The Land of Christmas Dreams on Canal Street

Join historian and former The Historic New Orleans Collection curator John Magill for a look at the history of Christmas shopping on New Orleans’s historic Canal Street. From the 1850s through its twentieth-century heyday and to the present, Magill will take attendees on a nostalgic trip down the famous thoroughfare. The illustrated presentation will examine variety and department stores, local retailers such as Adler’s and Rubenstein’s and the holiday decorations that lined the famous shopping street. Markets, Santa Claus, elves, the coming of Christmas trees to the United States and everyone’s favorite, Mr. Bingle, will all be discussed. 10:30 am at 533 Royal Street. Free. Reservations at thnoc.org.