Jingle

"Sometimes haste makes waste!"

- Jingle

"Happy holidays! I'm Jingle, the black-nosed reindeer!"

- Jingle

Jingle is a reindeer in the. He appears once a year on Toy Day, a made-up event in Animal Crossing in place of Christmas Eve. He delivers presents, thought to be on behalf of Santa Claus, but he is never seen handing over any presents to other villagers. He is the only way to obtain items from the Jingle Series in, , , and. But in, he will give the player a Festive wreath, since Jingle furniture, Jingle flooring and Jingle wallpaper can be obtained at Timmy and Tommy's store from December 1st to December 23rd.

While currently absent from, Jingle appears in a graphic promoting events in future updates for the game in the February 2020 Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct, suggesting he will be added in a later update.

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Jingle first appears in, as well as its GameCube port. Jingle can be found wandering around town starting at 8 PM on December 24th, on an unnamed event in which doesn't appear in the Diary's calendar. He needs to be approached three times to receive an item of his series, also asking questions to determine what item the player receives such as flooring, wallpaper and furniture all from the Jingle Series. He only gives out one present per villager, but there is a way to receive more.

To receive more presents from Jingle, players must change their shirt each time they receive a new item of clothing. They must change their shirt away from Jingle so he does not see them. He will assume they are a different character. However, doing this for long enough makes him realize they are the same character, though he simply laughs and does not ask for the furniture back.

After being absent in, Jingle makes a return in. Similar to, Jingle can be found wandering around town starting at 8 PM on Toy Day (December 24th) to Midnight. During this time, he may also be found inside other villagers' houses, but only in the ones with their lights off (meaning they are outside). This is the only time in the game the player can visit a villager's house without the animal having to be inside. In one of the homes, Jingle will be inside dropping off presents. Upon talking to him, he will offer players a present, either one they can "lean on" or one they can "walk on", with further options of "huge things". These simply mean wallpaper "(lean on)", carpet "(walk on)" and furniture "(huge things)", specifically furniture from the Jingle Series. As in Animal Crossing, he will give only one present per person, but there is a way to obtain more furniture, as mentioned below:

To receive more presents from Jingle, players need to change only their face accessory (hats, helmets and flowers also work) instead of a shirt to obtain more items of the Jingle Series. But, Jingle will hand out duplicate items, so this will have to be repeated many times before the full set is obtained. Jingle's memory is not infinite, he will only remember the last 8 disguises, after that the player can receive new presents by wearing ones they wore earlier in the night.

In, Jingle can be found wandering around town starting at 6 PM on Toy Day (December 24th). Throughout December 1st to December 24th, the Able Sisters and Kicks sell Santa clothes and accessories. To get a gift from Jingle, players must dress as him and give presents to the residents. The required outfit consists of the following:


 * Santa Hat
 * Santa Beard
 * Santa Coat
 * Santa Pants
 * Santa Boots

Also, Timmy and Tommy's store will sell one piece of Jingle Series furniture or festive furniture per day from December 1st to December 23rd. The list of such furniture is as follows:


 * Jingle Wallpaper
 * Jingle Carpet
 * Jingle Dresser
 * Jingle Piano
 * Jingle Bed
 * Jingle Table
 * Jingle Chair
 * Jingle Lamp
 * Jingle Wardrobe
 * Jingle Shelves
 * Jingle Sofa
 * Jingle Clock
 * Festive Tree
 * Holiday Candle
 * Snow Globe
 * Stuffed Stocking

If players are wearing a full set of Santa clothes, they can help Jingle deliver presents to the residents. Before Toy Day, the villagers might randomly tell them what they want for Toy Day. This can be furniture, fruit, a shirt, an umbrella, wallpaper, or carpet. Each villager will give the player a maximum of two clues: one describing the type of item, and the other describing the color.

When players finish, they receive a Festive Wreath. If all presents are delivered correctly, the player receives Jingle's picture by mail the next day.

Jingle appears for a seasonal Garden Safari around Toy Day. Rather than Jingle directly giving a present, a Stuffed Stocking is found in the player's mailbox and is assumed to have been sent by Jingle.

Jingle Series


In and, Jingle gives a complete set of furniture, which the Happy Room Academy rates very highly.


 * Jingle Wallpaper
 * Jingle Carpet
 * Jingle Shirt
 * Jingle Dresser
 * Jingle Piano
 * Jingle Bed
 * Jingle Table
 * Jingle Chair
 * Jingle Lamp
 * Jingle Wardrobe
 * Jingle Shelves
 * Jingle Sofa
 * Jingle Clock

All the furniture is red, white, and green, resembling Jingle's attire. The Jingle Shirt is not a part of the exchange in, but can be bought from the Able Sisters. It is like any other shirt, so once it is available it won't appear again for a while. Buying a Festive hat, Jingle shirt and the King's beard will complete a Santa Claus look.

RV
When visiting Jingles's RV at the campground, the bottom screen will display the following:


 * "The logistics involved in Toy Day mean that Jingle is very busy reindeer year-round. So when he gets a chance, he visits the campground to unwind."

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Jingle makes an appearance as a trophy.