either that or, as a japanese video game character, mario is buddhist
@typhlosion The dude's a mascot character, of course he celebrates the Capitalism holiday.
@pillowcat look at those eyes and tell me he's not being held hostage in this picture
@typhlosion Sure there's no agency in his actions, but the corporate puppet still displays a facsimile of jolly cheer all the same.
@pillowcat oh i meant by peach. this is a picture for the toadstool family photo album
@typhlosion Mario strikes me as þe kinda guy who'd go to Christmas parties, maybe do a secret santa on a whim, but he *definitely* does not put up a tree or even stockings at his own place.
@OchotonidKnight see the other posts in the thread. i think mario and luigi maybe do a quiet hanukkah celebration at their own place but mario definitely humors peach's christmas celebrations in good faith
my headcanon is that mario is the son of italian and jewish immigrants to new york, but he celebrates christmas because peach was raised catholic