On December 21st, I played for the Winter Solstice. It’s dark all day, but I played at night anyway, so it felt normal to me. 😛
Boots told me that if I punch through a pumpkin, I won’t catch a cold. (Also, I noticed that festive lights are now on trees.)
Molly asked me to dig up her time capsule, and of course I agreed to help out. She gave me the red tie-dye tee that was inside.
Isabelle was standing at the event plaza to hand out glow wands. Thanks, Isabelle!
I also poked my big head through the face-cutout standee for the Winter Solstice.
I stopped for a photo at my park near the fountain and illuminated arch. One festive tree light was also visible here, so it looked really Christmassy and pretty!
The next day (the 22nd), I spotted Bones up on Main Street! I think this is because of Cube’s departure. That meant that Bones (who moved out in 2018) is now replacing an earlier departed villager on Main Street. I’m not sure who he replaced, but it’s always good to see Bones around!
I also finished collecting all of my Toy Day hints. When Toy Day arrived on Wednesday, I dressed up as Santa for the occasion. Jingle gave me the Santa bag so that I could help deliver gifts to my villagers.
I began making my deliveries, and my villagers enjoyed the gifts!
Here is the full list of what my villagers wanted, and what they got:
- Aurora: colorful wallpaper – kiddie wall
- Boots: white lamp – minimalist lamp
- Hornsby: orange furniture – grapefruit table
- Inkwell: black furniture – weight bench
- Jeremiah: colorful furniture – kiddie bureau
- Lolly: gray lamp – mini lamp
- Mira: aqua lamp – lava lamp
- Molly: gray toy – mini circuit
- Rolf: pink doll – wobbelina
Not to call my villagers boring or anything, but one-third of my town wanted a lamp for Toy Day. 👀
When I was done, I returned to Jingle and he confirmed everything was delivered correctly. He gave me a festive wreath for helping out.
I played again today, and Jingle sent me his photo in the mail. This is my additional reward for successfully delivering all the presents without making any mistakes.
I sold my two Toy Day rewards for a grand total of just 330 bells! In the older games, Jingle gave players valuable Jingle furniture, so it’s disappointing that you can spend all that time and effort, and only earn 330 bells! A single foreign fruit gives you more than that!
Vladimir the bear cub was camping in an igloo today. I stopped in to say hello.
I do have a bit of a soft spot for the big grump, dating back to the early days of my GameCube town. He once lived in the spot where Ursala lives now, so one pink bear cub was replaced with a pink bear. However, I did not ask him to move in here.
Happy holidays, everyone! I’ll be back with another entry in the new year! 🎆