**Please read my post before voting**
Thanks.
As many of you know I wrote a short, Sims 3 Christmas story last year (rolling out chapters all throughout the month of December before Christmas day) and I would
LOVE to do that again this year.
See Story here if you're interested
So I went online to look up some Christmas Writing Prompts to get a basic idea for a new Christmas story (because I was having a hard time coming up with my own idea.
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I picked out 4 Prompts from a list of 30 that I liked and I want to see which ones
you as a reader would like to read about. I tried to pick ones that wouldn't be too difficult for me to set up in the Sims...
Ultimately it will be my decision which story I go with, but I was curious to see which story plot most people would be more interested in reading and that will be helpful in my decision.
So here's the 4 Prompts:
Idea 1Two people who are secretly romantically interested in one another. They agree to share Christmas dinner together, just as friends, because a family holiday isn’t going to happen and all of their other friends are already busy.
^Naturally here we have the classic Christmas romance tale. I'll ALL about romance as many of you know.
So this was the first one that caught my attention. However, my last Christmas story was a romantic one so...I was thinking I could move on to one that's not? But hey, if this sounds like the best plot to you than vote away!
Idea 2A Christmas card arrives in the mail fifty years after it was delivered.
^Ok, shouldn't it say 50 years after it was SENT? 🤷♀️ I dunno, my brain is a little fried at the moment.
This could make for a very interesting story. One where my imagination could go quite wild with it.
(The thought of using the Roaring Heights world comes to mind... 🤔)
Idea 3Notes and gifts from a “Secret Santa” take a strange turn.
^This made me chuckle.
And I bet I could do it in an office setting. I've always wanted to do a Sims story like that (You know...like the TV show "The Office."
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If any of you would like to throw out a specific "strange turn," throw out your idea in the comments below.
Idea 4At the castle, Christmas is very different from what she’s used to.
^I'm thinking this is about a commoner who'd just become a Princess or a Queen? I could totally use the Praaven world to set this one up - in Medieval times.
Like she introduces her family traditions to the castle and they invite in some of the poor children in town for a big Christmas meal and hand out simple, little gifts to them that mean the world to them.
My imagination could really go wild with this one too!
Anyway,
Thanks for reading and happy voting!
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Now why'd it pick the one with one vote now? lol
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I am also a sucker for romance
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@Pary ^I was thinking the exact same thing...
@meerkattime Aww, thanks sweetie.
So if I pick the Christmas card story I'll have to think up a believable scenario. I have a few ideas going through my mind. Gotta get out my notebook and do an outline!
I picked this because, like others here, I like a good mystery.
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And this reminded me of a news story I read at some point this/last year. A woman received a book she had ordered 20 years ago for her young child. By the time the book came, the daughter had a child of her own.
I imagine all these sweet, normal gifts and notes like a Santa teddy bear that sings jingle bells but they don't just get strange...let's say it starts to get weird when another teddy bear comes, this time a snowman maybe, but his music box on the inside has been tampered with, so his jingle sounds distorted and spooky. The next day, she gets a sinister sounding note, "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to hide under your bed all day!" So ya know she goes home and is super paranoid, but doesn't find anything out of the ordinary, so she goes to sleep like, "freaking pranksters! They almost got me!" Coming into work the next day, her coworkers immediately give her a look of horror because she received another Secret Santa gift for the day. This time, it's in a gift box that nobody dared open. She laughs and informs them this has all been a prank. It eases the minds of everyone in the office...until she opens the gift box and finds a Polaroid picture of herself sleeping.
Okay, I'm going to end up writing a synopsis of the entire story So I'll leave it at that.
BUT I also want to say the Christmas card arriving 50 years too late was a strong contender for me. I think it could obviously be some timey wimey love stuff like Lake House or whatever but I think this would be far cuter:
-The card is sent to a 65 year old lady and has no return address. She's stunned because she was always an outcast in high school and thought nobody could ever love her considering how poorly she was treated. This leads her on a Serendipity-esque journey to find whoever this boy, now man, was who was secretively in love with her all those years ago.
My proposed ending:
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Gracey you KNOW I am the same!
How sad that Idea 1 hasn't gotten any votes!
And to think that was the story I first wanted to go with. But I'm really beginning to lean toward the 50 year old Christmas card idea.
I wanna write a story that people will wanna read!
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I have to go with the majority because the Christmas card story sounds wonderfully romantic. It reminded me of movies like PS: I Love You and Letters to Juliet (look them up if you haven't seen them ^^)
I can't wait to hear what you come up with. I bet it will be brilliant
@Goulsquash I was literally JUST thinking this!
You're sweet @coco Thank you.
I haven't seen those movies, but I've heard about them.