Christmas Eve 2014

I started out my Christmas Eve by (finally) changing my path tiles from orange bricks to the blue bricks I use in winter.

My ice brick paths on a snowy night in Forest.The snow flurries made it look especially pretty on this holiday night. But Genji just thought it looked like protein powder! Somebody’s not in the Christmas spirit!

Genji: Did you see how hard it's snowing? Forest looks like it got dumped with protein powder!By my northern bridge, Lily told me she was going to move out of town! I asked her to stick around though, and she agreed to stay. At least that’s what she’s telling me at the moment.

Lily: If you really feel that strongly, in a pond, I'll have to think a little bit more about my plans.I got a letter in the mail from Mom and Dad, wishing me happy holidays. They sent me a deer shirt.

Dear Jeff, Your father and I picked out the perfect present for you, just in case that certain someone leaves you another lump of coal in your stocking. -M and DI visited Fang, and despite the holidays, he rudely told me I wasn’t getting any of his dinner! I didn’t even want your dinner, you grinch!

Fang: Yeah, yeah, the season for sharing and whatnot. You're not getting any of my dinner, toasty.After 8:00 tonight, Jingle appeared!

Jingle: Happy holidays! I'm Jingle, the black-noses reindeer!He’ll give you a piece of the Jingle furniture set when you speak to him. Ask for “things you lean on” for wallpaper, “things you step on” for carpet, or “huge things” for a random piece of Jingle furniture.

Jingle: So, you're really into huge things.But after the first time, you have to change your appearance to get another gift. That’s right, you have to repeatedly deceive Jingle to get more stuff. To trick him, you have to change your hat or accessory.

Jingle: I know you're going to love what you find inside!

If you don’t have lots of hats, it’s pretty easy to just wear a different type of flower or use a different pattern as a hat each time. Plus, he eventually forgets older disguises, so it’s not too hard to keep fooling him.

Be aware that he can, and will, be found inside villagers’ houses–at least the houses of villagers who aren’t home. He claims to be delivering presents to them, but yet we never see any presents left behind…hmmm…

Jingle: Hey, back again... Huh? You look just like someone I know, but it's probably just a weird coincidence.On my search, I took short breaks to speak with other villagers in town. Broccolo was looking forward to getting his gift, saying he’s been good all year.

Broccolo: Happy, happy holidays! I've been good ALL YEAR LONG in preparation for this day.I tracked down Jingle five times and then I called it a night. Those pieces of furniture sell for 12,240 bells each–a nice chunk of change! So I sold mine for a cool 61,200 bells.

Tom Nook: Ah, for all of that, I'll give you 61,200 bells!Thank you for visiting. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! 🙂