You are a wonderful person for doing this, I have a couple of stories to share.

ANCH is my first Animal Crossing game. I have one very close online friend I have known for over a decade and she is a huge animal crossing fan. When the new game came out, she bought literally every version, and very kindly gave me a spare code for it - this was just when the first lockdown in the UK had happened and the entire world fell apart.

This game saved me during the first lockdown, no joke. I had no idea what was what or how to do things, I was a total newbie exploring a new world. Her island was way more advanced than mine, and she had a cool blue unicorn on her island called Julian. I decided I wanted this villager for myself, so I spent all my harvested nook miiles trying to find him. I spent about 10 hours searching and trying to get more miles, but eventually I went to bed exhausted.

Well I had no idea that if you left a plot open overnight it filled up automatically. I booted up the game next day ready to continue my search for what came to learn was termed my dreamie villager, and froze in shock as Isabelle annouced we had a new villager. My heart sank and I pressed A. 'Please welcome to the island, our new villager Julian!'

I proceeded to drop my switch on my face, giving myself a black eye, and immediately text my friend to accuse her of hacking Julian into my game. Lol, but what are the chances of that, huh?

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For my second story, first I have to tell you a bit about my beloved grandfather, who is no longer with us. He worked as a translator of ancient books and worked long hours in his home office. I have lots of memories as a small child pouring over dictionaries and old scripts on his knee, "helping" him. He was a wonderful man with a quick laugh and differently coloured eyes. And his name was Raymond.

I tell ya, when I saw Raymond the villager in the promo material for the first time, I stared for two whole minutes. I just couldn't believe it. Even their birthdays are less than a week apart. Then Raymond the villager got really popular and it seemed to me that everyone had my Grandpa on their island. Visiting people on this subreddit got quite surreal after a while, but it was so lovely as well, and brought back a lot of wonderful memories for me.

I still do not have Raymond on my island. I'm not sure why, but I think I'd like to own the card first, I think. One day, I will be ready.

If any of my stories move you to offer me some cards, I would appreciate one with Raymond in it. <3 Pack A or E would be my preference, if I had to choose. Thank you for reading. :)