Month: December 2021

I received Simon’s goodbye letter in the mail tonight. So long, monkey. 🐵

It’s Christmas Eve, and Big Top told me that the way to Santa’s heart is through his belly. He suggested that I should leave Santa some apple strudel if I want to get a lot of presents. 😛

Christmas Eve is the night that Jingle comes to town, also known as Toy Day in later games. I found Jingle the black-nosed reindeer hanging out by a pond.

Each time we find him, we can get a special gift (a piece of Jingle furniture). But only if we disguise ourselves as a different person each time, by wearing a different hat (or a pattern as a hat). One interesting element of this event compared to other games is that since Jingle is delivering presents to villagers, we may find him inside the houses of villagers that aren’t home!

In fact, this is the only night of the year that we can enter any villager’s house, whether they’re home or not.

About 15 minutes in my session, the event ended at the stroke of midnight. I had obtained four pieces of Jingle furniture by that point, and I was able to sell it all for a total of 48,960 bells. Not bad! If you have the time (and a few spare hats), this event is a really good way to make some bells!

Happy holidays, everyone! 🎄

I found Forest’s resident monkey, Simon, all packed up and ready to move out of town tonight. Even though I’m not a big fan of monkey villagers not named Champ, Simon has grown on me a bit. I’m certainly not devastated that he’s leaving or anything, but I do wish it was someone else.

Some of my villagers are looking forward to Toy Day (Christmas Eve). Curt is already wondering what gifts he’ll receive this year. None from me. 😛

At the Roost, K.K. Slider performed K.K. Western for me.

Big Top was walking around with his watering can, talking about flowers. He said he loves roses, tulips, and…cosmoses?

I always thought the plural of cosmos was also cosmos. But apparently, either way is correct. I still think “cosmoses” looks funny written out like that, though. 😛

Tom locked himself out of his house, and I wasn’t originally going to help him out. But I saw a small fish in the river, so I gave it a try…bingo! I wouldn’t mind these favors if I always found the key on my first try like this. 😂

When I took it over to Tom, he rewarded me with a rhythmoid.

See you all next time!

The fishing tournament was held today, and Goldie said she didn’t care about the results. (Neither did I.) But she was just happy to see that Chip was happy and full (from scarfing down all the fish that the contestants brought him). 😛

Winter has arrived to the world of Animal Crossing, and I used the opportunity to build my first snowman of the season. He was pleased with his appearance, so he should be sending me a reward in the mail.

I attended K.K. Slider’s show at the Roost, and he performed “My Place” for me. I like it a lot, even though it’s not quite in my top tier of K.K. songs.

Gwen asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “woof woof,” which she apparently learned from Goldie. I hate when villagers use phrases meant for a different species, so I told her to say “pen gwen” instead. It’s not my best work, but at least she’s not barking like a dog now.

Gwen also asked me to deliver something to Maelle, and I agreed to help out again. The gift was a dice shirt, and Maelle said she’d try to find a good spot for it. 🎲 Spot, get it? Okay, I’m sure the pun wasn’t intended, but I tend to spot puns regardless. 😉

When I told Gwen the delivery was completed, she rewarded me with a sea bass. Wow, you might as well just give me a shirt if you’re handing out awful rewards. Or stationery, even!

However, a couple of other villager requests went unfulfilled tonight. Simon asked me to catch a centipede for him. I banged rocks like crazy, but all I found were pill bugs. Also, Big Top wanted a stego torso…but specific fossil requests are always long shots. Besides, I only found two fossils tonight, despite going around town multiple times really looking closely for them! Sorry, guys.

If you haven’t yet seen my recent house tour video, here it is!