A Super Mario Christmas

When Christmas comes to the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario must rescue Santa and one of his elves from the clutches of Bowser and save Christmas.

Episode Summary
It's Christmas time in the Mushroom Kingdom. Toad can't wait for the presents that he's gonna get from Santa. Suddenly, Felicia Fungi comes on TV and reports Santa missing. Everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom panics.

Bowser just so happened to have Santa in his clutches. Along with him, he has one of his elves named Edgar. Bowser won't let Santa go unless he gets his one true Christmas wish. Santa hopes it isn't a girlfriend. Bowser thinks that would nice but he wants to be ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. Santa refuses.

Mario thinks he needs to save Santa. But it is getting close to night time and the presents need to be delivered. Mario delivers the presents all around the Mushroom Kingdom and saves Santa.

Songs

 * "A Very Mushroom Christmas"
 * "Angels We Have Heard On High" (instrumental)
 * "You've Been A Naughty Koopa"
 * "Save Santa"
 * "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (instrumental)
 * "Carol of the Bells"

References to Previous Episodes

 * Felicia Fungi makes her second appearance ("Mario v.s. the World")
 * MFC is seen ("A Bunch of Chickens")
 * Invading Super Bell Hill, capturing Peach, and spying on Mario are among the bad things Bowser did that are mentioned by Santa in his song ("Super Crisis On Super Bell Hill", "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom!", "Into the Sea of Stars")

References to Mario Games

 * Super Mario 64: Powering down Peach's castle is mentioned by Santa
 * Super Mario Galaxy: Having a galactic empire is mentioned by Santa
 * New Super Mario Bros. Wii: The snowy setting best resembles World 3

References to Other Media

 * Elf: Yoshi can be seen eating spaghetti with syrup, just like Buddy
 * VeggieTales: Wario and Waluigi go sledding and Wario gets stuck in the snow similar to the scene with Bob in "The Toy That Saved Christmas"
 * A Christmas Story: Bowser Jr is seen with a toy shot gun, and the box says he might shoot his eye out
 * A Charlie Brown Christmas: A Christmas tree exactly like Charlie Brown's is seen in Toadette's house
 * Disney's Prep and Landing: In the North Pole, two elves are seen at a control tower similar to Prep and Landing
 * Pentatonix: The Pentatonix cover of "Carol of the Bells" is used in the credits