Jeff's New Leaf Blog

Today is Toy Day, and I made sure to pick up the rest of the Santa outfit before the shops closed. I even bought the Santa boots (unlike last year).

After that, I met up with Jingle the black-nosed reindeer. He gave me Santa’s sack of presents, and I immediately looked through the items. The three wallpapers made me nervous, so I went to the Emporium to look at them in my catalog.

Which was yellow, which was orange, and which was beige? I honestly wasn’t sure. I thought the astro wall looked orange (and the astro set is orange), so I felt pretty good about that one. And even though I thought the paw-print wall looked more yellowish, I generally associate cheese with the color yellow. So I decided to go with cheese as my yellow wall.

But Boots was the first villager I visited as Santa. He wanted some gray electronics, so the TV with VCR was an easy choice.

Lolly’s request was for a blue umbrella. So I gave her…the blue umbrella. Clues can’t be any more clear than that. 😀

When I ran into Agent S, I felt like that was the moment of truth. She wanted yellow wallpaper, and I was relieved to see she was happy with it.

So I felt pretty confident as I continued making my gift deliveries. But…not for long. I went to give Rolf his present, and he wanted a green doll. I had a hula doll and a garden gnome, and I hadn’t looked them up in the catalog. However, I associate gnomes with the color green, so I gave him the garden gnome.

Oops. I was wrong. Apparently the gnome is red, and the hula doll is green. That also meant that Aurora’s gift was wrong as well.

I actually felt bad that I messed their gifts up. I was so concerned with getting the wallpapers right that I didn’t bother to check if there were any other troublesome clues. At any rate, I got 8 of 10 correct. here is the full list of what I gave everyone:

• Agent S: yellow wallpaper – cheese wall ✔️
• Aurora: red doll – hula doll ❌
• Big Top: orange wallpaper – astro wall ✔️
• Boots: gray electronics – TV with VCR ✔️
• Claudia: beige wallpaper – paw-print wall ✔️
• Hornsby: green carpet – green rug ✔️
• Lolly: blue umbrella – blue umbrella ✔️
• Molly: colorful food – candy jar ✔️
• Rolf: green doll – garden gnome ❌
• Vivian: gray furniture – tall lantern ✔️

I returned to Jingle, and he made a snide remark saying that he would have been careful to hand the gifts out correctly.

He still gave me a festive wreath for helping him out.

Well, at least most of my villagers were happy. And Lolly in particular was so excited that she got to meet Santa himself. 😛

My recent dream visitors include Dean from Range and Sammy from Kalos. Thanks for stopping by, and have a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! 🙂

If you happen to get New Leaf for the holidays (either for the first time or for a 2nd town), remember to use the face guide here on JVGS to start out your character with a face that you like!

On Wednesday, I headed up to Able Sisters to swap out my green brick path for my icy brick path. I always use it during winter. You can see it here, as Aurora gives three cheers for our friendship (aww).

Lolly and Molly were hanging out together at Molly’s house. Maybe I should check here the next time I have trouble finding Lolly! Anyway, Molly told me that her socks keep coming off her feet at night, and her feet feel like ice. So she came up with a possible solution:

I spotted the first igloo of the season, and Peewee was inside. He can stay there, though. I just like the exterior appearance of the igloo. 🙂

On Thursday, I gave Claudia a new catchphrase.

Today is the winter solstice, and in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, that means the sun never comes up all day. Hornsby was freaking out from the daytime darkness.

Isabelle was standing at the event plaza, handing out glow wands.

I did a little ice skating…well, fake ice skating in the face-cutout standee.

Aurora told me that she wanted a doll for Toy Day…one with pretty hair, to be specific.

I kept talking to my villagers today until I got all of my Toy Day clues. This is what everyone in Forest wants:

• Agent S: yellow wallpaper
• Aurora: red doll
• Big Top: orange wallpaper
• Boots: gray electronics
• Claudia: beige wallpaper
• Hornsby: green carpet
• Lolly: blue umbrella
• Molly: colorful food
• Rolf: green doll
• Vivian: gray furniture

I better be careful with those wallpapers…one yellow, one orange, and one beige? That could be tricky, especially for a colorblind person. 😛

So I’m all set for Toy Day now…except for the Santa outfit. I bought the Santa hat today, but I still need the other pieces.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include George from Werthers, Burrito from Marvels, and Amelia from Lakeside. Vivian also mentioned someone named Crisfer, but she didn’t specify a town.

I might be back with another entry on Christmas Eve, but we’ll see. Happy holidays, everyone!

It’s really starting to feel like winter in Forest. Not only does snow cover the ground and trees now, but tonight I spotted the northern lights for the first time this season.

The fishing tournament was held today, and I played too late to participate…or even to see the winners’ ceremony. However, I saw on the bulletin board that Agent S was the winner, while Hornsby finished 2nd and Boots was 3rd.

Lately I’ve been forcing myself to buy some items at the Nooklings’ shop (on the rare occasions when the shop is actually open when I play). And that has paid off, because tonight, Lolly told me I’m a hometown hero!

Apparently, I wasn’t spending enough of my money before, and that contributed to me being called a bell-pincher. I used to think the bell-pincher reputation was about not buying things from villagers. And maybe that still plays a part in it, I’m not sure. But buying from your villagers alone is not enough to shake the bell-pincher label. So if you’re having trouble with that, go shopping.

Today’s snowballs were both near the event plaza, so I rolled them up and made my first snowmam of the winter.

However, I didn’t make her perfectly. So she demanded five snowflakes (instead of three) for ice furniture.

At Club LOL, K.K. Slider performed the unseasonable Spring Blossoms for me, Velma, and Julian.

When I visited Rolf, he informed me that he wanted a doll for Toy Day!

With that new information and a couple other clues, here is my updated list of Toy Day hints:

• Agent S: yellow wallpaper
• Big Top: something orange
• Boots: electronics
• Hornsby: something green
• Lolly: blue umbrella
• Rolf: green doll

My recent dream visitors include Rainia from Brill and Gek from BeviTown. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great night and weekend!