Christmas Day

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

Hey, everybody! Happy holidays! And guess who's comin' to town!

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).

Jingle: When I deliver these presents, I have to hide them indoors so they're not found. It's tough!

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?

Egbert: Don't get me wrong, I was tempted a LOT. Especially that one time with Nana!

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.

Egbert: I left my door unlocked and spent all day outside. What else can I do? After all, I don't have a chimney...

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.

The Jingle furniture set from Jingle on Christmas Eve (aka Toy Day) in Animal Crossing: City Folk (ACCF) for Nintendo Wii.

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. 😆

Tutu: Did you have lots of good eats last night? Ohmigosh, I totally ate like a BEAST, twinkles.

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. 😆

Gabi: Woo hoo, pop star! Ohmigosh, when I woke up this morning? I totally thought it was Halloween!

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.

Antonio: Oh, dude! That's right! Saharah is in town today! This scraggly, faded old carpet is all yours!

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

Saharah: Yes, now I give to you.

Merry Christmas, everyone!