The holidays are coming, and so are TBT happenings! We have a few announcements for you about Christmas, rules update progress, and a new New Year's Event!
Christmas Lights
The Christmas Lights collectibles are back in time to decorate for the holidays! These special lights only appear during the holiday season and can only be gifted to other members. However, as announced earlier in the year, they are no longer temporary, so while they will be hidden from your inventory on January 6th, you'll still be able to decorate with the same lights next year! They can be purchased in the shop for 5 bells and gifted to any other member starting now until December 25th. If you're looking to find other members to exchange lights with, feel free to use the TBT Marketplace board.
Holiday Backdrops
Four holiday backdrops are now available, including two recurring and two single-use. Backdrops are designs that appear behind your profile details with all of your posts on the forum. Both versions can be displayed until January 6th. Recurring backdrops can be used seasonally, while single-use backdrops are temporary and will be removed from your inventory on that day. This holiday season, the following backdrops are returning:
Rules Update Progress
As we have mentioned before, reworking our rules has been one of our primary projects in the last few months. Our goal has been to make them clearer and more detailed, especially because our current list of rules, which hasn't had a major update in many years, touches on certain topics rather concisely. Some rules will also be added, such as prohibiting political discussions. We have been making steady progress and have many sections written out, but in pieces. While the new rules are fairly elaborate, we are structuring them across multiple pages to prevent them from being overwhelming for members. The main page will act as a general rulebook, linking to other pages that go into more detail about specific rules. Our current plan is to roll out these new rules next weekend, but to dedicate time in January and February to continue working on additional touchups as needed.
New Year's Event
While staff members have been focused on other projects, such as the rules updates, and other staff members have been on hiatus, we know many of you have been itching to participate in TBT events again, and we've been trying hard to fit one into the schedule. The time has finally come! This year, we've decided to host a small New Year's Event, a first for TBT! Currently, this is scheduled to take place from December 27th - January 10th. However, please keep in mind that this won't be one of our typical giant events like we hosted last year. Either way, we hope it will be a good way to keep busy until the big New Horizons update!
Upcoming Dates
Here's TBT's current schedule based on the announcements above:
Santa's Workshop TBT's planning boards with the rest of the staff to continue making progress towards these goals. Happy holidays!
Christmas Lights
The Christmas Lights collectibles are back in time to decorate for the holidays! These special lights only appear during the holiday season and can only be gifted to other members. However, as announced earlier in the year, they are no longer temporary, so while they will be hidden from your inventory on January 6th, you'll still be able to decorate with the same lights next year! They can be purchased in the shop for 5 bells and gifted to any other member starting now until December 25th. If you're looking to find other members to exchange lights with, feel free to use the TBT Marketplace board.
Holiday Backdrops
Four holiday backdrops are now available, including two recurring and two single-use. Backdrops are designs that appear behind your profile details with all of your posts on the forum. Both versions can be displayed until January 6th. Recurring backdrops can be used seasonally, while single-use backdrops are temporary and will be removed from your inventory on that day. This holiday season, the following backdrops are returning:
Thparkling Thermosphere (Recurring Backdrop) 200 Bells 
| Gingerbread Gang (Recurring Backdrop) 200 Bells 
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Holly Trimmings (Single-Use Backdrop) 50 Bells 
| Peppermint Dreams (Single-Use Backdrop) 50 Bells 
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Rules Update Progress
As we have mentioned before, reworking our rules has been one of our primary projects in the last few months. Our goal has been to make them clearer and more detailed, especially because our current list of rules, which hasn't had a major update in many years, touches on certain topics rather concisely. Some rules will also be added, such as prohibiting political discussions. We have been making steady progress and have many sections written out, but in pieces. While the new rules are fairly elaborate, we are structuring them across multiple pages to prevent them from being overwhelming for members. The main page will act as a general rulebook, linking to other pages that go into more detail about specific rules. Our current plan is to roll out these new rules next weekend, but to dedicate time in January and February to continue working on additional touchups as needed.
New Year's Event
While staff members have been focused on other projects, such as the rules updates, and other staff members have been on hiatus, we know many of you have been itching to participate in TBT events again, and we've been trying hard to fit one into the schedule. The time has finally come! This year, we've decided to host a small New Year's Event, a first for TBT! Currently, this is scheduled to take place from December 27th - January 10th. However, please keep in mind that this won't be one of our typical giant events like we hosted last year. Either way, we hope it will be a good way to keep busy until the big New Horizons update!
Upcoming Dates
Here's TBT's current schedule based on the announcements above:
- December 21: Forum rules update rollout
- December 25th: Christmas surprise
- December 27th: New Year's event starts
- January 6th: Backrops and Christmas Lights disappear
- January 10th: New Year's event ends
- January 15th: New Horizons 3.0 update and Switch 2 edition
- January/February: More announcements, further rules polishing
And very excited about the New Year’s event, regardless of size! Thanks for squeezing it in 
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lovely to reread and remember
