“Even the trees have gotten into the holiday spirit. Just look at 'em!”

—Lakitu,Mario Kart Tour News Vol. 3: Where did Lakitu go?^[1]

Two festive trees inDS DK Pass

Festive trees are course elements inMario Kart Tour. They are exclusively featured in tours that lead up to or occur around the holiday season. Festive trees are planted insidepipes and are decorated with red ribbons, lights, tinsels of various colors and aSuper Star–like crown on top. When a driver gets near a festive tree, they can hear sleigh bells. Festive trees give bonus points when hit with an offensive item (such as any type of shell, aBanana or aBob-omb) or when driven into whileinvincible orMega, with the action being displayed as "Happy Holidays!" Starting with the 2020Winter Tour, they also give drivers anevent token when hit.

Festive trees have appeared in the following tours:

• Winter Tour (2019)
• London Tour
• Holiday Tour (2019), first week only
• Winter Tour (2020)
• Rosalina Tour
• Holiday Tour (2021)
• Penguin Tour
• Holiday Tour (2022 and onward)

Festive tree locations[edit]

Unless otherwise noted, the following location descriptions are also relevant to the R, T and R/T variants of each track.

New courses[edit]

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  London Loop:
  Near thefinish line

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  London Loop:
  In theLeadenhall Market section

Remix courses[edit]

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  RMX Mario Circuit 1:
  At a track overlap near the location of the finish line

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  RMX Rainbow Road 1:
  On a planet in the background

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  RMX Rainbow Road 1:
  At a curve near the gliding section that runs north-south

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  RMX Rainbow Road 1 (Smash Small Dry Bones):
  Ahead of the finish line, in the middle of the track

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  RMX Choco Island 2:
  Near the finish line

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  RMX Choco Island 2:
  At a straight section with several ramps

SNES courses[edit]

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  Mario Circuit 1:
  Near the finish line

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  Donut Plains 1:
  Near the finish line

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  Ghost Valley 1:
  Two are located on the sides of the finish line

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  Mario Circuit 2:
  Between theGlide Ramp and the finish line

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  Choco Island 1:
  Near the finish line

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  Donut Plains 2:
  Near the finish line

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  Mario Circuit 3:
  Near the finish line

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  Choco Island 2:
  Near the muddy area

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  Vanilla Lake 2:
  Near the finish line

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  Vanilla Lake 2:
  On the opposite side of the lake as the previous one

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  Rainbow Road:
  Between the split path and the finish line

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  Rainbow Road:
  On a planet in the background

N64 courses[edit]

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  Koopa Troopa Beach:
  On the beach, near a rock that resembles aKoopa Troopa shell

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  Kalimari Desert:
  Between a railway track crossing and the finish line

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  Frappe Snowland:
  Near the finish line

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  Frappe Snowland:
  Between theYoshi snow statue and a river crossing

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  Frappe Snowland:
  Near theMario snow statue

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  Frappe Snowland:
  At the area with the snow corridor

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  Choco Mountain:
  Between therolling rock segment and the finish line

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  Choco Mountain:
  On a crag near the finish line; can also be seen above the entrance in the mountain tunnel when racing on the regular and T variants of the course.

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  Royal Raceway:
  In an area with severalPiranha Plants

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  Royal Raceway:
  In front ofPeach's Castle

GBA courses[edit]

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  Bowser's Castle 1:
  Near the finish line

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  Bowser's Castle 1:
  Next toBowser's throne in the background

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  Bowser's Castle 2:
  In a section withDash Panelramps

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  Sunset Wilds:
  Near the finish line

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  Sunset Wilds:
  On a cliff in the background, close to theExploring Shy Guy campsite

GCN courses[edit]

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  Yoshi Circuit:
  Between the finish line and the entrance in the Yoshi Tunnel

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  Yoshi Circuit:
  At a steep curve that represents the circuit's "tail"

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  Dino Dino Jungle R/T:
  At a steep curve between the cave section and the finish line

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  Dino Dino Jungle R/T:
  In the boardwalk section

DS courses[edit]

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  Luigi's Mansion R/T:
  Near the finish line, on the side with muddy terrain

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  Luigi's Mansion R/T:
  At the mansion's exit

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  Luigi's Mansion R/T:
  In the graveyard between the mansion and the finish line

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  DK Pass:
  Two are located in the area following the Glide Ramp, one on each side of the track

Wii courses[edit]

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  Maple Treeway:
  By the finish line

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  Maple Treeway:
  In the area with carved out trees near the finish line

3DS courses[edit]

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  Toad Circuit:
  Near the finish line

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  Daisy Hills:
  In the fountain area

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  Cheep Cheep Lagoon:
  In the section withCheep Cheeps, adjacent to the flat rocky path on the track's side

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  Shy Guy Bazaar:
  In the bazaar section

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  Shy Guy Bazaar:
  Between the finish line and the large chasm withFlying Shy Guys

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  Mario Circuit:
  At the entrance inPeach's Castle

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  Mario Circuit:
  In an area withGoombas andpipes that blow air currents

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  Rock Rock Mountain:
  In the chasm next to the finish line

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  Neo Bowser City:
  Between the air vent section and the glass passageway

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  Rosalina's Ice World:
  Near the finish line

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  Rosalina's Ice World:
  In the area withpenguins

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  Rosalina's Ice World:
  Between theicicle cavern segment and the finish line

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  Rainbow Road:
  On the planet with rollingChain Chomps and rockets

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  Rainbow Road:
  On top of a rocket

Gallery[edit]

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  A commonbadge depicting a festive tree

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  A gold badge depicting a festive tree

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  TheToday's Challenge badge of the2021 Holiday Tour depicting a festive tree

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  A festive tree inDS DK Pass

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  A festive tree inN64 Choco Mountain, which is the same one seen near the finish line of that course.

Profiles[edit]

• Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
  • English:
    Festive trees will sprout up during the holiday season in#MarioKartTour! Their sparkling decorations really brighten the place up, especially with those stars up top! Enjoy the sights, but keep your eyes on the road!^[2]
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      ぴかぴか光るオーナメントに、てっぺんでレースを見守るスターのつぶらな瞳。
      クリスマスツリーは期間限定！どこにあるのかは走ってみてのお楽しみだ！^[3]

Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

• Merry Mountain,DS Airship Fortress, all threeVancouver Velocity routes,RMX Rainbow Road 2, andWii DK Summit are the only courses in the game that were featured in at least one tour with festive trees but did not have any on the course.
  • In Merry Mountain's case, this is due to it already having a Christmas theme.

See also[edit]

• Jack-o'-lantern
• Kadomatsu
• Spring egg

References[edit]

• Trees
• Mario Kart Tour objects

• Articles with sections that need more images