Nook Friday

Nook Friday (known as Sale Day prior to ) is an event in, , , , and. In and, it is held from January 1 to January 3 to represent the Japanese  custom; in , Sale Day occurs only on the fourth Friday in November, as an analogue of. This date change was retained in. In, it occurs from the fourth Friday in November to the end of the month.

In
In, , , and , during Sale Day, Tom Nook's store sells Grab Bags in place of non-furniture or clothing items, and Redd is guaranteed to appear in the player's town. The price of the Grab Bags sold at Tom Nook's store is equivalent to the current year, and they contain three items, which can be furniture, clothing, wallpaper, carpet, or a pinwheel. The former four item types have a 25% chance of appearing in a Grab Bag and can appear multiple times in the same bag, while a pinwheel has a 50% chance of appearing instead of one of the other items and can only appear once in a single bag.

In addition to Nook's sale, in and, Tortimer appears near the wishing well and will give the player a  if spoken to. He tells them that Sale Day is a day to support the local economy and that it is the beginning of the holiday season. The event of Tortimer giving the Market Model was repurposed from the Japanese holiday Spring Day.

In
Nook Friday was added to in the. From the fourth Friday in November to November 30, Nook's Cranny has a 30% off sale on everything in the shop.

Because of the overlap between Nook Friday and the Turkey Day Nook's Cranny shopping season, the and  packs are impossible to receive under their standard buy values.

Trivia

 * In, a glitch can occur with Redd's tent on Sale Day. If the player buys all three items and leaves the acre, then returns, the tent is replaced by a sign post. Redd can then be found standing in front of a random sign post and if spoken to, will walk into the sign post and disappear as if he is walking into the tent. Afterward, Redd will reappear in front of another sign and the process can be repeated until the end of the day.