Power Up! Super Mario Day at Union Gap Library in March

Video games have come a long way from being just a thing you'd find in seedy arcades to now being everywhere, it's become a popular pass-time with big business.

Mario More Popular than Mickey?

Video Games, and Super Mario, in particular, is so popular with kids that a study showed that Super Mario's silhouette is more recognizeable than that of Mickey Mouse.
Not sure if that holds true today, but I have a feeling it'd be pretty close.

Mario Celebrated in Yakima in March

Something that several people started to noticed these past few years is that March 10 has become and unofficial/official holiday to celebrate Mario from the Super Mario series.

The Yakima Libraries have a fun event in celebration of this.

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Mario Day at the Union Gap Library

The library in Union Gap announced on Facebook that they're having a Super Mario-themed day on March 10th of 2026.

Get it? March 10th? Because MAR.10 look like Mario.

Mario Day on March 10th can be celebrated at the library in Union Gap with books, games, and, as they put it, 'Super Star-level fun.'

The activities start at 3:30 p.m. which gives them plenty of time to get home from school.

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Dress Like Mario

Though it wasn't mentioned on their post, but I'm sure they'd love to see kids in costumes from the Super Mario series if you'd like to dress up like Mario or Princess Peach or any of the many other characters from the Mario franchise.

See their original Facebook post for more details and updates.