Jeff's ACCF Blog

Last night was New Year’s Eve, and I started up the game about 15 minutes before midnight. Mayor Tortimer was standing outside of town hall, and he stated the obvious.

I stayed for the countdown to 2025… Happy New Year! 🎉

The fireworks began, and I made my rounds. I found a new house in the southwest part of town, and Felicity was inside!

Since it was after midnight, it was technically 2025 when I met her. For a moment, I was trying to think if she should count as a December or a January arrival. Even after midnight, Animal Crossing games still count a day to be the previous day until the new day officially starts at 6 a.m. But then I realized that it was a moot point, because clearly her house was there when I loaded up the game on December 31st regardless, even if I didn’t see it until after midnight. 😛 So she is a December 2024 arrival, but just barely.

She has lived here before, but it’s been a while; it was back in 2013. I don’t think I was a big fan of hers back then…will this time be different? I’m not so sure, but we’ll see.

I played again this afternoon, and I received several letters in the mail wishing me a happy new year. They were from Ruby, Antonio, Roscoe, Nana, Mint, Mom, and Big Top.

Mom also attached 1,000 bells to her letter.

But the main reason I played today is to get the limited-edition New Year’s shirt for 2025! Tortimer handed it to me outside of town hall.

It has a snake on it, because 2025 is the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. Here’s a look at the front and back:

Don’t forget to pick yours up, if you’re interested! I used my Scott character to pick up an extra one too, just in case I accidentally sell this one or something. 😛

Felicity was out and about today, and she is planning on being even more energetic and hyperactive in the new year. Uh-oh, I have a feeling she’s going to annoy me. 😛

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2025 is a good year for us all! Maybe a new game this year? We can only hope!

As expected, I received Midge’s goodbye letter in the mail today.

Of course, today is Christmas Eve (aka Toy Day). I grabbed a bunch of hats out of storage, and then I began my search for Jingle as I made my rounds.

When I visited Roscoe, he assumed I was out looking for whoever was out delivering presents. But he assured me it wasn’t him. 😆

A few of my villagers mentioned writing letters to the dude in red. So I mentally replied, “Mario?” 😆

Robin stated it quite differently, referring to a “red-bellied” guest!

Santa (and Jingle) wear red, but they’re not red-bellied! You know who is red-bellied, though? Robins! Not you, Robin, but real robins. 😛

I eventually found Jingle outdoors and he gave me a Jingle bed. Moments later, I found him again…on the moon!

Well, okay, I guess it was Ruby’s house. But it looked like the moon! 🌑

The northeast part of my town has four villager houses, and it turned out that all four of them were away from home tonight. That was helpful, because I could quickly knock out four of Jingle’s potential hiding spots in rapid succession. Of course he’s not always indoors, so I still had to do some searching when he was outside somewhere. But there were times I found him in this area up to three times in a row!

I kept changing my hats to fool Jingle, and I was wearing a dressing (the mummy bandages) when I went into the Roost. Phyllis was in there, and she mentioned seeing me there before.

Back outside, Punchy compared the falling snow to powdered sugar on a chocolate cake. Mmm, that sounds good.

Big Top asked me for a new catchphrase, and I thought I’d tell him to say something along the lines of “in a stocking,” since it’s Christmas Eve. Of course, that’s too long for a catchphrase, so I shortened it to “in a sock.” 🧦

Back on the moon, I ran into Jingle again while wearing my hot dog hat. I couldn’t help but wonder if he was talking about my hat when he said this. 😛

Anyway, I experimented a bit with mixing accessories. On three consecutive attempts, this is what I wore (on my head):

• hot dog hat
• hot dog hat with a red rose
• hot dog hat with a gold rose

And they all worked just fine to fool Jingle. But there was something else I also tried on my next two attempts. First, I wore nothing on my head and got my gift from Jingle. Then, I purposely got stung by bees. I wanted to see if a bee sting counted as a disguise! 😆 However, it did not fool him (even though it changes your appearance more than putting a rose in your mouth). 😆

The next time I wore Majora’s Mask, I stood so that the camera could see my face as I spoke with Jingle. I just thought it would make a good screenshot.

I played for nearly an hour and a half in total, and I scored 15 furniture items from Jingle. I sold them for a total of 183,600 bells before wrapping up my game for the night.

I hope you all have a happy Toy Day and a Merry Christmas! 🎄 I’ll see you next time!

It was snowing in town today, and that’s always a welcome sight in this game. Not only is it pretty (especially during the holiday season), but it saves me from watering some flowers. This is the only Animal Crossing game in which I’m still actively watering flowers, after all.

I don’t water all of them, of course, since most of my flowers are gold roses that are immune to wilting. But I do have other flowers that I use in various spots to regrow grass, and the snow gives me a reprieve.

Big Top asked me for a new greeting today, and I decided to tell him to say “I’m circus-bound.” It goes well with his catchphrase.

When I walked into Midge’s house, I was disappointed to see that she was all packed up in boxes. She’s moving out…again!

If it seems like Midge is always leaving, there’s some truth to that. She also moved out in 2019, before returning (and leaving again) this year. But that’s not all, because she also moved out of my New Horizons town twice in that span as well! She just flies in and out of my life so frequently. I’d say she’s flighty, but that’s probably obvious since she’s a bird. 😉 It’s like Forest is a revolving door on a bird hotel.

I shot down a balloon present, and it fell to the ground with a thud. Inside, I found a scale. I guess that’s one way to drop a few pounds. 😉

I rode the bus out to the city, and Becky was there, as pleasant as always. 😛 She complained about the slippery surfaces caused by the snow, demanding that somebody salt the ground. She even threatened to sue! You’d think a bird could just fly over any slippery spots, but what do I know? 😛

Later on, I went to the Roost for the Saturday night show. I asked K.K. Slider for a random song, and he performed K.K. Rally for me.

That’s all I have for tonight, but I’m hoping to play again on Christmas Eve. It’s not a sure thing though, and I might not have time to post a blog entry even if I do play. But I’ll be back at some point next week with more. If I don’t see you before then, have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎄

Never Stop Crossing!