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Miami Florida Holiday Ornament - Double-Six Domino

Miami Florida Holiday Ornament - Double-Six Domino

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A double-six domino standing on edge on a cafe table, red pips, a tiny cup of Cuban coffee beside it. The sound of Calle Ocho is the clack of this tile.

At the domino park on Calle Ocho the tables are full from morning to dark, the players have been coming for decades, and the slam of a tile is the loudest thing on the block. The game is Cuban dominoes, played to 150 with the double-six set, and the park's old rule that players be 55 or older kept it a place where the elders ran things.

Miami has beaches and towers. Little Havana has the park, the coffee window and the dominoes, and anyone who grew up here knows the rhythm of a game from a block away.

One tile says the whole neighborhood. The red pips are the only color, and the double six is the one every player wants in hand.

Domino Park on Calle Ocho is the heart of Little Havana and of Miami Cuban culture: Cuban dominoes, a double six domino set, and Cuban coffee at the window. This domino ornament is a Miami Christmas ornament and Miami souvenir for anyone who has spent Christmas in Miami, a piece of Little Havana history on the tree.

Every Miami ornament ships ready to give. Hang it on the tree, in a window, off a lamp, or send one to the person who misses Miami most.

3-inch faceted crystal glass ornament, white-backed print, line-drawn in 1880s engraving style, your choice of white or gold gift box.


QUICK FACTS — MIAMI FL CRYSTAL ORNAMENT — DOUBLE-SIX DOMINO

Town: Miami, Florida

Founded: July 28, 1896

Known for: The Magic City, founded by Julia Tuttle; the world’s largest Art Deco district; Biscayne Bay; Vizcaya

Art: Double-Six Domino, original Merlin Classics engraving

Blank: 3-inch (76 mm) round clear crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge

Print: white-backed for contrast; red ribbon hanger

Packaging: white or gold gift box, chosen at checkout

Made to order in the USA



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Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

What’s with the Queen of Salsa? Celia Cruz was born in Havana in 1925 with a voice that could fill a carnival, and when she left Cuba on tour in 1960, after the revolution, she never went home again. Miami became her second island. On Calle Ocho in Little Havana — among the cafecito windows and the domino tables — she was simply Celia: the Queen of Salsa, the Afro-Cuban dance music she carried around the world for four decades, her trademark shout of ¡Azúcar! ringing from every stage. In March 1988 she led the Calle Ocho festival’s conga line into the record books — some 119,000 dancers behind her, the largest ever — and in 1994 the nation awarded her the National Medal of Arts. In 2024 the nation honored her again — the United States Mint issued the Celia Cruz quarter in the American Women Quarters Program, its reverse showing her mid-song in a rumba dress with ¡AZÚCAR! inscribed beside her, the first Afro-Latina ever to appear on United States currency.

The Freedom Tower, opened in 1925 and modeled on Seville’s Giralda, served as the Cuban Refugee Center from 1962 to 1974 — "the Ellis Island of the South."

Why People Visit Miami Florida

  • Walk Calle Ocho in Little Havana — order a cafecito at a ventanita, watch the domino games at Máximo Gómez Park, and pick up pastelitos from a Cuban bakery.
  • Stand before the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard, the 1925 landmark modeled on Seville’s Giralda that served as the Cuban Refugee Center from 1962 to 1974.
  • Tour the 1916 Vizcaya estate and its gardens on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove — the boom era’s Italian Renaissance fantasy, now a museum.
  • Drive the Mediterranean Revival streets of Coral Gables, George Merrick’s 1925 planned city, stroll Miracle Mile, and see the coral-rock Venetian Pool of 1924.
  • See the murals of Wynwood, the warehouse district turned open-air gallery north of downtown.
  • Take a boat tour of Biscayne Bay from Bayfront Park or the Miami River — the skyline from the water is the city’s best portrait.
  • Cross the Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne for beaches, the Cape Florida lighthouse, and bay views back toward the city — with the stilt houses of Stiltsville standing offshore on the flats.
  • Day-trip west to the Everglades or south toward Biscayne National Park — the wild tropical frame around the metropolis.
  • Time a winter visit for the height of snowbird season, when the bay is at its bluest and the café windows never close.