Jeff's ACCF Blog

Today is New Year’s Day, and I received new year’s greetings in the mail from Goldie, Bones, Puck, and Mom.

The letter from Mom also included 1,000 bells. Hey Mom, that’s not very much money these days! 😉

I quickly walked the short distance from my house to town hall. Mayor Tortimer was standing outside to hand out gifts for the new year.

He gave me the New Year’s shirt for 2021, which has an ox on it (for the year of the ox). It may not the most graceful animal, but at least it’s better than the rat of 2020! Am I right?

All of my villagers also had dialogue related to the new year. Goldie was really happy to see 2021 arrive, and I’m sure many of us felt the same way.

Astrid asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “my pet,” so I told her to say “in 2021.”

I then rolled up two snowballs to make my first snowman of the season. He turned out perfectly, so he’ll be sending me a gift in the mail.

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2021 is a much better year than 2020 was. Best of luck to you all! 🙂

A new villager has moved in, and I was not happy to see that it was Monique! She was one of my very first adversaries going way back to the early days of my GameCube town (along with her partner in crime, Olivia). They were so rude, and I hated them (and Yuka too, who also lived in my town in those days).

I know I was tired of Kitty being in my town, but Monique is even worse. Oof. Well, hopefully Monique won’t stick around for years like Kitty did.

Puck was talking about dabbing some beet salad on his clothing to show the outside world the stuff inside him. Yuck. I don’t want to see inside you, Puck.

Down at the Roost, K.K. Slider performed K.K. Ballad for me. Oddly enough, that’s the same song he played for me in New Horizons tonight!

Rasher was feeling sick with a cold. Since it’s the holiday season, I thought I would be nice and buy some medicine for him. When he took the medicine, it seemed to work a bit too well.

Portia asked me for some new clothes, so I bought her two outfits at Able Sisters (in case she didn’t like one): a night sky tee and a one-way tee. But she refused them both, saying they weren’t gaudy enough. 🙄

I recently received Kitty’s goodbye letter in the mail. It feels weird to not have Kitty in town, especially when I see that big empty space near the southwest beach. But still, I’m glad she finally left.

Many cedar trees are decorated with festive lights for the holidays now. But there are only a few spots in town where you can see three lit-up trees on-screen at the same time.

When I ran into Astrid (the kangaroo who killed Kitty), she asked me to make a delivery to Walker. She mentioned her catchphrase, “my pet,” but it almost sounded as if she was calling Walker her pet. Walker is a dog after all, so it’s semi-believable. 😉

I went down to the Roost and asked K.K. for a random song. I didn’t even realize it was 11:58 p.m. (so I barely made it in time), until I looked at the timestamp on my screenshot. 😛 He played K.K. Country, which is not one of my favorites. But I must admit, the live version sounds better than the aircheck.

After the show, I made the delivery to Walker. Astrid sent him a kappa suit, and Walker was not a fan.

When I returned to Astrid, she rewarded me with some cabana flooring.

I have to say, Astrid’s help in getting rid of Kitty is making me like her (Astrid) way more than I would have otherwise. Even though I know it’s really just a coincidence that Kitty moved out after their fight. It’s like I’m just so grateful. 😀 It might just be a temporary boost, but for now, she has my approoval.

I took the bus out to the city, but almost everything was closed. Redd’s was still open, and of course the auction house is always open. So I stopped in just to say hello to Lloid.

I posted a new video comparing a number of aspects of the five main Animal Crossing games. If you haven’t seen it yet, I hope you’ll give it a watch.

See you all next time!