Santa Claus
Santa Claus is said to be the one who gives presents to children on Christmas. He appears in some episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.
In the live-action segment from "Star Koopa / Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush", he goes to the Mario Brothers Plumbing house because his sled got stolen. In the cartoon segment of "Koopa Klaus / Little Marios", King Koopa kidnaps him, so Mario and the gang go save him.
In "Rock TV", an episode of the Super Mario World animated series, Mario remembers an outlandish phone bill he got back in Brooklyn from calling the "Speak to Santa Hotline", which seems to let users talk to Santa himself.
In Paper Mario, if Mario chooses to sleep in the Toad House in Shiver City, he will occasionally wake-up to find several Mushrooms and an Ultra Shroom in the Toad House; the Toad caretaker of the Toad House also implies that it may have been Santa Claus who left Mario these gifts.
Trivia
- Santa Claus was mentioned very briefly in Super Mario 64. His name was stated in the sign near the cabin at the of Cool Cool Mountain.
- The Hollijolli Mayor of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time greatly resembles common depictions of Santa Claus.
- Hermie III of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga also mistakes Mario for Santa Claus.
- One of the questions Boomer the Pixl asks in Super Paper Mario involves Santa Claus, asking Mario if he ever stays up at night wondering if anyone gives presents to Santa Claus.
- Nintendo Power stated in the Official Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Player's Guide that Smithy's first form resembles a "diabolical Santa Claus".
