I got a letter in the mail from Katie today. She thanked me for taking her to Auctus yesterday, and she sent me this globe.
When I talked to Copper at the police station, he told me there was a camper in town. But of course during winter, campers don’t use a tent…they use an igloo! So I quickly made my way over there to check it out.
Alice the koala was inside, talking about how much she loves the crackling of the fire.
She also told me she was cooking an interesting recipe she got out of a book about shoe polish! I didn’t stick around to try it out.
My dynamic painting from Crazy Redd turned out to be a fake, unfortunately.
I talked to my snowman from yesterday, and he told me to give his eyes another spin. Once again, they came up showing eleven. So I’m not sure if a snowman’s number will stay the same each day until he melts or not. Update: They don’t stay the same; it was just a coincidence that he gave me 11 two days in a row.
Today’s snowballs were much easier to find, and I pushed them together to make another bingo snowman. This one’s number was 45, which was another number I needed.
I decided to take a picture of them both. There’s actually a tree in between them, but the tree disappears when I went in for a closer view.
This is what my bingo card currently looks like:
Skye (the wolf) asked to visit my house, so I reluctantly invited her over. I played my harp just to make her applaud for me.
After she left, I went down to the beach to see if there was a lost item on the sand. I didn’t find a lost item, but I found a lost sailor instead. It was Gulliver of course, and he (shockingly) woke up the first time I talked to him! He was clearly on his way to Canada, so he promised to send me a gift in the mail. I’m hoping it’s not a polar bear.
I went out to my island to catch some bugs. Earning money wasn’t my goal; I was trying to catch every bug I saw to see if I would catch one I still needed. I even cut some trees down so I could get stump bugs.
I’m missing two bugs still, and I have no idea what they are. But I’m guessing they may be morning bugs (since I rarely play in mornings) or perhaps bugs that are only found on bushes (I don’t have many bushes). I didn’t catch anything new today, but I may try again in the morning sometime.
And last but not least, here is a picture of the zen clock that Rolf suggested yesterday. I don’t plan on putting it in my town, though.
Around that time, I saw that Tiffiny was opening the gate to her town Auctus. So I took Katie there.
I also met Tom and Spooker there. I saw that the flower clock looks really nice with the snow on it.
Tiffiny and I exchanged perfect fruit before, so I again offered her a basket of perfect peaches. She gave me a basket of perfect pears, which I will use to feed my villagers when they ask for fruit. While there, I visited her Re-Tail to sell my remaining baskets of perfect peaches that I’ve been accumulating for a while. They earned me 162,000 bells! Peachy.
Her town was really beautiful. I joked that even Re-Tail looked luxurious, with all the rococo furniture in there. She even has sign boards of her villagers, which was a really nice touch.
Unfortunately, she doesn’t have a dream address because she considers her town a work in progress still. If she does eventually make a dream available, I may add it as an entry to my 
I temporarily ended my game, but I picked it back up later on. As I made my way around town, I saw that snow made some public works projects look quite different. For a moment, I thought my zen garden had Christmas trees in it!
My pyramid had also accumulated some snow on it.
Crazy Redd had a tent up, and I was only able to eliminate one of his items. So I chose one of the three paintings I needed, a dynamic painting. I’ll find out tomorrow if it’s real or not.
I made my way up to Main Street, and Luna told me that Adam from the town of Popcorn was my most recent dream visitor. Thanks for visiting, Adam!
But he rewarded me for buying 50 bags of fertilizer by giving me a golden shovel! Leif tells me it makes the fertilizer extra potent. I think he just means it has a stronger manure smell.
On the second floor, Timmy was selling a festive tree for the first time. I bought it for my house, although I’d prefer a large one.
Kicks had some Santa boots for sale, so I snatched them up and put them on. Now that I have them, I can go back to ignoring his store again.
Back in town, Benedict was talking about how hearing jingling bells puts you in the Christmas spirit.
He then joked that just repeating the word “jingle” isn’t quite the same as hearing actual bells. Good point, rooster.
I spoke with Rolf, and he suggested a zen clock as a public works project. Sorry I forgot to get a picture of it, but I’ll try to add that tomorrow.
I had some trouble finding my snowballs today, but once I did, I was able to sneak up behind one and grab a dung beetle! I now only need two more insects.
And once I was able to round up two snowballs together, I made myself a snowman. It turned out perfect, so the newly-formed snowman offered to let me play bingo!
He gave me a bingo card, filled with numbers, and then he rolled his eyes at me. Literally! His eyes have numbers on them, and he rolled an 11.
My bingo card had an 11 on it, so I was able to punch that number off. I was also able to punch out the center–that was a freebie. You can get special items by making a bingo (five numbers in a row on your card). He encouraged me to visit other towns, as friends’ bingo snowmen can mark off numbers for me too. Sounds like a plan!
After that, I decided to change my brick path. Here is a picture of my new path, along with my illuminated tree, metal bench, and fountain.
I have also added that picture to my 
Unfortunately, there wasn’t an igloo in my town today. But on the bright side, there’s still more new winter fun to come! Enjoy the snow, everyone!
Katrina had her tent set up near the town tree, so I paid her to tell my fortune. She told me to wear women’s bottoms. No thanks.
After making my rounds, I went up to Main Street to identify a fossil and do some shopping. The Able Sisters had a Santa beard for sale, so I tried it on and bought it.
When I returned to town, Aurora told me she keeps having a dream about a raptor torso. I’m not sure I want to know what she does with the raptor torso, but I sold her mine for 3,000 bells.
To get away from the cold, I took some trips out to the island. I first went to my own island, and then visited some other islands using my Club Tortimer membership. This blue wet suit caught my eye, and I decided to buy it.
I was on an island with Tania from Megaton…but Tania didn’t seem to be around. She never responded when I said hello. And she just stood there the whole time.
So I decided to try another Club Tortimer island instead. This time I was paired up with someone named Eight from the town of Hikone.
But this island had no trees! Eight said that someone who was there earlier cut them all down. There were a few stumps, however…and that turned out to be a good thing for me. I caught a longhorn beetle on a stump, and it was my first one! So I actually needed it anyway.
Before I left the island, I stopped to take a picture of the sky. It was an unusual orangish color I don’t recall seeing before. I’m guessing it may have been morning on the island.
I then left the tropical island behind and returned to cold, snowy Forest. At least my Christmas tree looks nice in the snow.
I went over to Kidd’s house, and he told me it was too late for his petition. That’s okay, because I never got the signatures anyway. But then he started telling me that he saw Teddy and Tabby spending time together!
He said they were drinking ginger ale together and their friendship must be in good shape.
Later on, Skye (the human) told me that she had a red Pikmin I was looking for. She invited me over to come get it. Since she’s in Australia, it was already December 11th for her, which meant snow covered the ground in her town.
Her town is really coming along nicely.
I soon returned to Forest and put the red Pikmin on one of my mannequins.
That wrapped up my evening in New Leaf, but I’m looking forward to the snow on the ground tomorrow! What are you most looking forward to about winter?