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On December 24th — that's Christmas Eve for you non-festive folk — Animal Crossing: New Horizons will unveil its latest event, this time celebrating the act of gift giving with Toy Day.

Part of the Winter Event that began on December 15, Toy Day will officially commence at 6 a.m. local time on December 24 and run until 5 a.m. December 25. When you first boot up Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Isabelle will inform you of a visitor that has arrived on the island. Head to Resident Services and you'll see Jingle, a reindeer wearing a santa outfit.

They'll explain to you that they are on your island to help Santa deliver gifts, but they are missing wrapping paper. Jingle will get the idea for you to craft wrapping paper for them using a DIY recipe.

Jingle needs just three pieces of this special wrapping paper to complete his task.

HOW TO GET ORNAMENTS AND WRAPPING PAPER

To craft one piece of Festive wrapping paper, you'll need one of each of the following ornaments: red, blue and gold. To find these ornaments, players will need to explore their island and shake the cedar trees that are decorated with ornaments. Pretty simple, right?

Of course, if you've been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons since the Winter update went into effect on December 15 you should have plenty of ornaments lying around to craft the wrapping paper.

If you're feeling discouraged that ornaments aren't dropping at a rate that you'd like, don't fret as they spawn rather quickly in New Horizons. Just be patient and shake those ornaments down.

GIFT GIVING

Once you've crafted three pieces of wrapping paper and given them to Jingle, they will reward you with a pair of Toy Day stockings. Hang them on the wall of your home for decoration.

But the Toy Day fun isn't finished yet. Jingle will also ask you to give some of the residents of your island gifts. You'll be given a magic bag and players will need to talk to each resident of the island. While holding the magic bag, speak to a resident and give them a gift. Jingle will remind you that they will leave at 5 a.m. local time on December 25 so be sure to complete the tasks by then.

The amount of gifts you have to give depends on the number of residents you have, but if you're not sure how many you need to give, you can go into your pocket and select the magic bag and then "look inside." This will inform you of whose presents are still in your bag.

Once you've given gifts to all of your residents, return to Jingle and they will give you two rewards. The first is the Gift Pile DIY recipe, which will allow players to craft a pile of presents to decorate your home with, and the Toy Day Sleigh.

The Toy Day Sleigh is a large sleigh that you can leave outside and sit in.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.

Are you enjoying Toy Day so far? What has been your favorite event in New Horizons this year? Let us know in the comments section.

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