Today I got a letter in the mail from the Happy Homes Academy. Apparently my house score exceeded 20,000 HHA points, so they sent me an HHA pennant.
I also got a “one lamp” in the mail, although now I can’t remember who sent it to me. I put it next to my nine lamp. These number lamps would be great to use on New Year’s, assuming you have all the numbers you need.
Over by the town tree, Isabelle told me that I can use custom designs for fireworks! How awesome is that?
I showed her my JVGS pattern and Wendy’s Jif logo pattern.
Yesterday, I took three gold nuggets to Cyrus over at Re-Tail for customization. I forgot to return for my golden furniture yesterday, but I picked up my golden woman today.
At 7:00, the fireworks festival began. I opened my gate, and my town quickly filled up. Dash, Wendy, and Annissa came over to visit. Of course we set off some of our own fireworks…
Wendy ran through the fire at one point, which reminded me of a scene from Arrested Development. I’m a monster!
But the main attraction is the big fireworks up in the sky. There are big ones, little ones, and heart ones. The fireworks all looked really good.
And of course there were the custom fireworks as well.
Crazy Redd also had a concession stand, much like he did on GameCube. But he’s not selling balloons or pinwheels this time. Instead, he’s selling Redd’s cookies for 500 bells apiece.
Much like the fortune cookies you can buy from the Nooklings, these cookies can be eaten and they have a slip of paper inside. Most of them will be “dud prizes,” which aren’t winners. They can be exchanged for a firework such as a sparkler or Roman candle.
But you can also get items from Isabelle as well. In addition to handing out fireworks, she gave me a bulb bopper, which you wear on your head.
Wendy, Dash, and I sat at the town tree to view my town history as the fireworks continued in the background.
We also went over to my park near town hall and watched fireworks from there.
After that, we headed off to the island.
We went on an item-matching tour and a fishing tour. To my surprise, I actually won the fishing tour.
We then returned to town, and I bought some more cookies from Redd. This time, I got a whiz prize. I wasn’t sure what that meant (and it doesn’t sound good), but that’s actually what winning tickets are called. I won a ten billion barrel.
This is what it looks like:
I then ended the multiplayer session for the night. Even though the fireworks in ACCF were a lot of fun, New Leaf’s fireworks blow them out of the water. The fireworks look better and there’s more variety to them. There are more types of small fireworks you set off yourself (fountain fireworks in addition to sparklers and Roman candles). Plus the “boppers” are a nice touch, and the ability to get special items from Crazy Redd is just icing on the cake.
New Leaf’s fireworks festival is a whole lot of fun, and I’m really impressed. This is one of the best festivals I’ve played in any Animal Crossing game. And the best part? There’s going to be at least four of them every year. Did you all enjoy the fireworks festival as much as I did? Leave a comment below and share your stories too! As for me, I’ll be back with another blog entry tomorrow. Bye for now!
Then today, I got a letter in the mail from Wishy. He (or she?) told me my wish would be granted, and there was also a gift attached to the letter. It was a nine lamp.
I bumped into Aurora outside, and she offered to sell me a conveyor-belt sushi.
That’s the item I just saw in 
As bad as that was, I was out of time and needed to sell. So I got 11,600 bells the turnips, which is roughly half of what I paid. Oh well, you can’t win on the stalk market every week.
After I ended the multiplayer session, I went into town hall to check my town status. It was still perfect. But to my surprise, today was the 15th day of perfect town status!
So I got the golden watering can! Now I can water in style!
And I did one last thing for tonight: I decided to install the video screen. I put in the southwest part of town, a bit east of the park and north of my ramp.
I’ll be back tomorrow with more. Tomorrow, I’ll be opening my gate for an hour or so, probably around 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. If the time changes, I will post it on my 
I spotted Phineas in town today, and he gave me the Bronze Medalist badge for winning a lot of medals on island tours.
And as I was talking to Phineas, I saw Benedict steaming mad in the background. Apparently he just had an argument with Rory.
In the Roost, I think somebody passed gas as I was making coffee… I’m pretty sure it was Brewster.
Over at the campsite, there was a camper in town. In fact, there were two: Astrid and her child. When I first spoke to her, she started applauding. But by clapping, she was actually smacking her baby in the face repeatedly! It was pretty hilarious actually.
And outside, Rory suggested a new public works project! It’s a video screen.
Based on the preview in town hall, it seems to alternate between pictures of Tortimer, Tom Nook, and Lyle. Not very exciting, but still better than Grease.
I also saw that Saharah was in town. She had “many carpets for the petting of cars.” Alrighty then.
I had her make over my room, and she put in a ceramic tile floor and an arched window wall.
The arched windows reminded me a bit of the sanctuary in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but that’s probably just because I’m currently