{"id":122678,"date":"2020-12-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-new-years-eve-guide-tom-nook-new-years-items-list"},"modified":"2020-12-30T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T17:00:00","slug":"guide-animal-crossing-new-horizons-new-years-eve-guide-tom-nook-new-years-items-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/30\/guide-animal-crossing-new-horizons-new-years-eve-guide-tom-nook-new-years-items-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Animal Crossing: New Horizons: New Year&#8217;s Eve Guide &#8211; Tom Nook New Year&#8217;s Items List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e7caf5f4bcc76\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e7caf5f4bcc76\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"New Year's Eve Countdown\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e7caf5f4bcc76\/new-years-eve-countdown.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e7caf5f4bcc76\/new-years-eve-countdown.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"563\" alt=\"New Year's Eve Countdown\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">\u00a9 Nintendo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While saying that 2020 was a disappointment is a <em>massive<\/em> understatement, one of the saving graces of this year&#8217;s tribulations has been the timely release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/animal_crossing_new_horizons\"><strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/strong><\/a> on the Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p>This game not only helped us all pass the time in quarantine, but it also allowed many of us to spend time together with friends and family from afar.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate how pivotal this game has been in our lives this year, here&#8217;s a guide to getting the most out of the New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.<\/p>\n<nav role=\"navigation\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<h2>On this page:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-new-years-eve-guide-tom-nook-new-years-items-list#animal-crossing-new-horizons-new-years-eve-guide\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons: New Year&#8217;s Eve Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<h2 id=\"animal-crossing-new-horizons-new-years-eve-guide\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons: New Year&#8217;s Eve Guide<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"new-years-eve-event-times\">New Year&#8217;s Eve Event Times<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Beginning at 5am on December 31st<\/strong>, Resident Services will be closed on your island, with Tom Nook and Isabelle dressed for the occasion, and setting up a giant countdown clock in front of the building. There are also decorations and a prize cart in the plaza.<\/p>\n<p>During the entire day on December 31st, the whole island will be celebrating the coming of the new year with a giant party in the plaza. The <strong>festivities will last all day on the 31st<\/strong> in your game &#8211; culminating, of course, in the ringing in of the new year at midnight.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"New Year's Items\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/36a4151dd9247\/new-years-items.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/36a4151dd9247\/new-years-items.original.jpg\" alt=\"New Year's Items\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">\u00a9 Nintendo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"new-years-items-from-tom-nook-and-nook-shopping\">New Year&#8217;s Items from Tom Nook and Nook Shopping<br \/><\/h3>\n<p>Leading up to New Year&#8217;s Eve, <strong>players can purchase special items from Nook Shopping<\/strong> on their app, or at Resident Services; one of these items, the Sparkling Cider, can be held and used to make a toast when you press &#8220;A&#8221; &#8211; a festive addition to the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>The other items available for the holiday, and tips on how to acquire them, can be found below. <strong>You&#8217;ll have to speak to Tom Nook on your main plaza to get some of them!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>This article is part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-guide-walkthrough-tips-and-hints\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons walkthrough<\/a>, which includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-how-to-fish-complete-fish-list-fishing-tips-times-locations-and-prices\">Complete Fish List<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-how-to-catch-bugs-complete-bug-list-bug-tips-times-locations-and-prices\">Complete Bug List<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-sea-creatures-complete-list-and-price-guide\">Complete Sea Creatures List<\/a>. If you&#8217;re looking for specific fish or bug, we can tell you how to catch the elusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-coelacanth-where-when-and-how-to-catch-the-rare-coelacanth\">Coelacanth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-mahi-mahi-where-when-and-how-to-catch-the-rare-mahi-mahi\">Mahi-Mahi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-giant-trevally-where-when-and-how-to-catch-the-rare-giant-trevally\">Giant Trevally<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-stringfish-where-when-and-how-to-catch-the-rare-stringfish\">Stringfish<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-golden-trout-where-when-and-how-to-catch-the-rare-golden-trout\">Golden Trout<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-sharks-where-when-and-how-to-catch-every-shark\">all the Sharks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-beetles-where-when-and-how-to-catch-every-beetle\">Beetles<\/a>, along with a full list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-april-fish-and-bugs-catch-these-critters-before-may-1st\">Critters leaving at the end of the month<\/a>. 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