If you give an item (parasol in this instance) to a villager, and they replace a piece of furniture in their house with it, is that piece of furniture gone forever or do they ever bring it back?
They do bring it back, it's like they have their own storage or something.
So there's no carnations in NH...? Or am I missing something?
No carnations, only commemorative mugs.
Has celeste/shooting stars gotten rarer? I swear it would happen on prett much any starry, cloudless night before, and now she's never there and there's not been shooting stars in a month.
You were ridiculously lucky in the past, a month is pretty normal.
I'm sure this has been asked before, but I have Apple in boxes on the same day Raymond is at the campsite, and I want to move Raymond in. Will her moving affect his ability to move in, and is there a possibility, when he agrees to move in, that she's the villager he'd kick out?
Careful! Having two villagers in boxes in the same day is a great way to get the "forever in boxes" glitch. However, since it's Raymond we're talking about, I'd risk it. I'm pretty sure the one stuck in limbo would be Apple, anyway. This is how it's going to happen: Raymond will choose a random villager other than Apple, that random villager will be in boxes today, and, tomorrow, the random villager will move out so Raymond can move in. Apple will still be in boxes. The day after tomorrow, Raymond will move in. Apple will still be in boxes. There have been reports of getting these villagers out of limbo if you either use an amiibo to replace them, or have someone adopt them. Once again, since it's Raymond we're talking about, I'd say the risk is worth it. It might not happen anyway.
I've seen people trading villager for villager, I really want to know how that works because that's something I'd like to do in the near future.
For example I'm trading Judy for Lopez, once someone has asked her to move to their island, does Judy instantly leave and leave behind an empty plot? Or do I have to prepare another empty plot in order to move Lopez in?
If anyone has experience doing this kind of trade I'd really appreciate it if you could let me know how.
Once someone asks Judy to move to their island, her house will say "I've moved out!" for one day. The following day, the plot will be open and you'll be able to ask Lopez to move in. Trading villager for villager usually involves a one-day time travel to make things faster and reduce the chance of scams. So the person will ask Judy to move in, go back to their island, you'll TT one day forwards, go to their island, and ask Lopez to move in.
Now on the other player's part, they'll start out with an empty plot and no one asking to move out. Then they'll ask Judy to move in, go back home, and TT until they get Lopez to ask to move out. Then they'll invite you to their island to talk to Lopez. Of course, they might also have an open plot and Lopez in boxes at the same time due to a camper or amiibo.