Jeff's New Horizons Blog

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!

Gullivarrr sent me my latest reward in the mail today, and I was happy to see he sent me a pirate outfit! Finally, no need to pass off my “GOLD” shirt as part of the pirate costume.

K.K. Slider was in town for his usual Saturday night performance. I asked him for a random song, and he played K.K. Ballad for me and Bones.

But Bones seemed to be more interested in eating snow than listening to music. You just gotta love Bones.

I rolled up today’s snowballs, but I botched the job. I failed for the 2nd time since snowboy-building season began.

Four seasonal items for New Year’s Eve are now available from Nook Shopping. That includes some sparkling cider, a twelve-grape dish, a Berliner, and some New Year’s noodles.

As I looked through my list of DIY recipes, I saw that I’ve only unlocked two of the festive ornament recipes (and one of those was from Isabelle), even though Christmas was yesterday. I was wondering if that was common, so I posted a poll on Twitter. Take a look:

New Horizons players, how many of the festive ornament recipes have you unlocked as of Christmas? #animalcrossing #acnh

— JVGS Jeff (@jvgsjeff) December 27, 2020

Apparently, very few players have unlocked most of all of them by the time Christmas came. So how were we supposed to decorate our islands for Christmas? It’s quite disappointing the way that Nintendo has handled this, especially compared to Halloween. Why couldn’t there at least be a way to learn the remainder of them on Toy Day? What good is a Christmas tree going to be in January? And I have a feeling many of us won’t even learn all of the ornament recipes this winter at all!

I hope you’re all enjoying your holiday weekend. I’ll see you all next time.

As I started up the game today, Isabelle cheerily informed me that they’ll be taking down the festive tree in front of town hall tomorrow. I wonder what the rush is? But she suggested taking a picture of it while I still can, so I did. Forest’s two jocks were also there, hanging out by the tree.

In my house, I checked out the Toy Day stockings, and found something inside…

It was Jingle’s photo! While that is the same reward he sent in New Leaf, I was still a bit surprised because I guess I didn’t realize that special characters even had photos in New Horizons.

All of my villagers mentioned how great Toy Day was. They were thrilled to get a present from Santa and a present from me.

Bones had a slightly different take, though. He said the best part of Toy Day was the sound of the wrapping paper…because it sounded like eating chips! Okay, I guess Bones is a bit of an odd dog.

Gullivarrr was in town, washed up on the shore. It took me three diving attempts to find his communicator, and he will be sending me a reward in the mail tomorrow.

I rolled up another snowboy, and he taught me how to make a snowperson head. The thought of displaying a decapitated snowman head sounded a bit morbid, but it’s not quite what I imagined. It’s just a snowman hat.

Later on tonight, Logan opened up his town of Moonscar for a Christmas party. Alex from A-Nation, Nami, Nicky, Jesse, and Jj were also there. Chibi (Ivy) also joined in a bit later.

Logan has really decorated his island nicely for the holidays, with lots of items I haven’t even unlocked yet.

He showed us around the many festive attractions, including his Toy Day vs. Halloween obstacle course.

We eventually got disconnected, but I had a good time. Thanks to Logan and everyone at the party. It was fun!

Back in my town, I finally took my Halloween furniture out of my main room and put it into storage. I put up an ice wall and floor, but the room is still mostly empty for now. All my ice furniture is outdoors still.

Sorry for the delay, but my Toy Day video may not be up until Sunday. But I’ll also have New Horizons Moments #5 coming up next week.

I hope you all are having a happy holiday season. Merry Christmas!