Wednesday was New Year’s Eve, and my villagers were talking about the countdown.
I noticed that the northern lights were visible in the skies above Forest, so I stopped to take a photo or two.
Over at the plaza, Isabelle was handing out some sparkling cider, and I bought a blue New Year’s hat from Crazy Redd.
At midnight, we counted down the final few seconds and welcomed 2026.
It’s kind of funny that Rolf is always the villager in these photos. It’s the third year in a row I’ve posted New Year’s Eve pictures, and Rolf is in all three! (Want to see the 2024 and 2025 entries?)
Here is the obligatory “2026” fireworks photo:
On New Year’s Day, my villagers continued to wish me a Happy New Year.
And Isabelle was again at the event plaza, this time to hand out zodiac horses.
This is the first duplicate zodiac animal given out…unless you were playing the Japanese version prior to the worldwide release, or if you time traveled and got it.
I also stuck my face through the face-cutout standee for the occasion.
I rolled up a couple snowballs to make a snowmam, and I gave her some snowflakes I had in my pockets. She gave me an ice vanity in return.
I played again today, and I had an igloo camper at the campsite. But it was Pietro the evil clown, so I had zero interest in asking him to move in. 😛
I found a lost book on the ground, and I returned it to its owner, Mira. At first, she said it was a dermatology handbook…
But then she said she was joking, and that it was just a big comic book. Those would be two books that would be hard to mix up, I imagine. 😛
She gave me a green-bar shirt for returning the book to her.
I wrapped up my night with a K.K. Slider performance of “K.K. Song.” Hamlet and Rodeo were also in attendance.
Happy New Year, everyone! I’ll be back with another entry later in the month.