Delivering Presents

Yesterday, Static asked me to play a treasure hunt game with him. He only gave me three minutes, and I barely found the item in time. But once I did, he revealed that the gift was his photo…which is now mine. 😛

Static: And that's not just any Static's photo. It's your Static's photo!
It’s Jeff’s Static’s photo! 😛

This was a duplicate, so I just put it in storage for now.

Jolly Redd’s ship was in town, and he had a rock-head statue that was different from the (fake) one I’ve seen before. So I felt pretty good about this one, and I bought it.

Today, I found a gyroid fragment on the beach (on my own island). I’m sure some people will enjoy having the extra chances to get gyroids, but I’m already swimming in them. 😛

I received my rock-head statue in the mail from Jolly Redd, and as I suspected, it was the real deal. I promptly donated it to the museum.

Rock-head Statue - December 24th, 2021 - Donated by Jeff

Toy Day is here, and I found Jingle hanging out near my central bridge. He gave me a recipe for some festive wrapping paper (even though I already knew how to make it), and told me he needed three sheets of it.

Jingle: What do you say, kid? Can you help? It would behoove the both of us... even though I'm kinda all set, hoof-wise.

I crafted them, and he gave me a set of Toy Day stockings as my first reward of the night. He also reminded me to hang them up in my house. Next, he gave me a magic bag filled with presents for each of my villagers. He asked me to deliver the presents to my neighbors, and I did.

Sasha: Those clothes! That bag! And in the bag... Could it be...

I didn’t need to dress up like Santa…but I did anyway, at least once I stopped by Able Sisters. However, they didn’t have the boots…so I just bought red sandals. 😂

Apollo: Whoa! you're a braver eagle'n me, carryin' around a bag like that on Toy Day and dressed like Santa.
You look a bit Santa-ish yourself!

Some of them gave me gifts in return, which were some of the toy items that the Nooklings have been selling this month.

Agent S hands me a gift.

Once I finished delivering all the presents from Santa, Jingle gave me a recipe for a gift pile (which I already had) and a Toy Day sleigh.

But I wasn’t done just yet! The villagers expected me to do a gift exchange with them (since the first batch of presents were from Santa, not me). So I made some brown-sugar cupcakes for all my villagers and wrapped them up. We all exchanged gifts, and it was lovely. 🙂

Hornsby: Wow! For me? Really? Seriously? Some brown-sugar cupcakes?

I hope you all had a happy Toy Day, and I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season in general! See you tomorrow! 🎄

Finally, A Festive Tree

On Sunday, Penelope the mouse was camping at the campsite. She was not welcome to move in. 😛

Penelope: It's kind of random that I came over to Forest, but I'm way glad I did! This place is the bomb!

Wisp was in town, and I spotted two of his spirits in Sudden Valley. Or should I call it Haunted Valley?

Two ghosts (and a snowman) appear in Sudden Valley.

When I recovered and returned the spirits to Wisp, he rewarded me with a bath bucket. It looked more like a large bowl than a bucket, though.

On Monday, Louie sent me some art in the mail. It was a glowing painting, and it was authentic. However, I didn’t need that one for the museum.

But on the bright side, I encountered another real painting (a wild painting left half) at Redd’s stand on Harv’s Island. I bought it, and it arrived Tuesday. I donated it to the museum.

Wild Painting Left Half - December 21st, 2021 - Donated by Jeff

I found a lost item (a book) on the ground, and it belonged to the first person I asked about it: Louie. He thanked me for returning it, and he gave me another copy of his photo.

I’ve been obtaining several more of the festive DIY recipes lately, but I shot down a big one today. Literally. A big festive tree recipe, to be exact. Now I’m able to put a (large) Christmas tree up this year!

My Christmas tree for 2021.

Today, I noticed that there a bunch of New Year’s items that are now available to purchase from Nook Shopping. That includes the 2022 celebratory arch.

2022 celebratory arch: 2,022 bells.

I’d also like to restock my supply of sparkling ciders too, but the 5 item-per-day limit is so annoying. 😡

After I took a boat ride out to a mysterious island (a generic winter island, as far I could tell), I earned 3,000 Nook Miles for sailing with Kapp’n 50 times. That completed the “Set Sail for Adventure” achievement.

Set Sail for Adventure: Rare items and exciting adventures are yours when you head out on a special tour with a veteran sailor, yes, yes!

As for the other Version 2.0 features, I still need three more cups of coffee to complete the Roost achievement. And I’m doing much worse with the stretching achievement; I haven’t been stretching every day. In fact, I’ve only stretched on 17 days so far. It just seems so quick and easy to grab a cup coffee vs. doing stretching that takes a couple of minutes.

There may not be an entry tomorrow, unless something major happens. But I’ll be back on Friday night with my Toy Day entry. And I’ll be back again on Saturday…I may finally start Happy Home Paradise on Christmas Day!

Happy holidays, everyone! See you soon! 🎄

Wheat Field!

On Thursday, Brewster gave me another item: a pro coffee grinder.

I replaced another log bridge (the one just west of Resident Services) with a brick bridge, and it opened up yesterday. I only have one log bridge left now (the one on the cliff, east of Rainbow Road), but I’m keeping that one. That area would look too crowded with a larger bridge.

Sasha was talking about explosions in the “combobulation engines” of cars. He kept saying “BOOM!” and this was the exact moment he went completely insane. 😂

Sasha: A HUH HUH HUH HUH! SCREEEeeeEEEeeeEEECH!

Jolly Redd’s ship was in town, and he had a proper painting for sale. It was the first time I’ve seen that one in New Horizons, so I quickly bought it up. Forgeries are typically more common than real paintings, but when I haven’t seen any version of a painting after this much time, I figured it’s probably one that’s always real.

Marina taught me how to make an illuminated reindeer yesterday, and Apple taught me how to make a holiday candle today. So I’m finally starting to get some of these holiday DIY recipes that I didn’t get last year. Better late than never. 😛

The proper painting arrived in the mail today, and I took it up to the museum. It was indeed the real deal, so I only need ten more works of art to complete the museum now. 🙂

Proper Painting - December 18th, 2021 - Donated by Jeff

K.K. Slider was in town tonight, and he performed a song called K.K. Robot Synth for me and Sasha.

K.K. Slider performs for Jeff and Sasha.

I shot down a balloon present up on a cliff, and I was very surprised to find a wheat field inside! I used to love these in City Folk, and I didn’t realize it was added into New Horizons with the 2.0 update! Suh-wheat!

Jeff stands in a wheat field in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

I hope you’re all having a grain great weekend! See you next time!