Jeff's New Leaf Blog

When I played after Christmas, I received Jingle’s pic in the mail. It was my reward for correctly delivering all the presents on Toy Day.

I decided to install a new public works project (PWP) before the year ended, and I ultimately chose an illuminated arch. I put it near the train station, just north of my fountain. I paid it off, and it officially opened on Monday, December 30th.

Here’s a look at it once it was all lit up for nighttime:

And here’s how that whole area looks, including my fountain, metal bench, and illuminated tree:

It looks really pretty! It was just making me a bit sad that most likely, no visitors will ever see it in person. But I’ll still enjoy it, and hopefully you’ll all enjoy the pictures of it here.

Last night was New Year’s Eve, and I showed up close to midnight. Isabelle was worried that I was going to miss the countdown. 😆

Redd and Rolf were also there, and Isabelle gave me some sparkling cider.

At midnight, 2025 began. Happy New Year, everyone! 🥳

Of course, I took a few moments to enjoy the fireworks…especially the 2025 ones.

I played again this afternoon, and my villagers wished me a happy new year, of course. Some also talked about their plans for 2025.

Lolly asked me to dig up her time capsule, so I gladly helped out. She found her school jacket, and that was my reward for helping with the time capsule.

But she also told me that she was planning on moving away on January 3rd! I talked her out of it, of course, but that was a really close call! If I hadn’t played today (or tomorrow), she would’ve been gone! Even though it’s been years since I’ve lost someone accidentally, it still is a very real possibility and it’s bound to happen at some point.

At the plaza, Isabelle was handing out the New Year’s item. She was talking about how snakes have such a hard life. (2025 is the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac.)

She then gave me the zodiac snake for 2025.

Seeing as this is the 12th New Year’s Day since the game’s US/Europe release, this now completes the collection of zodiac animals! I put them all on display in the left room of my house.

If you had the Japanese version of the game (or, you know, time traveled), you may have already completed the collection. But it’s pretty cool to have all of them now. And perhaps playing on New Year’s Day won’t be so urgent for me in the future, since the gifts will just repeat going forward.

Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉

On Sunday, Mira asked me for some fruit because she heard it’s good for your skin. Fortunately, I had just the thing to give her: a perfect apple! I’ve had it a couple months or so; I think I got it in a letter from Mom. I saved it for a situation just like this, and Mira loved it!

In return, she rewarded me with her picture!!! Wooo!

After immediately saving my game (you can probably guess why), I took the photo home to take a look at it. Mira’s favorite quote is on the back, “Always help a friend in need.”

I’m thrilled to have finally earned her pic! 😁 Mira has been in town for over a year (13 months, to be exact), but it feels like longer than that. Probably because I’ve been trying for much longer to get Cube’s pic (3.5 years and counting) and Inkwell’s pic (4 years and counting). Well, maybe those will happen soon!

I kept playing Sunday night until I got all of my remaining Toy Day hints.

I played again today, and Toy Day is here! I got a letter in the mail from Dad; he wished me a happy Toy Day of course, and he sent me a retro stereo. 🎶

I changed into my Santa outfit, which I had saved in my secret storage. (That’s much easier than re-buying the outfit every year.) I went to the plaza to look for Jingle, but he wasn’t there. I had to do a little searching, and I eventually found him near the Roost.

He gave me the magical Santa bag, and I started to deliver the gifts from Santa. Aurora was the first on my list, and she was happy with her rock guitar!

I made my way from villager to villager, successfully giving them the gifts they wanted.

I got slightly worried when Inkwell didn’t specifically say that his gift was what he wanted. But I’m confident that it had to be the right thing.

I think Mira ended up with the best gift overall.

Here’s the list of all my Toy Day hints for the year, along with the gifts I gave to each villager:

• Aurora: green instrument (rock guitar)
• Boots: orange rug (kitschy tile)
• Cube: aqua umbrella (blue dot parasol)
• Hornsby: green furniture (lily-pad table)
• Inkwell: white furniture (cream sofa)
• Jeremiah: gray lamp (mini lamp)
• Lolly: colorful carpet (kiddie carpet)
• Mira: black appliance (wide-screen TV)
• Molly: colorful food (candy jar)
• Rolf: brown instrument (folk guitar)

When I was done, I returned the bag to Jingle. He confirmed that I delivered everything perfectly, and he gave me a festive wreath as my reward.

Happy Toy Day and Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄

I’ll be back in early January with another entry. The zodiac item for 2025 will complete my collection! Hope to see you then!

On December 4th, I shot down a balloon present! Ooh, what could be inside?

Inside, I found a milk can. That was a milky way of spoiling my excitement. 🥛

Mira was describing someone with two horns, brown fur, and a strong profile…

She was talking about Jingle, of course.

Now that December is here, villagers have started to give hints about what they want for Toy Day. I’m going to list the hints I’ve received so far, although it isn’t many:

• Cube: something aqua
• Inkwell: white furniture
• Mira: black appliance

I probably need to speak more to the villagers who I’m not focused on getting photos from. 😛

On December 5th, Inkwell asked for some furniture to replace his cupid bench. I checked Re-Tail, the lost and found, T&T Emporium, and Harv’s shop, but I couldn’t find any rectangular furniture. But when I checked my museum exhibit rooms, I found a Kiki and Lala sofa I wasn’t using. I gave it to Inkwell, and he loved it!

In return, he just gave me the Cupid bench. Not bad, but it’s still not his photo.

When I played again on Sunday (the 15th), I saw that snow now covers the ground and festive lights adorn many trees. 🎄 The holidays are getting close!

Today, Molly was sitting on the metal bench in town. She asked me to join her for a bit, so I did! Molly is always so cute. 🙂

Jeremiah told me he needed Aurora for something, and he asked if I would go and get her. He said he was too tired to do it himself.

I agreed to fetch Aurora, but first, I ran into Lolly. She asked me to bury a time capsule for her…so I did that too.

I ultimately found Aurora by the flower clock, just outside of town hall.

I told her the news, and we headed over to Jeremiah’s house. Jeremiah just wanted to know if he could have some of the coconut cake he smelled her cooking yesterday.

Aurora didn’t appreciate the fact that Jeremiah was lurking around her house. 😛

But she said she couldn’t share the cake anyway, because she already ate it all!

She then stormed out of his house. Jeremiah was going to give me a reward, but my pockets were full. So he said he’ll mail it instead. (Update: He sent me a lovely carpet.)

I’m not sure if I’ll play on Toy Day (Christmas Eve) this year or not. It may depend on whether I get enough gift hints before then. But regardless, I will be back at some point later this month with another entry. I’ll see you then. Happy holidays!