-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Big Sur CA Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Big Sur history page. The Big Sur town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"big sur christmas ornament, big sur ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"big sur christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"big sur ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"big sur holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a big sur christmas ornament featuring the bixby bridge?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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It is the only animal on this coast that ties itself to the furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the early twentieth century the southern sea otter was presumed extinct. The fur trade had taken close to a million animals along the Pacific, and California's population was written off entirely. Then in 1938, a coastal landowner named Howard Granville Sharpe watched a raft of them off Bixby Creek - roughly fifty animals that had survived, unnoticed, in the most inaccessible stretch of coastline in the state. Life magazine ran the story that June. Every southern sea otter alive today descends from that remnant group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe road that finally opened Big Sur to the world is the same isolation that had hidden the otters long enough to save them. They survived precisely because nobody could get there. It is the rare conservation story with no hero in it - just a coast too rugged to reach, and fifty animals waiting out a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the fur tones stay warm and the red ribbon reads from across the room. The faceted edge catches tree light from every angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the coast walker, the tide-pooler, the person who keeps binoculars in the car. Charming on the tree, and a better story than it first appears. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/big-sur-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Big Sur CA Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Big Sur history page. The Big Sur town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"sea otter christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"sea otter christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"big sur holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a sea otter christmas ornament featuring the sea otter?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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In the era before jet travel, everyone arrived by ship, and Boat Day was a civic event: bands on the dock, lei sellers, divers going in after coins thrown from the rails. The tower carried the word ALOHA on all four sides, so that the greeting and the farewell were the same word, which is precisely how Hawaiian works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAir travel ended Boat Day and very nearly ended the tower's purpose. It survived anyway - restored, dwarfed now by the towers behind it, still keeping time over a working harbor. It stands for a version of arriving somewhere that no longer exists: slow, ceremonial, and met by a crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the architectural line stays crisp and the wreath's green reads true on a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from any angle. 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Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/honolulu-hi-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Honolulu HI Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Honolulu history page. 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Excavation uncovered the remains of a group of Columbian mammoths - the largest known concentration of a single herd that died in one event anywhere in the Americas. The evidence suggests a flood. Among the finds was an adult positioned as if lifting a juvenile, a detail that has stayed with everyone who has heard it. The site became a National Monument in 2015 and the bones remain in the ground, under a roof, where visitors can see them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColumbian mammoths stood taller than woolly mammoths and roamed this country until roughly ten thousand years ago. Waco's are not a museum display assembled from elsewhere - they are exactly where they fell, which is a very different thing to stand over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the sculptural grays hold their depth and the small red cardinal draws the eye on a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from any angle. 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Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/waco-tx-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Waco TX Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Waco history page. 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But at one point this town was growing something like half the rose bushes sold in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEast Texas came to roses by accident. The peach orchards around Tyler were destroyed by disease in the early twentieth century, and growers looking for a replacement crop found that the sandy soil and the climate suited rose bushes extraordinarily well. By mid-century the fields around town were producing a commanding share of the nation's rose stock, shipped out by the millions. The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden opened in 1952 and remains one of the largest in the country, and the Texas Rose Festival has crowned a queen every October since 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat began as a salvage operation after a blight turned into an identity. A town that lost its orchards decided to grow the most ornamental crop available, at scale, and then built a festival, a garden and a century of civic ritual on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the crimson stays deep and luminous against a lit tree - the simplest and boldest design in the series. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the gardener, the festival family, the East Texan anywhere. A rose on the tree needs no explanation - but it has a good one. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/tyler-tx-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Tyler TX Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Tyler history page. The Tyler town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"tyler holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"tyler holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Tyler holiday ornament featuring the rose?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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They are there because in 1814 that was enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn August 1814 a British squadron appeared off Stonington and demanded the borough be evacuated, intending to destroy it. The residents refused. What they had were two eighteen-pounders and a limited supply of powder. For three days the town was bombarded and fired back, running short of shot, reportedly firing back the enemy's own. The squadron eventually withdrew. Stonington's houses were damaged, and remarkably few people were killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe borough has never quite gotten over it, and should not. The two guns sit in Cannon Square today, and the town's unofficial motto - that it took a village - is the sort of thing that sounds like a slogan until you learn it is a literal description of what happened over three days in August.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the iron and wood detail holds and the evergreen garland reads against tree lights. The faceted edge throws light from every angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the borough family, the history reader, the one who walks past those guns on the way to the point. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/stonington-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Stonington CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Stonington history page. The Stonington town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"stonington holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"stonington holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Stonington holiday ornament featuring the cannon square 18-pounders?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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Local growers developed and fixed distinct varieties, the Southport Globes, in red, white and yellow. The onions were loaded onto schooners at the village dock and sailed to New York and the West Indies, and for a stretch of decades the harbor was busy enough to make the growers wealthy. Blight and competition eventually ended the trade, and the fields became lawns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe village today is one of the best-preserved in New England - white houses, a small harbor, no industry at all. The onion is the last working evidence of what paid for the architecture, still sold as seed to gardeners who have never heard of the place that bred it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the deep reds stay rich and the fine botanical detail holds on a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from any angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the gardener, the Southport family, anyone who enjoys a town whose fortune was made by a vegetable. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/southport-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Southport CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Southport history page. The Southport town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"southport holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"southport holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Southport holiday ornament featuring the southport globe onion?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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People leave flowers at his feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe statue is called To Honor Surfing and was dedicated in 1992 on West Cliff Drive, above Steamer Lane. Santa Cruz has a strong claim to the origins of surfing on the American mainland: in 1885, three young Hawaiian princes studying in California had boards shaped from local redwood and rode the mouth of the San Lorenzo River - the first documented surfing in the continental United States. The town has never stopped. The memorial has become the place where the local surfing community marks its losses, which is why there is so often something laid at the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost sports monuments celebrate a champion. This one names no one. It is a figure of nobody in particular, honoring an activity rather than an athlete, in a town where the activity is closer to a civic identity than a pastime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the bronze modeling holds its depth and the small red berries catch tree light. The faceted edge takes light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the surfer, the West Cliff walker, the one who checks the Lane before checking the weather. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/santa-cruz-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Santa Cruz CA Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Santa Cruz history page. 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The flag was improvised on the spot - unbleached cloth, a star borrowed from Texas, a grizzly drawn well enough to be recognized and poorly enough that local accounts joked it looked like a pig. The republic lasted about twenty-five days before the United States Navy arrived and the whole question was settled by a larger war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe improbable part is the afterlife. That rough sketch, made by amateurs in a country that barely existed, is now the flag of the most populous state in the union, flying over every school and courthouse in California. The original burned in San Francisco in 1906. What survives is the design - and the plaza in Sonoma where it first went up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the cloth texture reads and the red star and bar carry across a lit room. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. 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Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/sonoma-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Sonoma CA Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Sonoma history page. The Sonoma town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"sonoma christmas ornament, sonoma ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"sonoma christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"sonoma ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"sonoma holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a sonoma christmas ornament featuring the bear flag?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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The party ran two years, ended in 1917, and the tower is still standing a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe California Tower went up for the Panama-California Exposition of 1915, San Diego's bid for attention when the Panama Canal opened and the world's shipping rearranged itself. The architect Bertram Goodhue designed it in Spanish Colonial Revival, and the style was so persuasive that it set the architectural tone for Southern California for decades afterward. Exposition buildings are meant to be temporary. San Diego kept these - they became Balboa Park, and the tower became the museum's front door and the city's signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFairs are built to be torn down, and nearly all of them are. 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Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/san-diego-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore San Diego CA Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our San Diego history page. 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Her cargo was around twenty thousand coconuts. The handful of settlers along the lake salvaged them and, by most accounts, planted them - partly in hope of a coconut trade, partly because there was not much else to do with twenty thousand coconuts. The palms took. Within a generation the island was covered in them, and the name that stuck was Palm Beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost every famous place is named for a founder, a saint, or a feature that was already there. This one is named for an accident - a ship that missed, a cargo that sprouted, and a few people who decided to plant rather than sweep up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the fine engraving holds its detail and the green frond reads against tree lights. The faceted edge catches light from any angle. 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Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/palm-beach-fl-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Palm Beach FL Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Palm Beach history page. The Palm Beach town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"coconut christmas ornament, palm beach christmas ornament, palm beach ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"coconut christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"palm beach christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"palm beach ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"palm beach holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a coconut christmas ornament featuring the providencia coconut?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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The cast-iron caisson design was the era's answer to building in open water: prefabricate the tower, sink the base, let the ice slide off the flared skirt. Keepers lived inside the narrow tower. The 1938 hurricane put water over the whole structure and the light stayed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnecticut locals call it the Outer Light, and it marks the moment the river stops being a river. Generations of families have measured summer by passing it - out in June, back in September - and it has been standing there, unimpressed, for every one of those passages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the bold black line reads from across a room and the garland's green catches tree light. The faceted edge throws light from every angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the river family, the sailor, the one who has taken the same photo of it every summer. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/old-saybrook-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Old Saybrook CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Old Saybrook history page. 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The city wrote it into law and then built the exception itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCity Hall opened in 1928, twenty-eight stories, capped by a stepped tower modeled loosely on the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Earthquake fears had produced a height limit of about a dozen stories across the city, and the new civic building was exempted from it - which meant that for three decades the seat of government was also the tallest thing on the horizon, visible from everywhere, unrivaled. The concrete in its tower was mixed with sand from every county in California and water from each of the state's twenty-one missions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the limit was lifted and the skyline filled in around it. The tower did not shrink; the city simply grew up to meet it. It remains the single silhouette that reads as Los Angeles without a palm tree or a sign attached - a piece of civic ambition from a city that is usually accused of having none.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the fine architectural line stays crisp and legible on a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the Angeleno, the transplant, the one who grew up watching that tower on the evening news. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/los-angeles-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Los Angeles CA Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Los Angeles history page. 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Griffith donated the land to the city in 1896 and left money for an observatory on the condition it be free to the public. He had looked through the great telescope on Mount Wilson and come away convinced that if everyone could see what he had seen, human affairs would change. The building opened in 1935 - Art Deco, copper-domed, with the city spread out below. More people have looked through its twelve-inch Zeiss refractor than any other telescope on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCities build observatories for astronomers. This one was built for everybody, which is why it works as a symbol of the place: a free public building on a hill, open to anyone who drives up, pointed away from the city entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the deco line holds and the warm dome glow reads against tree lights. The faceted edge throws light from every angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the stargazer, the hiker, the one who takes every visitor up there at sunset. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/los-angeles-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Los Angeles CA Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Los Angeles history page. The Los Angeles town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"los angeles christmas ornament, los angeles ornament, griffith observatory ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"los angeles christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"los angeles ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"griffith observatory ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"los angeles holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a los angeles christmas ornament featuring the griffith observatory?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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There are a few hundred more of him behind that mound, and they have all noticed you too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1935, Kennedy Burns and his wife Lucille put four prairie dogs in a fenced enclosure in Lubbock's Mackenzie Park. The animals were being poisoned across the plains at the time - ranchers considered them vermin, and the great colonies that once stretched for miles were disappearing fast. The Burnses thought somebody ought to keep some. Prairie Dog Town is still there, still free to visit, and the descendants of those four are still standing at their burrows watching tourists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe black-tailed prairie dog is a keystone species: its burrows shelter burrowing owls and rattlesnakes, its grazing shapes the grassland, and its disappearance takes a great deal else with it. A small municipal park on the Llano Estacado turns out to have been an early act of conservation, undertaken mostly because two people found them worth keeping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the warm fur tones and the red scarf stay bright on a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from any angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the Texas Tech family, the West Texas kid, anyone who has stood at that fence trying to count them. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/lubbock-tx-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Lubbock TX Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Lubbock history page. The Lubbock town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"prairie dog ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"prairie dog ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"lubbock holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a prairie dog ornament featuring the prairie dog town?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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Below McAllen it continues down through Mexico and, in a separate population, into South America; above it, nothing. That accident of geography turned the lower Valley into one of the great birding destinations in North America - the World Birding Center network, the November festival, and visitors from every continent arriving with long lenses to see birds that exist nowhere else in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a strange kind of civic asset. McAllen's most exotic resident cannot be built, bought, or relocated - it simply happens to stop here, and the town built a tourism economy on the edge of a bird's range. The thornscrub that supports it is some of the most threatened habitat in Texas, which makes the jay a mascot and a warning at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the greens, yellows and blues stay saturated and luminous against a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the birder, the Valley native, the one whose feeder they visit every winter. The most colorful thing on the tree, honestly. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/mcallen-tx-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore McAllen TX Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our McAllen history page. The McAllen town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"mcallen holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mcallen holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a McAllen holiday ornament featuring the green jay?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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In the middle of the water. With a lighthouse on the roof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew London Ledge Light was completed in 1909, and its improbable shape has a very human explanation: the wealthy families whose houses lined the shore objected to a plain iron tower spoiling their view, so the government built them something that matched the neighborhood. French Second Empire, red brick, mansard roof, at the mouth of the Thames River. Keepers lived on it until it was automated in 1987, and generations of them passed down the story of Ernie, the keeper said to haunt it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery lighthouse is a compromise between what the sea requires and what people can build. 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Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/new-london-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore New London CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our New London history page. 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He treated them as tiny buildings rather than equipment: portholes, cantilevers, jazz-age geometry and colors pulled from the Art Deco District a few blocks inland. The city has kept commissioning new ones since, so the beach reads as a gallery of small pavilions stretching for miles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a rare case of a city deciding that purely functional infrastructure should also be beautiful, and then actually paying for it. Nothing about saving a swimmer requires a porthole. Miami Beach added one anyway, and the towers became the most photographed objects on the sand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the crisp whites hold and the red stripe pops against a lit tree. The faceted edge throws light from any angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the beach regular, the deco lover, the one who always picks the same tower. Bright, graphic, and unmistakable. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/miami-beach-fl-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Miami Beach FL Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Miami Beach history page. The Miami Beach town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"miami beach christmas ornament, miami beach ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"miami beach christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"miami beach ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"miami beach holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a miami beach christmas ornament featuring the lifeguard towers?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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The road tilts into the air, two blocks of concrete the size of delivery vans drop down, and everybody waits. Nobody honks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mystic River bascule bridge was built in 1920, engineered by Thomas Ellis Brown, and it still works on the principle a child would recognize: the roadway is a seesaw, and the counterweights are what make a hundred tons of steel rise at the touch of a lever. It replaced a swing bridge that had replaced a wooden one. The tender still sits in the little house at the center and still rings the bell before every lift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost towns removed their drawbridges - too slow, too expensive, too much in the way of the cars. Mystic kept its own and discovered that the inconvenience was the attraction. The bridge lifting is the town's clock, its street theater, and the moment every visitor stops to watch, whether they intended to or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the heavy black line reads clearly from across a room and the small green wreath catches tree light. The faceted edge throws light from every angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the person who has waited at that bridge in August and did not mind a bit. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/mystic-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Mystic CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Mystic history page. The Mystic town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"mystic ct ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mystic ct ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mystic holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a mystic ct ornament featuring the bascule drawbridge?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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That is the whole business right there: the ship was only the thing that carried the small boats to where the work was done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mystic River launched hundreds of vessels in the nineteenth century - whalers, clippers, packets - from yards that lined both banks of a river you can throw a stone across. American whaling sent ships out for voyages of three and four years, around Cape Horn and into the Pacific, chasing oil that lit the lamps of the country before petroleum. The trade made fortunes, destroyed others, and ended when kerosene made it pointless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is easy to miss is how ordinary these ships were in their day and how strange they look now: floating factories crewed by teenagers, gone for years at a time, sailing from villages of a few thousand people. The riverfront that built them is quiet today, which is exactly why the silhouette still stops people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the rigging detail holds and the red wreath and waterline catch tree light. The faceted edge takes light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the maritime reader, the model builder, the one who has walked a wooden deck and felt it move. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/mystic-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Mystic CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Mystic history page. The Mystic town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"mystic holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mystic holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Mystic holiday ornament featuring the whaleship?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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It has been happening since before the town had paved roads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pier was built in 1888 as a freight and passenger dock - the only practical way into Naples at the time, when the town was a speculative development reachable by boat. It has been destroyed and rebuilt repeatedly: fire, hurricanes, more hurricanes. Each time the town has put it back. The 1960 storm took much of it; Hurricane Ian in 2022 took much of it again, and the rebuilding began immediately, because the alternative was never seriously discussed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the interesting part. A pier that keeps being destroyed and keeps being rebuilt is no longer really infrastructure - it is a statement about what the town intends to be. Naples has decided, over and over, at real expense, that it is a place where people gather at the end of the day to watch the light go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the fine pilings stay crisp and the warm sun glows against a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from any angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the snowbird, the year-rounder, the family with the same sunset photo from fifteen different years. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/naples-fl-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Naples FL Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Naples history page. The Naples town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"naples florida christmas ornament, naples florida ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"naples florida christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"naples florida ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"naples holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a naples florida christmas ornament featuring the naples pier?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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The three churches went up between 1812 and 1815: Trinity Church in a very early American Gothic, Center Church and United Church as Federal meetinghouses with New England steeples. Center Church was built directly over the colonial burying ground, and the crypt beneath it still holds the graves, intact, under the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Green has been a militia training field, a market, a burying ground, a protest site and a park, and the churches have watched all of it. A city that has rebuilt itself repeatedly kept this one block exactly as first drawn, which is why standing there still feels like standing in 1638 with better lighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the engraved architecture stays sharp and the three red wreaths read against tree lights. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the New Haven native, the alum, the one who crosses that green every day without looking up. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/new-haven-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore New Haven CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our New Haven history page. The New Haven town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"new haven holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"new haven holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a New Haven holiday ornament featuring the three churches on the green?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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Her name is the one on the deed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Fones was the niece of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and by the standards of her century a genuinely unusual figure - a woman transacting land in her own name. In 1640 the neck of land that is now Greenwich Point was purchased from the Siwanoy, and Elizabeth's name is on the agreement. The point carried her name for generations afterward: Elizabeth's Neck. The house associated with her family, the Feake-Ferris House, still stands nearby and dates to around 1645.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonial history is generally a list of men's names, and the exceptions are usually wives mentioned in passing. Here the exception is the principal. A town that could have told a founding story about a magistrate or a minister tells one instead about a woman in a boat, and has done so for nearly four centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the wash detail stays soft and the red cloak carries across a lit room. The faceted edge catches tree light from any angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the Old Greenwich family, the Tod's Point walker, the reader of local history. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/old-greenwich-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Old Greenwich CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Old Greenwich history page. The Old Greenwich town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"old greenwich holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"old greenwich holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Old Greenwich holiday ornament featuring the elizabeth fones — 1640 boat?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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Choose a white or gold gift box at checkout; each ornament ships boxed, without prices, with free U.S. shipping.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is it safe for a tree with children?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"It is real glass and a decorative piece for adult collectors, not a toy - hang it high and wipe gently with a dry microfiber cloth.\"}}]}\u003c\/script\u003e","brand":"Merlin Classics","offers":[{"title":"One size \/ Circle + White Gift Packaging","offer_id":49242624622809,"sku":"19962021456052666028","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"One size \/ Circle + Gold Gift Packaging","offer_id":49242624655577,"sku":"14733053320928228320","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/9374\/9465\/files\/9531156193254427899_2048.jpg?v=1789327912"},{"product_id":"branford-connecticut-holiday-ornament-thimble-islands","title":"Branford Connecticut Holiday Ornament - Thimble Islands","description":"\u003c!--\nBranford, Connecticut Holiday Ornament — A Cottage on Every Rock\nBranford CT ornament | branford-connecticut-holiday-ornament-thimble-islands | Version: R4.3SP | 2026-09-13\nKeywords: 0 | Tags: 3 | Volume-tier ordered\nContent audit: PASS\n--\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#A8D5F0;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eOther Town Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThimble Islands.\u003c\/strong\u003e A scatter of rock in Long Island Sound, each island barely bigger than the house standing on it, each house reached only by boat. There are said to be more than three hundred of them, and the count depends on how generous you are about what counts as an island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe granite came first. Stony Creek quarries cut the distinctive pink stone that went into the base of the Statue of Liberty and the piers of the Brooklyn Bridge, and the quarry trade built the village that now serves as the islands' mainland. By the late 1800s the archipelago had become a summer colony - single-cottage islands, mail by boat, no bridges, no cars. It has stayed that way. The excursion boats still thread the channels every summer, and the guides still point out which island once hosted which visiting president.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is remarkable is how little has changed in a hundred and fifty years. On a shoreline where nearly every other stretch has been developed, subdivided, and developed again, the Thimbles remain what they were: one house, one rock, one boat, and weather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the fine island detail and the single red roof hold up against tree lights. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has taken the boat out, rented a cottage, or simply watched the islands from the Stony Creek dock. Small, quiet, and instantly recognizable to those who know it. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/branford-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Branford CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Branford history page. The Branford town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"branford holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"branford holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Branford holiday ornament featuring the thimble islands?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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Choose a white or gold gift box at checkout; each ornament ships boxed, without prices, with free U.S. shipping.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is it safe for a tree with children?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"It is real glass and a decorative piece for adult collectors, not a toy - hang it high and wipe gently with a dry microfiber cloth.\"}}]}\u003c\/script\u003e","brand":"Merlin Classics","offers":[{"title":"One size \/ Circle + White Gift Packaging","offer_id":49242624983257,"sku":"16775175345330910109","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"One size \/ Circle + Gold Gift Packaging","offer_id":49242625016025,"sku":"33783429266636941858","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/9374\/9465\/files\/12947879377040422679_2048.jpg?v=1789327954"},{"product_id":"carmel-by-the-sea-california-holiday-ornament-storybook-cottage","title":"Carmel-by-the-Sea California Holiday Ornament - Storybook Cottage","description":"\u003c!--\nCarmel-by-the-Sea, California Holiday Ornament — The Fairy-Tale House With the Crooked Chimney\nCarmel-by-the-Sea CA ornament | carmel-by-the-sea-california-holiday-ornament-storybook-cottage | Version: R4.3SP | 2026-09-13\nKeywords: 0 | Tags: 3 | Volume-tier ordered\nContent audit: PASS\n--\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#A8D5F0;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eOther Town Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStorybook Cottage.\u003c\/strong\u003e The roof waves. The chimney leans. Nothing in the building is quite square, and every bit of that was on purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1920s a man named Hugh Comstock came to Carmel-by-the-Sea and built a small house to display his wife's handmade dolls. He was not an architect. He had no formal training at all, which is precisely why the cottage came out looking like something from a fairy tale rather than a pattern book - undulating rooflines, hand-troweled stucco, chimneys assembled from beach stone. Neighbors wanted their own. He built roughly twenty more. A town already full of artists and writers decided this was exactly right, and a century of building codes has protected the result.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarmel is a village that has made a habit of refusing the ordinary - no street addresses for most of its history, no streetlights, an ordinance on the books about high heels on its uneven sidewalks. The cottages are the most visible expression of a place that decided early that charm was worth the inconvenience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the soft grays stay delicate and the red wreath carries across a lit room. The faceted edge takes tree light from every angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the honeymooners, the returning regulars, anyone who has wandered those lanes looking for the cottage with the crooked chimney. Hangs like a tiny house on your tree. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/carmel-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Carmel-by-the-Sea CA Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Carmel-by-the-Sea history page. The Carmel-by-the-Sea town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"carmel-by-the-sea holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"carmel-by-the-sea holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Carmel-by-the-Sea holiday ornament featuring the storybook cottage?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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Choose a white or gold gift box at checkout; each ornament ships boxed, without prices, with free U.S. shipping.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is it safe for a tree with children?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"It is real glass and a decorative piece for adult collectors, not a toy - hang it high and wipe gently with a dry microfiber cloth.\"}}]}\u003c\/script\u003e","brand":"Merlin Classics","offers":[{"title":"One size \/ Circle + White Gift Packaging","offer_id":49242625278169,"sku":"20585931056973609784","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"One size \/ Circle + Gold Gift Packaging","offer_id":49242625310937,"sku":"16838567915150714262","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/9374\/9465\/files\/12205171565285242806_2048.jpg?v=1789327977"},{"product_id":"key-west-florida-holiday-ornament-southernmost-point-buoy","title":"Key West Florida Holiday Ornament - Southernmost Point Buoy","description":"\u003c!--\nKey West, Florida Holiday Ornament — Ninety Miles, and Not Actually a Buoy\nKey West FL ornament | key-west-florida-holiday-ornament-southernmost-point-buoy | Version: R4.3SP | 2026-09-13\nKeywords: 3 | Tags: 6 | Volume-tier ordered\nContent audit: PASS\n--\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#A8D5F0;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eOther Town Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSouthernmost Point Buoy.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a painted lump of concrete on a street corner, it was never a buoy, and people queue for an hour to stand next to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe marker went up in 1983, when the city set a concrete sewer junction on the corner of Whitehead and South streets and painted it to look like a buoy - a solution to the previous problem, which was that tourists kept stealing the sign. Ninety miles to Cuba, and the continental United States runs out right here. Except it does not, quite: the actual southernmost land is on the naval station nearby, off-limits to the public, a detail the island cheerfully ignores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat may be the most Key West story available. A fake buoy marking an approximate point, built from a sewer fitting because the honest sign kept getting carried off, now one of the most photographed objects in America. Nobody is fooled and nobody minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the bands stay saturated and the weathered texture reads on a lit tree. Bold enough to identify from across a room. The faceted edge catches light from any angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the one who has the photo, or wants it. It needs no caption, which is exactly the point. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/key-west-fl-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Key West FL Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Key West history page. The Key West town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"key west christmas ornament, key west ornament, southernmost point ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"key west christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"key west ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"southernmost point ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"key west holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a key west christmas ornament featuring the southernmost point buoy?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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Denton made it in 1896 and has not reconsidered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square was completed that year in Richardsonian Romanesque style - rusticated limestone, corner turrets, and a central tower carrying clock faces on all four sides. It cost the county a fortune and drew the usual complaints about extravagance. It has since outlived the complaints, several attempts at modernization, and a stretch in the mid-twentieth century when the fashion was to knock such buildings down. Today it houses a county museum, and the square around it fills for the music festivals the town is now known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe courthouse square is an endangered American form. Most towns let the highway pull the center of gravity out to the edge, and the old square emptied. Denton's did not - the building held, and the town rebuilt itself around it rather than away from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the engraved stonework stays sharp and the gold string lights glow against a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the students, the musicians, the families who have walked that square at Christmas since before they can remember. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/denton-tx-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Denton TX Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Denton history page. The Denton town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"denton holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"denton holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Denton holiday ornament featuring the 1896 courthouse?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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It looks less built than grown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFairbanks sits in the middle of Alaska's interior, closer to the Arctic Circle than to Anchorage, a town that began as a gold-rush trading post on the Chena River in 1901 and stayed because the gold did. The antler arch stands near the riverfront by the visitor center, assembled from racks donated over years - each one shed naturally or salvaged, each one from an animal that lived somewhere in the enormous country that surrounds the town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most honest civic monument in America. Other cities cast their symbols in bronze; Fairbanks assembled its from what the land actually produces, contributed one rack at a time by people who live there. It says everything about the place without a single word carved into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the pale bone tones and the intricate antler weave stay readable against a lit tree. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has spent a winter in the interior, or who has family who did. Unmistakable, a little wild, and unlike anything else on the tree. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/fairbanks-ak-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Fairbanks AK Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Fairbanks history page. The Fairbanks town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"fairbanks holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"fairbanks holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Fairbanks holiday ornament featuring the antler arch?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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It is a choice the city keeps making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the heavy black mountain holds and the star's warm gold points glow like the real thing on a lit tree. The faceted edge throws light from any angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the El Pasoan far from home, the one who looks for the star first when driving back into the valley. On a tree it is, quite literally, a star. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/el-paso-tx-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore El Paso TX Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our El Paso history page. 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Just a reef, a caisson, and a family who lived out there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenfield Reef runs out from Fairfield into Long Island Sound - a long shoal that wrecked enough vessels to earn a light of its own. The lighthouse was completed in 1874: granite, mansard-roofed, the keeper's dwelling and the light built as one structure because there was no room for two. Keepers and their families lived on it for decades, rowing to shore for supplies and school, riding out storms that broke over the roof. It was automated in the twentieth century and still marks the reef today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShoreline Connecticut has a long habit of insisting on the sea while pretending to be suburban. Penfield is the reminder standing offshore - a working structure, unglamorous, that has spent a hundred and fifty years doing one job in weather nobody would choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the granite detail and the breaking water hold their depth, with the red wreath as the single point of color. The faceted edge takes tree light from any angle. Arrives boxed - white or gold gift box, your choice at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the Fairfield boater, the beach walker, the one who can point it out on the horizon from Penfield Beach. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/fairfield-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Fairfield CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Fairfield history page. The Fairfield town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"fairfield holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"fairfield holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a Fairfield holiday ornament featuring the penfield reef lighthouse?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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General Israel Putnam, caught with a fraction of their numbers, rode for the steep descent at what is now Put's Hill. The story as Greenwich tells it has him spurring his horse straight down the stone steps, a drop the pursuing dragoons would not attempt on horseback. He escaped, raised the alarm, and returned with militia. Putnam was already famous by then - a French and Indian War veteran with a reputation for the reckless and the improbable - and the leap sealed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tale has been told, embroidered, and doubted for two hundred and fifty years, which is rather the point. It survives because it is exactly the sort of thing Putnam might have done, and because a town that can show you the actual hill has an advantage over a town that cannot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the wash detail and the flash of Continental blue and red stay vivid against a lit tree. 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Parking lots, beaches, trailheads, the roof of your rental car at six in the morning. On Kauai the rooster is not livestock and not wildlife - it is a resident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe usual explanation runs through the storms. Hurricane Iwa in 1982 and Iniki in 1992 tore across the island and, among much greater damage, destroyed coops and scattered domestic birds into the valleys. There they met the moa - the jungle fowl Polynesian voyagers brought to the islands centuries earlier - and the populations mixed. With no mongoose on Kauai to check them, the birds did what birds do. The island has been loudly theirs ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery visitor complains about them and every resident defends them, and that contradiction is the most Kauai thing imaginable. They are a living record of two arrivals separated by a thousand years, plus one very bad afternoon in September 1992, walking around in broad daylight demanding your lunch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the block-print blacks stay dense and the red comb snaps against tree lights. The faceted edge throws light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has been woken by one at four in the morning and somehow misses it. Funny, handsome, and unmistakably from one island only. Merlin Classics profits support hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:16px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament\u003c\/strong\u003e · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/kauai-hi-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Kauai HI Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:18px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBelow are excerpts from our Kauai history page. The Kauai town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"rooster christmas ornament, kauai christmas ornament, kauai ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"rooster christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"kauai christmas ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"kauai ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"kauai holiday ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"town ornament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"merlin classics\"\u003e\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is there a rooster christmas ornament featuring the feral rooster?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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