Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Yesterday, Reneigh was at the campsite!

I thought I’d let her move in, but only if Rizzo was the villager she’d be replacing. When she went to town hall though, Tia was again the suggested villager to replace, and I was not going to kick Tia out like that.

Also, I noticed that winter campers still use a tent…not an igloo like in New Leaf. I was looking forward to seeing igloos in winter, so that’s disappointing.

Here are a few other quick notes about yesterday:

• Tuesday’s snowboy sent me a frozen arch in the mail.
• I made another perfect snowboy.
• I bought a garbage pail and used it to throw away dozens of black roses and orange windflowers.
• Flick was in town, so I sold him 97,500 bells worth of bugs.

Today, I received a frozen sculpture in the mail from my latest snowboy.

I headed over to the plaza, where Tom Nook and Isabelle were both outside for the event! Town hall was completely closed today, so I couldn’t even go in to use the Nook Stop. Tom Nook gave me some party poppers, and he was also selling New Year’s hats and (more) party poppers. I bought a hat of each of the four colors available. Isabelle also gave me a light stick.

After doing some shopping on my NookPhone, I earned 3,000 Nook Miles for ordering my 200th item.

In the final hour before midnight, villagers started coming to the plaza. And at 12:00, we welcomed in 2021! Happy new year, everyone!

UPDATE: Here is the video of my New Year’s Eve in Forest:

At 12:30, I went over to Logan’s town Moonscar. Since he’s an hour behind me, I got to see the New Year’s event a second time. Timo, Nicky, Jesse, and Jj were also there.

I bought a green New Year’s hat from Moonscar’s Tom Nook, because he had different colors than mine.

We also went up to his Polar Peak to watch some fireworks.

After Logan ended the session, I returned to Forest and shot down a balloon present. I finally got the recipe for the illuminated tree! After nearly five minute of tree-shaking, I had enough ornaments to make one.

I posted the latest New Horizons Moments video today:

I hope you all have a Happy New Year! I’ll be hosting my Friday Night Forest/holiday party tonight, so I’ll be back with another entry late Friday night/early Saturday morning. See you later! 🙂

I received my reward from the Snowboy in the mail today, and it was an ice flooring…something that I already have the recipe for. So apparently once you know all the recipes, he will just send you a piece of the frozen set. If you’re wondering, it sells for 8,200 bells at Nook’s Cranny. So that’s close to the 8,888 bells paid for snowman stuff in earlier games.

I made another perfect snowboy today, and he also said he’ll send my reward in the mail. The bad thing about this is that they no longer give you a large snowflake on the day that you make them. (But perfect snowboys from previous days will still give you large snowflakes.)

When I visited Tybalt, he told me he had a piping hot protein shake for me. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think protein shakes are supposed to be piping hot?

Hornsby asked me to play a treasure hunt game, and he only gave me three minutes to find the buried item. However, that was plenty of time, because it didn’t even take me 45 seconds to find it!

Pay no attention to that hideous outfit of mine. I was trying to please Label again, but I keep failing miserably. But anyway, the treasure item was a lettered cap.

Wisp was in town, and I caught all of his spirits for him. In return, he gave me a monochromatic dotted wall. That’s a mouthful.

I crafted some frozen furniture, and I made some changes to Candy Cane Lane in preparation for Friday night. We’ll have a new, (hopefully pretty), wintry spot where we can fall into holes. 😛

There may not be a blog entry on Wednesday (unless something particularly significant happens), but I will be back on New Year’s Eve with another entry. But technically, it will be late, probably well after midnight. So if you don’t hear from me before then, have a happy and safe New Year’s Eve, everyone!

Yesterday, I received the four New Year’s Eve items I ordered the day before. The sparkling cider is the most interesting, because it’s a handheld item. But you don’t actually drink it like you did in New Leaf. Instead, using the item makes you raise the glass, as if to say “Cheers!”

Even though I liked the ability to take a sip, this new method ensures that the drink should last longer. 😀

I made a perfect snowboy, and he taught me how to make a frozen tree. Immediately afterwards, I spotted a balloon present. I shot it down and learned the recipe for a Jingle wall. Finally, my third ornament recipe!

A bit later, Tybalt mentioned moving out of town. No way!

Wisp was in town last night, and I collected his five spirits for him. In return, he gave me some patchwork-tile flooring.

Today, I rolled up another perfect snowboy. He told me he’d give me a special item as a reward, but he said he’d send it in the mail. I thought that meant my pockets were full, but when I checked, they were not full. So I’m guessing I’ve already earned all of the frozen DIY recipes, and he’s now sending me something else.

Tybalt was shopping at Able Sisters, and he informed me that the only reason he wears clothes at all is to highlight his muscles! 😮

But he then added two more reasons: staying warm and not getting sunburned. 😛

Random note: My town is getting overrun with unwanted flowers. It’s starting to drive me crazy.

Jolly Redd has been showing up on my island every other week for a long time. But I should have seen him last week, and I didn’t. I can’t help but wonder if Jingle kicked him out of his spot in the rotation this time around. 🙁 Hopefully Redd will show up this week.

Many of my villagers have been looking forward to New Year’s Eve (and starting off 2021).

I don’t plan on opening my gate for the New Year’s Eve countdown this year, because I’m planning on recording a video. And I don’t want to risk missing the big moment because of a disconnection (or someone entering/leaving right at midnight). 😛

As for my late Christmas party, I’m now planning on just having a general holiday party on Friday night (January 1st) at the usual time. We can celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Day together. 😛

I posted my Toy Day video yesterday, so please check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.

See you all next time!