• Santa Barbara California Holiday Ornament, Moreton Bay Fig, Crystal Glass Ornament Hanging on a Christmas Tree
  • Santa Barbara California Holiday Ornament, Moreton Bay Fig, Crystal Glass Ornament Hanging on White
  • Santa Barbara California Holiday Ornament, Moreton Bay Fig, Crystal Glass Ornament in Gold Gift Box
  • Santa Barbara California Holiday Ornament, Moreton Bay Fig, Crystal Glass Ornament in White Gift Box
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Santa Barbara California Holiday Ornament - Moreton Bay Fig

Santa Barbara California Holiday Ornament - Moreton Bay Fig

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A Moreton Bay fig with buttress roots spreading like walls, a tiny figure standing in them for scale, a red bow on a low branch. The biggest fig tree in America, planted by a sailor.

In 1876 a sailor gave a seedling from Australia to a girl in Santa Barbara, who planted it. It is now the largest Moreton Bay fig in the country, with a canopy 175 feet across and roots that rise higher than a person. It stands by the train station, so it is the first thing many visitors see and the thing locals use to tell them they have arrived.

The tree has outlived everyone involved in planting it and most of the buildings around it. The city fenced the roots to keep people from carving them.

A tree that big from a seed that small is the kind of story a town keeps. The bow on the branch is the only color on a piece that is all shade.

The Moreton Bay fig tree by the station is the big fig tree of Santa Barbara landmarks, and every visitor is told to meet there. This tree ornament is a Santa Barbara Christmas ornament and Santa Barbara souvenir, a piece of Santa Barbara history for Christmas in Santa Barbara.

Every Santa Barbara ornament ships ready to give. Hang it on the tree, in a window, off a lamp, or send one to the person who misses Santa Barbara 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 — SANTA BARBARA CA CRYSTAL ORNAMENT — MORETON BAY FIG

Town: Santa Barbara, California

Founded: Mission 1786; city 1850

Known for: The American Riviera; the Queen of the Missions (1786); the 1929 Courthouse; Stearns Wharf; Spanish Colonial by rule since 1925

Art: Moreton Bay Fig, 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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Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

How do I care for my item?

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.

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The nickname “The American Riviera” fits the geography: the city faces due south along the longest south-facing stretch of coast on the West Coast outside Alaska, backed by the Santa Ynez Mountains like hills above a Mediterranean shore. Santa Barbara has guarded that coast, too — after the 1969 oil spill off this shoreline, the community’s response helped ignite the modern American environmental movement and inspire the first Earth Day in 1970, a legacy the city carries proudly.

The Chumash people have lived on this coast for more than nine thousand years, crossing the Santa Barbara Channel to the islands in redwood-plank tomol canoes and building some of the most populous native towns on the Pacific coast, including Syuxtun at the foot of today’s downtown. On December 4, 1602 — the feast day of Saint Barbara — Sebastián Vizcaíno’s storm-battered fleet sailed into the channel and gave it her name. Spain built El Presidio Real here on April 21, 1782, its last military outpost in Alta California, and in 1786 Father Fermín Lasuén founded Mission Santa Barbara, the “Queen of the Missions.” The mission era was devastating for the Chumash — disease and forced change swept through communities that had thrived for millennia — an honest part of this story; their descendants remain on this coast today.

Why People Visit Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara offers a south-facing Pacific coast, a 1786 mission, a 1782 presidio, a 1929 courthouse, a 1922 Spanish courtyard, a 1872 wharf, and an entire downtown legislated into matching whitewashed stucco and red tile a hundred years ago. Visitors come for the Queen of the Missions, the courthouse tower view, the wharf at sunset, the four miles of beach, the August Fiesta, and the simple Mediterranean pleasure of a city where the rulebook for what a block should look like was written down and is still followed. It is the American Riviera, and the architecture earns the name.

Santa Barbara California Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring California bear and star motif