Winter Solstice 2018

Yesterday, Boots asked me to go fetch Big Top for him. So I did. Big Top wondered if Boots was mad for some reason, but it turns out Boots was just trying to make Big Top do some exercise!

Boots, to Big Top: Heh heh! Actually, I've just been noticing you're looking a little wimpier than usual lately.
Boots, to Big Top: So I had you walk over here to get some much-needed exercise!

As you might expect, Big Top was not happy about that.

Big Top, to Boots: What?! You tricked me?

Big Top stormed out of the house, and Boots gave me a compass for my trouble.

Today (December 21st) is the winter solstice, and the sun doesn’t come up at all. It’s dark from morning to night.

Dark sky at 5 p.m. in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Isabelle was standing at the event plaza, freezing her butt off. 😛

Isabelle, shivering: Hello, Mayor! Today is the Winter Solstice! It's so chilly today!

She gave me a glow wand for the special occasion. In theory, the glow wand would help me see as I made my way around town in the dark. But it actually does no such thing; it just looks pretty.

Jeff holds a glow wand.

Near Isabelle, there is a face-cutout standee for the winter solstice. I stuck my face through it for a picture.

The faceboard for the winter solstice.

I’ve been continuing to collect Toy Day hints, and I’ve now finished up my list! Here’s what everyone in Forest wants for Toy Day:

  • Agent S: orange wallpaper
  • Aurora: yellow toy
  • Big Top: orange furniture
  • Bones: gray household appliance
  • Boots: black furniture
  • Hornsby: pink umbrella
  • Lolly: orange clothing
  • Molly: orange home appliance
  • Rolf: brown instrument
  • Vivian: gray outfit

Vivian asked me to catch an ocean fish for her, so I went down to the ocean. The first fish I caught was a red snapper! That’s a relatively valuable fish to give to a villager, but I did it anyway to be nice. And Vivian repaid my kindness by giving me…a potty. Great.

Vivian: It's a potty.

When I spoke to Bones, he informed me that he’ll be moving out of town on December 29th. I’m letting him go. He’s been a good dog, but I’d prefer having villagers that stay up later at night.

Bones: Oh, cool guy! Don't freak out, but I'm planning on moving away on the 29th of this month.

My recent dream visitors have been Natalie from Florence, Kody from Booville, Max from Greenvil, and Luciana from Valencia. Thanks for stopping by! I’ll probably be back with another blog entry on Christmas Eve. Happy holidays, everyone!