Month: December 2023

Yesterday was Christmas Eve (also known as Toy Day in later Animal Crossing games), and it was Jingle’s night to appear!

It took me a while to find him initially, but he reminded me that he can be found indoors to deliver gifts to villagers (at least the ones who aren’t home).

Egbert told me that he was good all year (in anticipation of gifts from Jingle)…even though he was tempted to be bad with Nana. Wait, what??? Do I even want to know?

A bit later, I met up with Egbert again. He explained the reasoning that villagers go outside without locking their doors on Christmas Eve. I like when game developers address the odd quirks and nuances in games, and try to give a logical reason for them.

I found Jingle repeatedly, playing the event for over an hour. I obtained a total of 14 items, and I sold them for 171,360 bells. Even though I didn’t get the full Jingle set last night, that’s okay because I already had it in storage. And speaking of that set, I brought it out and put it on display, replacing my spooky furniture set.

If you’d like to see a 30-minute gameplay video of my Toy Day session, I just uploaded this today:

Today, my villagers all (indirectly) referenced the holiday. Tutu told me she ate like a BEAST, and something about that sentence caught Grizzly’s attention. 😆

Gabi, however, thought today was Halloween??? She may not be the smartest cookie on Santa’s plate. 😛 I guess her blank stare should’ve been my first hint. 😆

Nana has still been sick this holiday weekend, so I gave her some more medicine yesterday and today.

Saharah was in town tonight, looking for old flooring. Surprisingly, three of my villagers had some old carpet to give me: Queenie, Gabi, and Antonio.

When I took them all to Saharah, she gave me some office flooring.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Gabi has still been sick, so I gave her some more medicine Sunday.

Nana was talking about moving out of town, but I (eventually) talked her out of it.

By Tuesday, Gabi was feeling better, and she sent me a lemon table in the mail.

But by today, the illness had been passed on to Nana. So I gave her some medicine as well.

I found two snowballs pretty close to each other, so I rolled them up and made a snowman.

While out in the city, I spotted my old best bud Bob! He talked about getting souvenirs for people back home though, and I thought, Forest is your home! Leave them and come back to your real home!

I found Gabi in the Roost tonight, talking about how good the food is there.

Except that the Roost doesn’t actually serve food. So I’m convinced she was eating out of an ashtray.

Since K.K. Slider was around, I stayed for his concert. I told him I was feeling a little sad, and he performed K.K. Waltz for me.

I plan on playing tomorrow night for the Christmas Eve event, although I’m not sure if the blog entry will be up tomorrow, or not until later in the week. But I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! See you soon!

On Tuesday night, I found Pascal standing on the bridge near the museum. He explained how love was like a wave. 🌊

I gave him a scallop, and he gave me a ship deck (flooring) in return.

I redecorated my upstairs room again, and I’m now displaying the spooky furniture set. If you’re wondering why now, it’s because I wanted a photo of the full set for my new Halloween Guide. Please let me know if you have any feedback about the guide! I’ve been wanting to expand my selection of guides here on JVGS, so there will be more added in the future.

As of yesterday, festive Christmas lights now adorn many cedar trees around town. I particularly like the area around Pac-Man Pond, where three of the five cedars there are decorated. 🎄

I’ve been noticing a number of new hybrid flowers around town lately, including this new purple tulip!

I also saw a new orange rose and a purple rose elsewhere in town. Funny that I’m getting them now that it’s winter, but I’ll take it. They’re like nice little surprises when you see a new one pop up. 🙂

A message on the bulletin board informed me that it’s Gabi’s birthday. There aren’t villager parties in this game, but I did buy a gift at Nook’s for her (a wet roadway sign) and I sent her a lovely card in the mail.

But Gabi wasn’t having a nice birthday, because she’s been sick all week (including today). I helped her out by giving her some medicine for the past three days or so.

Tom told me he was having some friends over for drinks, including cappuccino, lime soda, and root beer. Sounds good to me!