Jeff's ACCF Blog

Today, Roscoe told me he was thinking about moving out of town.

I thought about it for a moment, and I decided to let him go. He has lived in Forest for two years, from back when I still had eight crankies in town. But he’s stuck around longer than I thought he would, so I have no problem letting him go at this point. He’s not leaving immediately though, so I should still see him again next week anyway.

Mint asked me for a mole cricket, so I kept an eye out for one. Well actually, I kept an ear open, since their unmistakable sound is their giveaway. I heard one over near Able Sisters, so I dug a few holes until I found the little guy.

When I (eventually) found Mint again, I gave her the cricket and she rewarded me with 528 bells. Interestingly, I just now realized that “Mint” and “Cricket” are both names of mobile service companies here in the U.S. 😛

Antonio asked me to deliver a package to Felicity, in a hole.

Felicity wasn’t in a hole, but I gave her the gift anyway. It was a dirt-clod wall, and she seemed way too excited for someone who just got some dirty wallpaper. But yeah, she was really digging it.

Now if she did live in a hole, maybe a dirty wall would make sense! 😛 When I returned to Antonio, he thanked me for making the delivery and he rewarded me with a cabin couch.

In the recycle bin at town hall, I found a refrigerator. I don’t need to keep it, but I’ll gladly sell it for some cold hard cash. 💰

Later on, I went to the Roost for K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show. I asked him for a random song, and he performed K.K. Fusion for me.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend! I hope to see you next time. 🙂

Last night was New Year’s Eve, and I started up the game about 15 minutes before midnight. Mayor Tortimer was standing outside of town hall, and he stated the obvious.

I stayed for the countdown to 2025… Happy New Year! 🎉

The fireworks began, and I made my rounds. I found a new house in the southwest part of town, and Felicity was inside!

Since it was after midnight, it was technically 2025 when I met her. For a moment, I was trying to think if she should count as a December or a January arrival. Even after midnight, Animal Crossing games still count a day to be the previous day until the new day officially starts at 6 a.m. But then I realized that it was a moot point, because clearly her house was there when I loaded up the game on December 31st regardless, even if I didn’t see it until after midnight. 😛 So she is a December 2024 arrival, but just barely.

She has lived here before, but it’s been a while; it was back in 2013. I don’t think I was a big fan of hers back then…will this time be different? I’m not so sure, but we’ll see.

I played again this afternoon, and I received several letters in the mail wishing me a happy new year. They were from Ruby, Antonio, Roscoe, Nana, Mint, Mom, and Big Top.

Mom also attached 1,000 bells to her letter.

But the main reason I played today is to get the limited-edition New Year’s shirt for 2025! Tortimer handed it to me outside of town hall.

It has a snake on it, because 2025 is the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. Here’s a look at the front and back:

Don’t forget to pick yours up, if you’re interested! I used my Scott character to pick up an extra one too, just in case I accidentally sell this one or something. 😛

Felicity was out and about today, and she is planning on being even more energetic and hyperactive in the new year. Uh-oh, I have a feeling she’s going to annoy me. 😛

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2025 is a good year for us all! Maybe a new game this year? We can only hope!

As expected, I received Midge’s goodbye letter in the mail today.

Of course, today is Christmas Eve (aka Toy Day). I grabbed a bunch of hats out of storage, and then I began my search for Jingle as I made my rounds.

When I visited Roscoe, he assumed I was out looking for whoever was out delivering presents. But he assured me it wasn’t him. 😆

A few of my villagers mentioned writing letters to the dude in red. So I mentally replied, “Mario?” 😆

Robin stated it quite differently, referring to a “red-bellied” guest!

Santa (and Jingle) wear red, but they’re not red-bellied! You know who is red-bellied, though? Robins! Not you, Robin, but real robins. 😛

I eventually found Jingle outdoors and he gave me a Jingle bed. Moments later, I found him again…on the moon!

Well, okay, I guess it was Ruby’s house. But it looked like the moon! 🌑

The northeast part of my town has four villager houses, and it turned out that all four of them were away from home tonight. That was helpful, because I could quickly knock out four of Jingle’s potential hiding spots in rapid succession. Of course he’s not always indoors, so I still had to do some searching when he was outside somewhere. But there were times I found him in this area up to three times in a row!

I kept changing my hats to fool Jingle, and I was wearing a dressing (the mummy bandages) when I went into the Roost. Phyllis was in there, and she mentioned seeing me there before.

Back outside, Punchy compared the falling snow to powdered sugar on a chocolate cake. Mmm, that sounds good.

Big Top asked me for a new catchphrase, and I thought I’d tell him to say something along the lines of “in a stocking,” since it’s Christmas Eve. Of course, that’s too long for a catchphrase, so I shortened it to “in a sock.” 🧦

Back on the moon, I ran into Jingle again while wearing my hot dog hat. I couldn’t help but wonder if he was talking about my hat when he said this. 😛

Anyway, I experimented a bit with mixing accessories. On three consecutive attempts, this is what I wore (on my head):

• hot dog hat
• hot dog hat with a red rose
• hot dog hat with a gold rose

And they all worked just fine to fool Jingle. But there was something else I also tried on my next two attempts. First, I wore nothing on my head and got my gift from Jingle. Then, I purposely got stung by bees. I wanted to see if a bee sting counted as a disguise! 😆 However, it did not fool him (even though it changes your appearance more than putting a rose in your mouth). 😆

The next time I wore Majora’s Mask, I stood so that the camera could see my face as I spoke with Jingle. I just thought it would make a good screenshot.

I played for nearly an hour and a half in total, and I scored 15 furniture items from Jingle. I sold them for a total of 183,600 bells before wrapping up my game for the night.

I hope you all have a happy Toy Day and a Merry Christmas! 🎄 I’ll see you next time!