Harvest Festival

The Harvest Festival happens once a year on Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November).

Outside the Wishing Well in Animal Crossing, banquet tables will be set up which are decorated with plates filled with food and wine glasses which cannot be interacted with (save Knife and Forks). In the future games of the, the banquet tables are set up in front of the Town Hall.

During the Harvest Festival, Franklin the turkey makes an appearance, and when he is found for the first time he will explain that Tortimer had sent him a letter of invitation to be a special "guest" at the celebration, however Franklin notices that underneath the word guest, a faded, half-erased word reading "dish" can be seen. When Franklin meets Tortimer he soon understands the truth and flees the scene posthaste.

Franklin will hide behind obstacles (such as trees and signs) and after discussing his scheme, he will request and wait for you to bring him pieces of silverware from the banquet. For each piece you bring, you will receive one piece of furniture from the Harvest Series, including the wallpaper and the matching carpet.

Franklin is unusual among Animal Crossing residents and visitors in that he is entirely static; instead, Franklin will appear in his hiding place and will disappear soon after the player moves the camera out of view when he has been given a set of silverware, and can be noticed by some because the screen shutters, but it's barely noticeable.

While in one hiding place, Franklin will only accept one "knife and fork" set at a time, so if you wish to give him another the player must move away from the hiding place until Franklin disappears, and search for him again.

New Leaf
When you start the game Isabelle will announce that the Harvest Festival is today. Franklin the turkey will be waiting near the town tree, along with a big table with numerous kitchen objects. He asks you if you want to help him fetch some ingrediënts for his courses. These include a salad, soup, main course and dessert. For these four courses you will have to gather three ingrediënts and one secret ingrediënt. You can find the most things by yourself, like fish, fruit and mushrooms, but you will also need special things from the residents, like vinegar, flour etc. You can only get these from the animals that are at home, provided that you will give them what they want and need for their own cooking (most of the time it's fish). They will then also give you hints and tips about cooking and the secret ingrediënt that goes well with a certain type of dish. Deliver everything at Franklin and he will start cooking the meal. In return he will give you Harvest furniture or a fruit basket. If you get all the four secret ingredients right, he will give you a cornucopia at the end.

Secret Ingredients
Dishes are listed in bold, while secret ingredients are listed in italics.

Salads

 * Fish Salad - Lemon
 * Fruit Salad - Beehive
 * Mixed Salad - Vinegar
 * Mushroom Salad - Apple
 * Oyster Salad - Lemon

Main Course

 * Barred Knifejaw Sauté - Lemon
 * Dab Meunière - Vinegar
 * Olive Flounder Meunière - Vinegar
 * Red Snapper Poele - Lemon
 * Sea Bass Sauté - Lemon

Soup

 * Fruit Soup - Lemon
 * Mushroom Stew - Butter
 * Shellfish Cream Soup - Butter
 * Soup de Poisson - Lemon
 * Tom Yoong Goong - Coconut

Dessert

 * Apple Pie - Beehive
 * Banana Custard Pie - Beehive
 * Cherry Pie - Beehive
 * Coconut Cream Pie - Beehive
 * Full Fruit Pie - Lemon