Dina Bader: ACNH: See what toys you can give your villagers for Christmas

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.

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

Throughout the month of December, 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

All Festive DIY recipes

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

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.

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.

Jingle's amiibo card

That's right, there is a Jingle amiibo card. I tried scanning mine in around mid-November and the game told me, "Jingle can't be invited to Photopia." I'm sure this will change as we get closer to December 24th. Afterall, the Jack amiibo card wouldn't let me bring the pumpkin-headed specter into Photopia until the week of Halloween. I'll keep checking and will update this section when something changes.

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.