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So this is Christmas...
Atreya33
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I really enjoy the 12 days of simsmas here on the forum but unfortunately I can't get into my game on a daily basis to complete the tasks. Instead I wanted to share my sims' Christmas. For the first time in a long time real Christmas synced with in game winterfest so I had a lot of fun giving it more attention than usual. I even added a winterfest eve. Here are some screenshots. Everyone who wants to is invited to share their sims' Christmas stories
To prepare for the celebrations my sims baked cookies together. This is in fact a real life Christmas tradition I do with my children as well.
Decorating the tree
Later that day when my sims tried to light the tree, it caught fire. This took me completely by surprise, I had no idea this could happen. Luckily my sims were able to put the fire out, each with their own method
Later that evening father winter came to bring presents, even to werewolves. Although he was a bit weary about werewolves as it turns out.
Even my avatar on this forum showed up to celebrate
On Christmas day itself the family gathered. My sims invited over their parents and siblings for a nice dinner
After dinner, the family gathered around the table to enjoy playing games together. This is another real life tradition that made it into my game.
To prepare for the celebrations my sims baked cookies together. This is in fact a real life Christmas tradition I do with my children as well.
Decorating the tree
Later that day when my sims tried to light the tree, it caught fire. This took me completely by surprise, I had no idea this could happen. Luckily my sims were able to put the fire out, each with their own method
Later that evening father winter came to bring presents, even to werewolves. Although he was a bit weary about werewolves as it turns out.
Even my avatar on this forum showed up to celebrate
On Christmas day itself the family gathered. My sims invited over their parents and siblings for a nice dinner
After dinner, the family gathered around the table to enjoy playing games together. This is another real life tradition that made it into my game.
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So happy for you that things matched up. (And for the record, TODAY is the second Day of Christmas.)
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I only started playing holidays after I got the seasons EP. Before seasons I played sims for years without playing holidays. Back then there was no gameplay mechanic to simulate holidays. Now I have my sims celebrate Christmas, Easter and a few other days. But usually my sims follow their own calendar and don't match up with the real life calendar.
Is there any particular reason why you don't play holidays?
Playing supernatural stories can be perfectly combined with holidays. There is no reason to consider them opposite. In fact I started this thread with pictures of a werewolf and a spellcaster celebrating Christmas.
Making holidays as elaborate or as simple as you want to can really help. Sometimes they interrupt everyday life a bit too much. That's why I don't have 5 traditions for all of them.
Even though I do like doing Halloween because it's my favorite, and in sims4 I like Xmas primarily because it's a chance to seduce Father Winter 😆 , I never played holidays in sims1 or 2 and never missed them, and in fact, find them more an annoyance than enjoyable, because on sims4 they feel like another obligation or else my Sims will have yet another reason for The Big Sad.
In real life and in the game, holidays can feel like too much obligation to perform.
I like that we can customize or delete them.
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I suppose that is one of the benefits of the sims : you can play Christmas whenever you want/can. It does not have to match real life Christmas. Have fun with it.