{"product_id":"boca-raton-mah-jongg-dragons","title":"Boca Raton Florida Holiday Ornament - The Three Dragons","description":"\u003c!--\nMERLIN CLASSICS R4.3SP PRODUCT MINI HUB — TOWN SERIES — Boca Raton Florida Holiday Ornament - The Three Dragons\nWhat changed: v002 Wed Oct 28 2026: ornament\/gift head family re-routed to the Mah Jongg Ornaments collection; top button now More Mah Jongg Ornaments -\u003e \/collections\/mahjong-ornaments, tail Other Town \u0026 Animal Ornaments. v001 NEW build Wed Oct 28 2026 (Stamford Harbor Witch v007 \/ Heritage Witch v006 canon): hook, story, object, audience + charity link, spec line, closer, Other Town \u0026 Animal Ornaments button top; More-town-items button tail PENDING collection URL, FAQ = FAQPage JSON-LD only (schema-only, no visible FAQ text), hidden keywords meta + article:tags\nGKP ___: R1 49\/69 = 71.0% | R2 51\/75 = 68.0% | two-run 100\/144 = 69.4% — ladder CLOSED Wed Oct 28 2026\nKeywords: 59 published (tier-ordered) | Tags: 30 | Holds: 44 (bares: boca raton 500K, boca raton florida 50K; merch fan — mahjong jewelry\/bracelet\/shirt\/tshirt\/tote\/tile bag\/accessories 5K High, hat\/tile bracelet 500, earrings\/necklace\/apron\/visor\/keychain — sister-product lanes, prose where true, NOT shipped; mahjong mavens 5K High = probable business name, prose-only; mahjong set gift\/gift basket retail intent; boca raton country clubs 5K Low prose-only; all Boca\/Palm Beach County mahjong town compounds 50 or ZERO — Second-Barrier)\nIP Clean: no league or card named, no club, community or business named, no film\/TV marks, no real person\nContent audit: PASS — verified: Boca Raton incorporated 1925 \/ Mizner hotel opened 1926 \/ honor tiles = red, green, white; picture-dragon faces are a Western export-set convention from the 1920s on, Chinese and Japanese sets carry the characters \/ American set 152 tiles with jokers and the Charleston\n--\u003e\n\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"mahjong dragon tiles, dragon mahjong, mahjong dragon tile, mahj, mahjong club, mahjong classes, mahjong lessons, mahjong lessons near me, mahjong group near me, mahjong friends, learn mahjong, red dragon mahjong, green dragon mahjong, white dragon mahjong, mahjong red dragon, mahjong green dragon, mahjong gifts for her, gifts for mahjong lovers, unique mahjong gifts, mahjong themed gifts, mahjong hostess gift, mahjong queen, mahjong teacher, mahjong instructor, mahjong cruise, mahjong retreat, mahjong christmas, mahjong social, mahjong tournament, mahjong tournament near me, learn american mahjong, florida ornament, florida christmas ornament, snowbird gift, snowbirds florida, boca raton christmas ornament, boca raton gifts, mahjong boca raton, mahjong florida, mahjong palm beach, mahjong delray beach, mahjong west palm beach, palm beach ornament, palm beach christmas ornament, mahjong clubhouse, mahjong country club, mahjong dragons meaning, mahjong dragon tiles meaning, three dragons mahjong, mahjong tree ornament, snowbird ornament, snowbird christmas ornament, mahjong and martinis, mahjong brunch, mahjong seniors, mahjong community, mahjong birthday gift, mahjong gift basket, mahjong lover\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong dragon tiles\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"dragon mahjong\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong dragon tile\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahj\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong club\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong classes\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong lessons\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong lessons near me\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong group near me\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong friends\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"learn mahjong\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"red dragon mahjong\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"green dragon mahjong\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"white dragon mahjong\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong red dragon\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong green dragon\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong gifts for her\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"gifts for mahjong lovers\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"unique mahjong gifts\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong themed gifts\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong hostess gift\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong queen\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong teacher\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong instructor\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong cruise\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong retreat\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong christmas\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong social\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong tournament\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong tournament near me\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/mahjong-ornaments\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;padding:14px 18px;margin:16px 0;background:#A9C7A1;color:#111111;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eMore Mah Jongg Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Boca the game is called mahj, and the dragons know the way to the clubhouse.\u003c\/strong\u003e Three dragon tiles — gray, red and green — carved into yellowed bone and fanned on the glass, drawn in the fine black line of an old engraving and printed on clear crystal. The dragons carry the only color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoca Raton was incorporated in 1925 and got its hotel from Addison Mizner the year after, but the game arrived later, in the trunks of the cars that came down I-95 from New York and New Jersey in the 1960s and never quite went home. It settled in the card rooms of the country clubs and the gated communities west of Federal Highway, where by ten on a weekday morning there are eight tables going and the racks are already up. It is the American game, played off the card, with the Charleston and the jokers, and it is played hard: there are teachers in Boca who run a Tuesday class and a waiting list, tournament weekends at the clubhouses, cruises that leave Fort Lauderdale with a mahj deck booked solid, and a carpool from Delray that has not missed a Thursday in eleven years. The snowbirds carry the set down in November and home in April. The year-rounders keep the table warm in between. If New York built the American game, Palm Beach County is where it retired to and kept playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA three-inch clear crystal ornament with a faceted edge, the engraving printed to the glass so the carved tiles read like bone held up to the light. The three dragons are the honor tiles every set carries — red, green and white — and on an American set from the 1920s onward they were cut as dragons, which is how Grandma's set shows them and how we drew them. Faded gray, vermilion and jade on ivory, with the crackle of old bone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the Boca table, the Delray carpool, the teacher with the waiting list, the hostess who sets out the racks and the cocktail napkins, the snowbird who packs the set before the sweaters, and the mahj queen of any clubhouse in the county. As with everything we make, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/pages\/landing-page-charity\"\u003eprofits support hunger relief\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge, white-backed print for crisp contrast, red ribbon hanger, white or gold gift box chosen at checkout, free U.S. shipping.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese are export-set dragons, the kind the American sets have carried since the 1920s. A Hong Kong set shows the characters instead; we made one of those too.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;padding:14px 18px;margin:16px 0;background:#d9d9d9;color:#111111;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eOther Town \u0026amp; Animal Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e\n{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Why dragons for Boca Raton?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The three dragon tiles are the honor tiles of every mah jongg set, and on the American sets played in Palm Beach County they are cut as dragons rather than characters — the tiles a Boca player actually handles.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Is this ornament tied to a club or league?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"No. It is an original engraving for mah jongg players in Boca Raton and South Florida, unaffiliated with any club, league, teacher or card.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What are the three dragons in mahjong?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The red, green and white honor tiles, called dragons in English; a Hong Kong set shows them as the characters for center and prosperity with a framed white, a Japanese set leaves the white blank, and American sets draw them as dragons.\"}}]}\n\u003c\/script\u003e","brand":"Merlin Classics","offers":[{"title":"One size \/ Circle + White Gift Packaging","offer_id":50917147410649,"sku":"20863726816199254725","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"One size \/ Circle + Gold Gift Packaging","offer_id":50917147443417,"sku":"16316238120790479553","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/9374\/9465\/files\/859713883479127962_2048.jpg?v=1793218401","url":"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/products\/boca-raton-mah-jongg-dragons","provider":"Merlin Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}