Santa needs your help delivering presents to your villagers.
During the month of December, our Animal Crossing islands will begin to look more festive. Trees suddenly have colorful lights on them, villagers decorate their homes with festive decorations, snow blankets the ground, and players will be visited by a special someone on Christmas Day. Looking forward to the fun holiday festivities? Here's everything you need to know about Toy Day, Jingle the Black-Nosed Reindeer, and gift giving in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Animal Crossing Christmas
When will snow be on the ground?
Snowflake DIY Recipes
Build a snowman
How to make the perfect Snowboy
Toy Day & Jingle
When does Toy Day start?
Buy toys for your villagers
All gifts
How to get Toy Day DIY recipes
All furniture and DIY recipes
How to get Ornaments
Holiday clothes
Jingle's amiibo card
When will snow be on my Animal Crossing island?
Unfortunately, snow won't immediately blanket your trees and island starting the first day of December. You'll need to wait about a week and a half later for that to happen. On December 10th, the music on your island will change to include jingle bells and snowflakes will fall in earnest. All you have to do is get on Animal Crossing the next day and you'll see plenty of snow and you'll also be able to start collecting Snowflakes with your net, similarly to catching a falling Maple Leaf in Autumn.
Northern Hemisphere: December 11th - February 24th
Southern Hemisphere: June 11 - August 24th
Snowflake DIY Recipes
These are the recipes you can craft with your captured Snowflakes. They are all acquired by popping balloons with the exception of the Snowflake Wreath recipe which is given to you by Isabelle.
Name
Materials
Snowflake Wreath
• 4 Snowflakes
Snowflake Wall
• 12 Snowflakes
Snowflake Pochette
• 6 Snowflakes
Ski-Slope Wall
• 8 Snowflakes
Ski-Slope Flooring
• 8 Snowflakes
Iceberg Wall
• 10 Snowflakes
Iceberg Flooring
• 10 Snowflakes
Do you want to build a Snowman?
While wandering around on your island, you might find two snow balls on the ground. Run up to one and you'll kick it, making it ever so slightly larger. Continue to kick it until it becomes large enough to roll around. Now continue to roll the snow ball around and have it get larger. When it's at a decent size, do the same to the other snow ball.
Now when the two snowballs are a good size, roll one onto the other to form a Snowboy. The first time you do this, the Snowboy will come to life and will give you both a Large Snowflake and a Snowboy DIY recipe. But from now on, you'll have to make the perfect Snowboy if you want to earn prizes. You can only make one Snowboy a day, so you need to make them count.
How to make the perfect Snowboy
Step 1: Roll the first snowball until it's as large as it can possible get.
Step 2: Roll the second ball until it measures up to the bottom of your ear when you're standing next to it. Use the camera app on your NookPhone to see just how tall the snowball is next to you.
Step 3: Push the second snowball on top of the large one.
Perfect Snowboy rewards & winter furniture
These are the rewards Snowboy will give you if you build the perfect Snowman.
Name
Materials
3 Tier Snowman
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 6 Snowflakes
• 2 Tree Branches
Frozen Arch
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 10 Snowflakes
Frozen Bed
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 10 Snowflakes
Frozen Chair
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 1 Snowflake
Frozen Counter
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 4 Snowflakes
Frozen Partition
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 6 Snowflakes
Frozen Pillar
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 3 Snowflakes
Frozen Sculpture
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 4 Snowflakes
Frozen Table
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 8 Snowflakes
Ice Candy
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 1 Snowflake
Ice Floor
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 8 Snowflakes
Ice Wall
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 8 Snowflakes
Ice Wand
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 3 Snowflakes
Ice Tree
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 8 Snowflakes
Snowman Hat
• 1 Large Snowflake
• 5 Snowflakes
What is Animal Crossing Toy Day and who is Jingle?
On December 24th, you and your Animal Crossing villagers celebrate a special day where Jingle the Black-Nosed Reindeer visits the island dressed as Santa and brings gifts for everyone. Jingle will specifically ask you to help him deliver toys to your island's residents. If you help him, he will reward you.
When does Jingle arrive on Toy Day?
Jingle arrives on your island after 6PM on December 24th. However, he will only allow you to start handing out presents if you are wearing the complete set of Santa Clothes.
Your villagers won't go to bed for the night until they've been given a present. Make sure to give them the right gift or their Christmas will be ruined.
Buy toys for your villagers
From December 1st - 25th, Nook's Cranny will sell fun toys which you can purchase and then give to your favorite Animal Crossing characters. Make sure to check in daily to see what new finds there are in store.
All Toy Day gifts
There are nine different types of Toy Day gifts that you can give your villagers. They come in different colors, but you cannot customize the colors yourself using a DIY Workbench.
Name
Color variations
Dinosaur Toy
Dollhouse
Kids' Tent
Mini Circuit
Pop-Up Book
Puppy Plushie
RC Helicopter
Set of Stockings
Tin Robot
How to get Festive DIY recipes
You'll find Festive DIY recipes floating around in balloons. Make sure to pop one with your slingshot whenever you hear it floating overhead.
All Festive DIY recipes
There are 13 Festive DIY recipes to help you celebrate Toy Day. I've listed them in alphabetical order and included the materials needed to craft them.
Name
Materials
Big Festive Tree
• 5 Wood
• 5 Clay
• 4 Gold Ornaments
• 6 Blue Ornaments
• 6 Red Ornaments
Festive Rug
• 5 Gold Ornaments
• 5 Blue Ornaments
• 5 Red Ornaments
Festive Tree
• 5 Wood
• 2 Gold Ornaments
• 2 Blue Ornaments
• 2 Red Ornaments
Festive Top Set
• 1 Hardwood
• 2 Gold Ornaments
Holiday Candle
• 5 Clumps of Weeds
• 5 Red Ornaments
Illuminated Present
• 3 Iron Nuggets
• 4 Gold Ornaments
• 3 Red Ornaments
Illuminated Reindeer
• 5 Iron Nuggets
• 6 Gold Ornaments
Illuminated Snowflakes
• 3 Iron Nuggets
• 9 Blue Ornaments
Illuminated Tree
• 6 Iron Nuggets,
• 6 Gold Ornaments
• 6 Blue Ornaments
• 6 Red Ornaments
Jingle Wall
• 5 Clay
• 5 Gold Ornaments
• 5 Blue Ornaments
• 5 Red Ornaments
Tabletop Festive Tree
• 2 Clay
• 3 Tree Branches
• 5 Gold Ornaments
Ornament Wreath
• 2 Gold Ornaments
• 6 Blue Ornaments
Ornament Mobile
• 4 Tree Branches
• 1 Gold Ornament
• 1 Blue Ornament
• 1 Red Ornament
How to get Ornaments for DIY Recipes
During the month of December, if you shake one of the festive Christmas trees on your island, it might just drop an ornament. You'll be able to use these ornaments to craft Toy Day decorations.
Wear holiday clothes
Able Sisters also gets into the holiday spirit by providing festive clothing for you to purchase. Keep an eye out throughout the month of December to see what cute Christmas sweaters, dresses, or Santa Clause hats you can find. Once you have nice selection of clothing, you can take pictures and make some cute Animal Crossing Christmas Cards.
Jingle's amiibo card
That's right, there is a Jingle amiibo card. Just like the Jack amiibo card, when you scan it while visiting Harvey's Island you'll be able to bring this reindeer into Photopia. Then you can decorate the area, make him emote a certain way and take fun holiday pictures.
Animal Crossing Christmas
Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to prove just why it is one of the best Nintendo Switch games ever made. New updates and experiences can be had depending on the time of the year to keep us entertained.
I'm really looking forward to meeting Jingle and picking out the perfect presents for my favorite villager, Sprinkle. Until then, we'll just have to count down the days to Christmas.
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