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.

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 1948, two 19-year-old ...