If you participate in this festival then you can not see the New Year Dream events that occur after you go to bed after midnight that night. When the festival is over you will wake up on Spring 01. If not, then you'll get some of your own Buckwheat Noodles instead. If you don't have anything equipped in the red, green, or blue item slots in your rucksack then you may be given your own supply of Buckwheat Flour to take home with you. They are there to gorge themselves on festive Buckwheat Noodles to celebrate the end of the year. On the eve of the last day of Winter, visit the Beach after 6:00 pm to meet up with the rest of the residents. If she is inside her house when you hand over the yarn, she will then knit you a stocking for your house. To get a stocking required for this event you must raise Nina's FP up to at least 200, and then give her any size of Yarn during the Winter season between the 1st and the 23rd. You don't receive anything spectacular (Topaz, Ruby, and so on) but it's better then not getting anything at all. The 5 normal wives are Nami, Muffy, Celia, Flora, and Lumina. If you plug in your copy of Friends of Mineral Town or More Friends of Mineral Town, you can then bring that up to 14 wives to choose from. If you have a stocking hanging on your wall then he will leave a gift in it. Ushi No Tane 圆 - Harvest Moon DS - The Bachelorettes. Go to bed after 9:00 pm and Thomas-Claus will visit your house. This isn't a get-together event like the other festivals, but it is a scene that occurs at night. You will need to ask him to the festival in the early morning hours of the 23rd when he is in the valley, so you must stay awake on the 22nd and wait until after midnight. If you invite Skye then he will also meet you at your house the night of the 24th. Enter your farmhouse after 6:00 pm, and then you have to exit your house to start the festival. If you want to party with Leia, Goddess, or the Witch the event will happen at your own house. Carter will be inside the Tent, Griffin at the Bar, Gustafa in his house, Marlin at Vesta's house, and Rock at the Inn. The GBA connection characters and Keria do not participate in this festival. The person will then invite you have a party with them the following evening. On that day find the potential husband with a Green heart color or higher. This festival must be set up the day before, on the 23rd of Winter. If you are married your spouse will sneak Chocolate Cake into your Rucksack after you go to bed, as long as you don't have anything equipped. Each bachelor you give Chocolate to (or Chocolate Cake) will get a 1000 point boost to his LP value. Buy chocolate from Karen's Store and then give them out to the boys. In Harvest Moon DS Cute, this is the day that you give Chocolates. Please see the details about this event in the random events section. It's not really a festival, but this is an event you can see every year.