Ice Furniture Set Completed

Kidd was quick to point out that tomorrow is Christmas Eve!

Kidd: Tomorrow is Jingle's long-awaited arrival! Are you as jazzed as I am to see him, J-dog?Saharah was in town tonight, so I paid her for new wallpaper and carpet. She installed a blue-trim wall and an autumn floor. They look nice separately, but not together.

A blue-trim wall and autumn floor.Molly told me that she was going to move out of town on the 28th. Oh no, you’re not.

 I went up to Main Street, and Luna told me that Tienna from Ttown was my most recent dream visitor. And in the Emporium, Tommy made a surprising confession!

Tommy: Ah, I Love You!After my shopping run was over, I returned to town to look for snowballs. I made a bingo snowman and got a new bingo card.

My current snowpeople.My snowmam was on her last legs…err….neck? So I definitely wanted to do some snowflake-searching. I only needed one more ice item, so that meant I only needed five snowflakes. As I searched, Aurora told me that I can achieve lasting happiness if I read a book called Girls’ Guide to Power Tools. WHAT?!

Aurora: What you need to achieve lasting happiness is a book called Girls' Guide to Power Tools.After a trip or two around town, I caught all the snowflakes I needed for a new piece of ice furniture. I took them all to Snowmam and she gave me an ice vanity.

Snowmam: As promised, here is your reward... Please take this ice vanity!That was the last piece I needed! So my ice furniture set is now complete! (Although not all of the items are shown in this picture).

My ice furniture set.As you may know, Miiverse lets you take screenshots of many 3DS games. Even though Animal Crossing: New Leaf already lets you take pictures, the Miiverse method lets you take screenshots of things you can’t normally take pictures of. For example, the touch screen, the title screen, and Isabelle’s opening remarks when you first start up the game. For more details on how it works and how to get the Miiverse pictures to your computer, check out this guide: How to Take and Save 3DS Screenshots.

I’ll be back with another New Leaf blog entry tomorrow, covering the Christmas Eve / Toy Day event. Merry Christmas, everyone!

Bingo #2

Today, Big Top asked me to make a delivery to Molly, who was standing very close nearby. So I easily handed her the gift, but she said she already replaced that item. So she sold the mystery package to me; it had a wobbelina inside.

Molly hands me a present as Big Top stands nearby.Benedict asked me for an orange, so I gave him a perfect orange. He loved it and said a fantastic piece of fruit deserves a fantastic reward. But then he gave me a shanty rug? That’s supposed to be fantastic? I do not think that word means what you think it means.

Benedict: A fantastic piece of fruit deserves a fantastic thank-you! Here. Have my shanty mat!And for the second time this winter, there was an igloo at the campsite. Hamlet the hamster was inside. I might have invited him to live in my town, if only my town wasn’t full. I haven’t had an open spot since before Halloween, and it’s getting quite annoying.

Hamlet: I can play outside in any kind of weather! Enduring the elements is easy when you've got muscle!I found the money rock over by my snowmen. I only had to dig one hole because Snowmam had my back.

I bang the money rock with my shovel.I built another bingo snowman, and it gave me the number I needed! BINGOOOOO!

Snowman: BINGOOOOO!Of course I had to punch out practically every number on the card to do it, but better late than never.

My winning bingo card.The snowman gave me a snowboard as my reward. You can see it here on the left, next to my ski rack from last time.

My new snowboard.While walking around town, Molly noticed I had an owl clock in my pockets. She offered me some money for it, so I happily sold it to her.

Molly: So...I couldn't help but notice you have an owl clock right there in your pockets!Chris came over again to get a bingo number. It appears the snowmen have brought him out of hibernation; I rarely saw him online before the snow came.

Chris talks to one of my bingo snowmen.After he left, Kidd suggested a new public works project: A sphinx!

Kidd: I had this intense dream that a sphinx fell out of the sky and landed in Forest.I definitely want to put the sphinx in my town, although I’m not looking to install it immediately. It’ll fit in nicely near my pyramid. Maybe I could even make a sand pattern to turn that area into a mini-Egypt.

Sphinx: 698,000 bells.Kidd told me Tammy was sick, so I went to the store to get some medicine for her. But as soon as I got in her house, she was telling me to hurry up with the medicine. How rude! I didn’t have to buy her medicine at all!

Tammy: Cough cough. Ugh... Hurry...I still gave it to her this time though, so I could take an embarrassing photo of her.

Tammy appears to jump and stretch as she takes her medicine.

Winter Solstice

Today is the winter solstice, which marks the official beginning of winter (in the northern hemisphere) and it’s also the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight hours. Animal Crossing: New Leaf takes this “shortest day” stuff to the extreme: The sun never rises all day! This picture was taken at 3:45 p.m.

A dark sky at 3:45 in the afternoon on the day of the winter solstice.I got a letter from Gulliver in the mail, and he sent me a gift from Mexico. He said it was a creepy doll called a calavera, but the item itself was just called a skeleton figurine. I put it in my World Wonders museum exhibit.

My skeleton figurine from Gulliver.Isabelle was at the event plaza talking about the winter solstice and how cold she felt.

Isabelle: Hello, Mayor! Today is the Winter Solstice! It's so chilly today!She also gave me a blue glow wand to mark the occasion (and to help me see as I walked around town).

The blue glow wand that Isabelle gave me.The bulletin board announced that Timmy and Tommy had a queen for sale! What? How? Why? …How much?

-Important Announcement- Today we have an extremely rare queen for sale! Don't miss out! -Timothy and ThomasI built a new bingo snowman, and I got new bingo numbers from it and my other bingo snowman. I needed both numbers…yet I still didn’t get a bingo! That’s a total of 18 numbers marked off, too! There’s no doubt anymore: These snowmen are clearly trolling me!

My bingo card with 18 numbers punched off, and still no bingo.I then went up to the Dream Suite to revisit StarmanPhantom’s Tazmily town. That’s the Mother 3 themed town I featured on my Dream Suite Adventures page before. He’s added some new projects, so I updated that page to reflect the additions.

After I was done dreaming, Luna told me that Ryan from Rosewood was the most recent visitor to my town.

Later on, I noticed the northern lights (aurora borealis) up in the sky. This is the first time I’ve seen them in my New Leaf town.

The view of the northern lights from my bench in Forest.Chris came over to collect signatures for a petition, and we stopped for a picture at the winter solstice face-standee cutout.

Chris and I using the face-cutout standee for the winter solstice.But he needed six signatures, and we could only find five of my ten villagers in town! I eventually found Big Top hiding in the fossil room at the museum.

Chris chats with Big Top in the fossil room at the museum.Chris was done with his petition, so I ended the party. Before I quit for the night, I remembered to go up to Club LOL to get a song from K.K. He performed Mountain Song for me. I was thinking I already that song, but apparently I didn’t.

K.K.: Enough tuning--let's groove. This next one is for you, Jeff. It's called Mountain Song.