Frankly, not everyone celebrates holidays in their Sims gameplay. I'm one of those that doesn't. While I have access to the free holiday items in the game, I don't really make much use of them. My Sims have "implied" holidays, I guess, but I don't go out of my way to make the gameplay that realistic.
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I wonder if they would make it. I mean, it seems they should. But if they did they would then have to make it for not only Christians, but also for Jews, Muslims, Chinese traditionalists, and so on. And I am not sure if EA would want it to go that far. Though I'd love it if they did!
I am hoping that if Seasons is the next EP released after Pets(which I really hope that it is)that EA would release a holiday stuff pack like they did for SIMS 2. I really miss decorating my homes for Christmas and baking cookies for Santa Claus. Did anyone ever do the New Year's Eve party if you had the holiday stuff pack in SIMS 2? Father Time showed up at midnight for that. I thought that was pretty cool too.
cant say i want any religous crapp in the game thank!
As I see it nothing wrong with having something in the game that brings families closer together and what is so bad about religion anyway? I have both free Christmas sets from the store and I love he tree.
I dislike people who show their hate for religion like that. I'm religious and it does confuse me. If you hate racism, why bring it up? That sentence was quite racist to me. It wasn't just to one specific religion but all of them.
Why does nearly all Holiday topics somehow slide to this conversation. Sad!
I can't wait to see what this years holiday set from the store has. I'm hoping for some mistletoe.
same here too and egg nogs and fruit cake, and candy canes for trees and out doors. There were a Candy Cane Lane in St Joseph while I was growing up. It is awesome to see It
St Joe is beautiful in christmas, my uncle lives in KC so we drive through it on the way there
I think it would be great to have it back. For all the people who complain about not wanting religion in your game, you don't have to buy it. It's really that simple.
Also, the person calling religion "crap" is very uncalled for.
once again, 100% agree, we are all entitled to our opinion but dontthe people who dont want religion dont have to say it so rudely hypothetically speaking.........wait i better not start
I want some sort of Holiday.I don't care what.Even make birthdays a little better, let us actually give birthday presents, or let us hire some type of entertainment for the party(like a clown) Let us bake a birthday cake for the party, not use the premade cake.Let us play games like Pin the tail on the donkey, or a pinata filled with candy.Anything really.
How about some sort of festivals/fairs? Just something to spice up the game, I do like Halloween and I wish we were able to send kids trick or treating,but it most likely won't happen.But I want some new game play or celebrations added.
and i agree, if i could have snow id be happy for a while i miss that annoying weatherman, and the penguin who'd show up and how he talked to snowmen haha that was awesome
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I want some sort of Holiday.I don't care what.Even make birthdays a little better, let us actually give birthday presents, or let us hire some type of entertainment for the party(like a clown) Let us bake a birthday cake for the party, not use the premade cake.Let us play games like Pin the tail on the donkey, or a pinata filled with candy.Anything really.
How about some sort of festivals/fairs? Just something to spice up the game, I do like Halloween and I wish we were able to send kids trick or treating,but it most likely won't happen.But I want some new game play or celebrations added.
I agree that would be totally cool if we could send the kids off to go trick or treating and the teenagers could go TP the neighbors houses.
I miss this so much from The Sims 2... It really came with a stuff pack, The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff, and that proves that the Sims 3 team can add new animations to a stuff pack. Not a lot though, just little. They are just getting lazy... Well anyways,i t doesn't have too much relegion, if you don't like it, don't buy it. If this was in Sims 2, it's fine. Don't release it in other countries that don't celebrate Christmas if that's a problem too.. The majority of people who play Sims celebrates Christmas, and a pack like this would sell amazingly on the holidays... I know I would buy it.. There's also religion in Sims Medieval. And to non-religious people - If people see an expansion pack coming out that they don't like, then they don't buy it. If this much religion will cause a problem to you, don't buy it and quit ur whining.
i say make a seasons ep, then release a holdiday sp, so the people who dont want Christmas kwanza Hanukkah etc dont have to buy it
I say make a Seasons pack and make it include holidays, and also things from the Sims Vacation and Sims 2 Bon Voyage like swimming in the ocean, snowboarding/skiing, and make it include things from the Sims 2 Celebration stuff like better birthday parties.. Bake your own cake and stuff. This should also bring a new baker profession. And a non rabbit hole bakery should be added...
I can honestly get behind the idea of a few holidays added to the mix. My suggestion is to add it along with the seasons stuff so that there is one identifiable holiday per season.
1. Spring Holiday - Cross between sort of like easter but without the religious mumbo jumbo. Maybe with some May Day elements
2. Sim Independence Day - Sort of like July 4th or Canada Day just with plumbob flags and fireworks
3. Halloween - Could introduce costumes as a new clothing category and party
4. Christmas & New Years Eve - Call it what you will but the Holiday Stuff from Sims 2 need to make a return along with Santa, Father Time & Baby New Year
Hey I'm also way cool with the chinese new year stuff each year
Mixing this with its appropriate Season will add so much to the game.
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cant say i want any religous crapp in the game thank!
As I see it nothing wrong with having something in the game that brings families closer together and what is so bad about religion anyway? I have both free Christmas sets from the store and I love he tree.
I dislike people who show their hate for religion like that. I'm religious and it does confuse me. If you hate racism, why bring it up? That sentence was quite racist to me. It wasn't just to one specific religion but all of them.
Why does nearly all Holiday topics somehow slide to this conversation. Sad!
I'm sorry but how the heck did you get racism from that. Okay...whatever.
I think it is perfectly possible to make seasons without getting religion tied up into them. Just add the Seasons from the Sims 2 SP. Maybe make an option where a calendar is added to the Sims and the player can choose which holidays get celebrated on which days in which seasons. We're all for controlling our Sims' world right?
Well whether EA adds religion or not most of my sims are because I am in real life. They didn't add churches so I downloaded one from the exchange. My sims now celebrate Christmas with the help of the holiday stuff we have in the store and create a style.
This year I will be adding some of my own holiday music to my sims 3 custom music folder so when their giving gifts in front of the tree I can have We Need A Little Christmas by Percy Faith for example playing.
Oh and I can hardly wait for my sims to give gifts in front of the tree since they added this with Gen.
I know they can add holiday stuff in seasons but I'd still prefer a stuff pack because I'm a collector. A sp would include more Chirstmas items then they'll have in seasons.
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i agree 100%
St Joe is beautiful in christmas, my uncle lives in KC so we drive through it on the way there
once again, 100% agree, we are all entitled to our opinion but dontthe people who dont want religion dont have to say it so rudely hypothetically speaking.........wait i better not start
How about some sort of festivals/fairs? Just something to spice up the game, I do like Halloween and I wish we were able to send kids trick or treating,but it most likely won't happen.But I want some new game play or celebrations added.
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I agree that would be totally cool if we could send the kids off to go trick or treating and the teenagers could go TP the neighbors houses.
I say make a Seasons pack and make it include holidays, and also things from the Sims Vacation and Sims 2 Bon Voyage like swimming in the ocean, snowboarding/skiing, and make it include things from the Sims 2 Celebration stuff like better birthday parties.. Bake your own cake and stuff. This should also bring a new baker profession. And a non rabbit hole bakery should be added...
Not necessarily. The day originally had nothing to do christianity, it was a Pagan holiday. Just FYI.
Plus, not everyone who celebrates Christmas is religious. It's more a commercial holiday nowadays than anything else.
Also, I don't see a problem with adding "Christmas". We had it in The Sims 2 afterall, didn't cause a stir back then. :?
1. Spring Holiday - Cross between sort of like easter but without the religious mumbo jumbo. Maybe with some May Day elements
2. Sim Independence Day - Sort of like July 4th or Canada Day just with plumbob flags and fireworks
3. Halloween - Could introduce costumes as a new clothing category and party
4. Christmas & New Years Eve - Call it what you will but the Holiday Stuff from Sims 2 need to make a return along with Santa, Father Time & Baby New Year
Hey I'm also way cool with the chinese new year stuff each year
Mixing this with its appropriate Season will add so much to the game.
Romantic furniture should be included as well as a heart shaped hottub and bathtub.
I'm sorry but how the heck did you get racism from that. Okay...whatever.
I think it is perfectly possible to make seasons without getting religion tied up into them. Just add the Seasons from the Sims 2 SP. Maybe make an option where a calendar is added to the Sims and the player can choose which holidays get celebrated on which days in which seasons. We're all for controlling our Sims' world right?
This year I will be adding some of my own holiday music to my sims 3 custom music folder so when their giving gifts in front of the tree I can have We Need A Little Christmas by Percy Faith for example playing.
Oh and I can hardly wait for my sims to give gifts in front of the tree since they added this with Gen.