Present Boxes

Present Boxes are anomalous objects that can appear in Super Mario 64 during winter, and are much more common in December, especially in snow levels. They usually replace yellow boxes, and appear as red boxes with green stripes and a yellow bow on top. They usually contain the same objects as the boxes they replace, but have been known to also contain several collectibles. These include but are not limited to:


 * Cookies and milk.
 * Gingerbread men and houses.
 * A snowman.
 * An object to unlock and/or a portal to an anomalous snow level, i.e. Chroma Tundra. The portals can however lead to the regular snow levels.
 * Christmas trees.
 * Ornaments.
 * Enemies, usually Mr. Blizzards.

These objects usually either function as re-skinned coins or simply heal the player. It is theorized that the Present Boxes were originally planned to appear as part of a series of holiday events in Super Mario 64 that were later scrapped.