Questions About Holiday Fun Stuff/Festive...

[MarkySharky6]

I have a couple of questions about this pack. They've been driving me nuts for months!

There is a Santa that comes around midnight and leaves presents on Christmas Eve, right?

Does this Santa (if there is one) leave a random object your Sims can play with like the one in TS1?

Does it add other things your Sims can do for other holidays?

Do you have to play using the Holiday disk, or can I still use the Pets disk?

Is there a Father Time/New Years Baby that comes?

Please answer these and thank you if you did! And go ahead and throw anything you want about the pack in if you want.

[simsample]

Santa arrives only if you have a christmas tree and have made him some santa cookies. (Please correct me if I'm wrong, someone!)
Santa does leave a random toy, I always seem to get a teddy bear!
Yes, there are other holiday things to do- you can let off fireworks and kiss the reindeer lawn ornament (new ways to get injured) and you can also cook holiday roast.
Father time/ Baby new year only appear if you throw a new years party.
The pack does not have its own executable, so it is installed like a patch. Once it is installed you run the game from the same disc as before.

[MarkySharky6]

Thank you very much! You've made my day.

[Lauren]

How do you get father time to get there?

[era506]

And how do I make Santa Cookies? Is there a specific night when you have to make the cookies and put the Christmas tree?
How do you throw a New Year Party? Is there also a specific time to throw it?

[crazyangeltears_SC]

I have had the holiday stuff pack since it came out and I keep seeing pictures on line with frosted shapes in the windows...does anybody know where to find these window decorations?...I've looked in the both the build and buy modes and I havent been able to find them anywhere...

[Cheeseisgood]

Santa's toy is not random. The thing he leaves is based (I've heard) from the amount of relationship points all household members gain/lose in the day. If they have lost mroe than they've gained (through negative social actions... etc.) Then they recieve a lump of coal. If they've gained loads and loads and loads then you get a halfway decent gift. That might be why you keep getting teddies Simsample!

[simsample]

Father Time comes if you throw a new years party. To do that, pick up the phone and select throw party> New Years' party (I think you should do this at evening time). At midnight Father Time will appear on the lot and everyone will rush to greet him... he transforms into Baby New Year, who does the whole dancing baby thing for you.
Santa Cookies are available if you click on the fridge and choose serve dessert> Santa Cookies. In my game it always seems to appear under it's own dessert option, so I have two serve desserts! You can make these at any time, but to make santa arrive you put them near a lighted Xmas tree and send your sims to sleep.
The frosted windows are actually extra windows, find them in build mode right next to the regular windows. The decorated outdoor trees are also in build, right next to the regular trees.
Cheeseisgood, yes- all my sims seem to argue with each other, so they probably haven't been 'good' enough to get decent gifts!

[era506]

Father Time comes if you throw a new years party. To do that, pick up the phone and select throw party> New Years' party (I think you should do this at evening time). At midnight Father Time will appear on the lot and everyone will rush to greet him... he transforms into Baby New Year, who does the whole dancing baby thing for you.
Santa Cookies are available if you click on the fridge and choose serve dessert> Santa Cookies. In my game it always seems to appear under it's own dessert option, so I have two serve desserts! You can make these at any time, but to make santa arrive you put them near a lighted Xmas tree and send your sims to sleep.
The frosted windows are actually extra windows, find them in build mode right next to the regular windows. The decorated outdoor trees are also in build, right next to the regular trees.
Cheeseisgood, yes- all my sims seem to argue with each other, so they probably haven't been 'good' enough to get decent gifts!

Wow!! Thanks!!

[Lina_SC]

haha, i got to throw the party now to see if Father time will appear

[crazyangeltears_SC]

I just wanted to mention that i found it. I had so many custom windows downloaded i didnt notice that there were doubles of certain windows and these doubles had the included window frost. Maybe I'm not the only one and this will help somebody...

[simbu]

My sim is a great cook. He is maxed out. But I dont get a holiday roast option. Just turkey. Is this the same as the roast?

[dream_operator23]

You have to have the cornicopia in the house to get the Holiday Roast option. :D

Dream

[era506]

I threw a party and like 30 sim minutes before 12 the cops came and ruined the party. I couldn't see father time!!

[lazyviolet]

the windows took me forever to find, too! and was this ep supposed to come with a snow terrain?

[lonelydoowoop]

wait a minutes...holiday is already out?! I thought holiday was the same as seasons...
how many stuff packs and expansions are out?