'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
Of course, of this point, you should well be aware
For we haven't seen Mouser since my dad had hair!
The Toads and the Mushrooms were snug in their beds
While visions of fireflowers danced in their heads
And the Mario brothers in their red and green caps
Weren't even thinking of taking a nap
For up at the castle there was such a clatter
That they didn't even have to see to know what was the matter
Away to the castle they flew and they dashed
Running past the stone, the fire, the ash
The moon was up high, but they went down low
Under the land using pipes, like they know
And as he should have expected, they did appear
One large from a mushroom, the other trembling in fear
The bigger bro looked around for the axe to finish quick
While the frightened one ran, feeling kind of sick
More rapid than a cheetah, across his brother he came
And the older one shouted, calling him by name
"Luigi! Don't worry! You won't be a victim!"
"Oh, Mario, I worry! His fire-balls are blitzin'!"
To the top of the stone, the top of the wall
He dashed away, dashed away, but then was scared he'd fall
As Mario watched, he just rolled an eye
When he saw his brother up in the sky
He turned from the distraction, for what could he do?
And when he turned back to Bowser, he saw he was watching too
And then, as he sprang, he heard from the roof
His brother was falling, landing with a poof
As he brought up his head and turned around
Down a pipe he was falling, landing with quite a sound
He was covered in dust, but was alright from head to foot
Except that a magikoopa put him where he was put
With a groan, Luigi rubbed his back
He swung at the koopa, but couldn't keep track
His eyes, how they burned, his mustache how hairy
His face got so heated, it looked like a cherry
And formed on his mouth was a scowl so low
But it wasn't just looks, he had his fist to show
With the magikoopa gone he grinned with his teeth
Meanwhile, Mario was back to his feat
Despite his small stature and little round belly
He fought and used the axe and turned Bowser to jelly
Mario knew he could never do this by himself
His brother was needed, at least to reach a shelf
With a wink of his eye, he turned his head
As his brother climbed out, no longer needing to dread
They spoke not a word, but went back to work
Running through the castle, past the spiny jerk
They got to the dungeon, anxious for the sack's pose
For it seemed smaller than the princess, and that ending Mario knows
He sprang to the bag, fast as a missile
And opened it up, letting out a relieved whistle
She laughed and exclaimed when the castle was in sight,
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"
In case you didn't catch it, all the rhyming sounds match those of the real story… which means it's the exact same length too, with the same first two lines and last line. So, as that last line says, Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoyed the cute Christmas version of Mario and Luigi's trip to Bowser's castle. Maybe he's gonna take a holiday break for a while now that he was beat on Christmas Eve!