Harvest Festival 2024

I received Jeremiah’s goodbye letter in the mail, which made me feel blue. 😛 I’ll miss the guy.

Dear Jeff, Today's the day I leave Forest. I hope there's someone as fun as you in my new town. Take care! -From Jeremiah

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., and older Animal Crossing games celebrate the occasion as the harvest festival. Tortimer was hanging out near town hall, and he handed me a knife and fork.

Tortimer: You know, if you want to do the harvest festival right, you need a knife and fork, sprout!

Unfortunately, Tortimer is the only animal hanging out there, despite the tables and dishes. Even though I like the City Folk versions of Halloween and Christmas Eve/Toy Day, the harvest festival is devoid of any atmosphere in this game. The GameCube game and New Horizons have such a festive atmosphere for the event, so this just feels lifeless and dull by comparison.

Tortimer: Now all we have to do is wait for the main dish--I mean, guest!

My job, of course, is to search for Franklin the turkey. He will be hiding behind a tree, a house/building, or in some cases, a sign post.

Franklin hides behind a sign post during the harvest festival.

Of course, I end up scaring him (nearly) to death every time.

Franklin: Waaaaa!

When you give him the silverware, he hands over a piece of the harvest furniture set. If you give silverware to a villager instead, they will give you a hint as to Franklin’s current location.

Mint: A strange visitor was seen poking around Robin's house.
A hint from Mint.

But I tried to do it without many hints, just because it can be tedious having to go back to Tortimer for more silverware each and every time.

I discovered that I did not have the harvest set already in storage, which was disappointing because I was wanting to make a harvest festival guide showing the full set. I even checked my saved letters at the post office, and the storage of my other characters…but no luck. Oof.

So I kept playing longer than I originally intended, well over two hours. I got a whopping 30 pieces of harvest stuff, but I still didn’t complete the set—I’m just missing the dresser. I’ll be hanging onto the 11 unique pieces I acquired, but I sold my 19 duplicates for a total of 56,928 bells.

I hope you all had a good harvest festival, Turkey Day, or Thanksgiving (if you’re in the U.S.).

Franklin: Don't eat me!
These were his final words.
(Just kidding.) 😛

I’m curious, which Franklin do you like more? Franklin the chef, or Franklin the main course? 😆 Let me know in the comments!

Enjoy your weekend, and I’ll be back with another entry next week. Jeremiah’s replacement will probably be moved in by then.

Never Stop Crossing!

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