Snow day, I forgot what to do.

It should all be in the Seasons EP. Just have to look for them. There's a pile and a tree.

The Christmas tree is in lights, floor lights to be specific.

I *think* you just get the pile of gifts when you throw a gift-giving party, and it shows up on its own. If it can be purchased (placed by us whenever we want), then yeah, I'd look in the Seasons collection or in buydebug - but I don't recall that being an option. Thinking maybe the ability to purchase it was/is a mod thing. Just FYI, if you don't have enough open floor space for it, the game won't be able to spawn a gift pile when you host your party.

Once you schedule a gift giving party, the gift giving rug appears two sim hours or so before the party is due to start. As the guests arrive, they place their gifts there, but the gifts that are supposed to be from your household members will already be there. So there will be enough gifts for each sim to get one, unless somebody leaves before the gifts are opened, or is busy playing outside and doesn't come in. Then some sims will get more than one.

There is a pile of gifts in the decor section of the buy catalog, but they are just for decoration and can't be opened. I think that decor item came with a free holiday store set.

Just to clarify things a little, there are Snow Days and there is Snowflake Day.

A Snow Day means the weather is bad and school is canceled. It's not a holiday.

Snowflake Day is the winter holiday. You may celebrate it with a party if you like, but it's not actually mandatory and the party does not have to be on the actual holiday (I don't think). And yes, obtaining a functional gift pile without throwing an official Gift Giving Party requires a mod.
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"1need4kaffee;c-16646433" wrote:
One of the bugs that affected my game has to do with fences and gates. I play with celebrities and supernatural. I usually completely fence my property to keep out paparazzi and zombies. I don't know if it is all of the gates or just the one you can set open or closed, but the game thinks that is your front door. And when it looks like your fence gate is your front door, there are no floors, walls etc. for it to figure out where to put the presents. Even setting the front door didn't work. So now I remove the gates for the presents to spawn and put them back so the guests can get in!!

I have a house that's completely fenced in and didn't have this problem with it putting the presents out on the ground. Are you making sure that when you call your guests to invite them to the party that you're in the room that you want the party to be in? The presents are supposed to show up in the room that you've placed the invite calls in.

This is my house that I have fenced in completely in Hidden Springs... :)
https://i.imgur.com/8QvUYuYl.jpg

And this is where my gift pile is, right next the tree in the same room where I'd placed the invite calls at... :)
https://i.imgur.com/SkhZ9Pyl.jpg

@lisasc360 I never heard of the glitch with what room you were in when you call to invite people to the party so I have not tested that. I found a thread about the celebrity gate that you can open, close and set people allowed to enter like a door causing a problem with the gift-giving party. I use that gate a lot and it solved the problem for that game, so I have continued with the gate correction and have not had a problem. I will need to test the room theory and see. :)

@Rhiannon58 - There is no Christmas tree in the game or its packs. Let's remember that not everyone celebrates Christmas, the in-game holiday is Snowflake Day. ;)

There are CC options, but the EA one is available from the store in a holiday pack, one of several free to obtain ones.
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=12752&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:24476&pcategoryId=&ppcategoryId=12238

"igazor;c-16657078" wrote:
@Rhiannon58 - There is no Christmas tree in the game or its packs. Let's remember that not everyone celebrates Christmas, the in-game holiday is Snowflake Day. ;)

There are CC options, but the EA one is available from the store in a holiday pack, one of several free to obtain ones.
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=12752&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:24476&pcategoryId=&ppcategoryId=12238

I understand igazor. I thought it was called "christmas tree" or looked like one. I couldn't find it because it wasn't there.

Apparently when I purchased and reinstalled what I thought was the entire TS3 set, there are a few things it didn't automatically give me that I had such as the "more holiday presents". I bet there are a lot of things I don't know that I don't have installed. That's one reason I read the forums: so I can find cool stuff to do and get things installed to play with!

@Rhi8annon58 Here it is in the Store
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?categoryId=&scategoryId=12752&index=0&productId=OFB-SIM3:24476&pcategoryId=12858&ppcategoryId=12238

I think it's still available free for everyone, so if you have a download button on that page, you're good to go.

Edited to add: Sorry. I thought @igazor was linking to a cc one. Should really finish reading sentences. :p

I got it. Just in time too! Tomorrow is Snow Flake Day! Woo Hoo! Going to throw my first party!

ETA: Party was a success! Everyone got gifts, my two teens got romantic interests, win-win for everyone! Thanks for the help guys!