NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — There are different versions of how Mr. Bingle came to be, and puppeteer Harry Ory can tell you how he remembers the birth of a New Orleans Christmas legend. It was April ...

METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — A New Orleans holiday staple has arrived in Metairie! A mural of Mr. Bingle, who made his first appearance in 1948, has been placed over Dillard’s at Lakeside Mall.

Canal Street and Mr. Bingle, the decorated Centanni Home, bonfires along the Mississippi River levees and a semi-tropical city under a rare blanket of snow – all part of Christmas in New Orleans.