Covering your old school favourites from the sims franchise Christmas is my all-time favourite holiday. I love participating in festive traditions in the run up to Christmas day including singing carols, performing a Christmas pantomime or concert, snuggling up watching Christmas films with fluffy blankets, eating my bodyweight in chocolate and having a festive tipple or two. When I was a small child, I loved recreating this festive period in The Sims 1 and 2, and as I’m feeling particularly nostalgic this year, I thought I’d look at celebrating Christmas and New Years in The Sims franchise. Festive
holidays were first introduced in The Sims 1: Livin’ Large/ Livin’ It Up through v a r i o u s decorative and p l a y a b l e objects such as the Christmas Tree, SimFarm Turkey Dinner, and Granny Raymond's Holiday Cookies. As discussed in previous articles, we know there is the lack of pre-made/pre-scheduled events in The Sims 1 and 2, and therefore Simmers must manually place certain objects in order to “trigger” an event.
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If a Christmas Tree, and a plate of Granny Raymond's Holiday Cookies is placed near a fireplace on a residential lot, a Sim imitating the traditional Santa Claus can be summoned. Similarly to the traditional , will ensue. This npc will arrive at around 3am sim-time to deliver each Sim within the family a present. If the cookies are spoiled, the Sim can expect to receive a trash can and Sims will stamp on their gifts when instructed to open them as a result.
