Mario's Christmas Quest is one of those weird, charming holiday ROM hacks for the SNES where someone decided Mario needed to save Christmas—because why not? You're jumping through snowy levels, dodging candy cane obstacles, and collecting presents instead of coins. The graphics are a fun mashup of classic Mario sprites with festive reskins, like Bowser in a Santa hat (which, honestly, kinda works).

It's short and janky in that classic fan-made way, but there's something oddly satisfying about stomping on goombas dressed as elves. The music’s all sleigh bells and MIDI renditions of carols, which either gets you in the spirit or makes you mute it after five minutes. Either way, it’s a silly little time capsule of early 2000s ROM hack energy.