The Christmas Challenge
A short (4 sim weeks) challenge written by Aislynne. The objective is to save your town’s Christmas Fair by completing a series of thematically related tasks. You can find the rules and original st...
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Week 1 (still Fall)
Christmas Challenge - Week 1 tasks:
Calm down angry sims (using the specific interaction)
Cheer up sad sims (using the specific interaction)
Assist families with children or elders (give gifts & do chores)
Level your Comedy skill (Charisma in Peggy’s case, since for some reason she cannot unlock Comedy despite having Child Social maxed out)
Each goal is worth a maximum of ten points, but to pass Peggy needs only 15 points.
Spoiler
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Hm, looks like the game isn’t supporting Peggy’s future career as a middle school menace…
I gave her Goofball father the Mentor trait so that he could advice Peggy on the finer points of internet trolling, but he wasn’t able to tutor her despite having his own Mischief skill maxed. Peggy can learn it on her own, just not from her father.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/3e82d5dd06355ae936a4caa1afb801d6/9a3f0eee8b1ac0ff-52/s540x810/aa1d776ef5ac73f1410c6f648fc8ffd99770571d.pnj
Gavin: “What your principal said, about you kids not being in the mood for the Snowflake Gala, what was that about?”
Peggy: “Oh, that. You know when you tell people “No, thanks, my kids don’t want 3D printed candy”? But what you really mean is “I don’t want the children to snack on printercandy”. Some parents got into an argument about whether we should call it Christmas or Winterfest and in the end neither side wanted to even celebrate it anymore. It’s really silly.”
That argument again. Gavin sighed. He was living in a time where science had proven the existence of souls and an afterlife, but what exactly it looked like, whether there was an entity controlling it, or the nature of said entity, was still unclear. Perhaps some mysteries couldn’t be solved at all. Not that this would stop people from defending their favorite theory about the matter.
Come to think of it, what if the parents’ behavior wasn’t the cause, but the effect? The people of Detroit were indeed acting a little strange lately, they seemed sadder and angrier than usual. The cops had noticed that, but written it off as people blowing small concerns up to large proportions, now that life was so much easier than it had been twelve years ago. Gavin would have to keep this in mind when he returned to work tomorrow.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/a5bdf1a4d74836f4de7941305296e523/9a3f0eee8b1ac0ff-ff/s540x810/762cefa36c3ac3da9535533cf9d4bc7ebe037cbd.pnj
Peggy: “Anyway! I’m going to convince everyone that they should not listen to their buzzkill parents! If enough of us kids DEMAND the Snowflake Gala to happen, then it will happen!”
Gavin: “Sounds like a plan.”
Gavin didn't say "Call us when you need us." The girl knew that, and stating it out loud would only have undermined her self esteem.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/66f25da4fd6f55dcf77cb1aee23bfc2a/9a3f0eee8b1ac0ff-d2/s1280x1920/8cda285fe6bd06429118527bd478799bf10304c8.png
Hm, looks like the game isn’t supporting Peggy’s future career as a middle school menace…
I gave her Goofball father the Mentor trait so that he could advice Peggy on the finer points of internet trolling, but he wasn’t able to tutor her despite having his own Mischief skill maxed. Peggy can learn it on her own, just not from her father.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/3e82d5dd06355ae936a4caa1afb801d6/9a3f0eee8b1ac0ff-52/s540x810/aa1d776ef5ac73f1410c6f648fc8ffd99770571d.pnj
Gavin: “What your principal said, about you kids not being in the mood for the Snowflake Gala, what was that about?”
Peggy: “Oh, that. You know when you tell people “No, thanks, my kids don’t want 3D printed candy”? But what you really mean is “I don’t want the children to snack on printercandy”. Some parents got into an argument about whether we should call it Christmas or Winterfest and in the end neither side wanted to even celebrate it anymore. It’s really silly.”
That argument again. Gavin sighed. He was living in a time where science had proven the existence of souls and an afterlife, but what exactly it looked like, whether there was an entity controlling it, or the nature of said entity, was still unclear. Perhaps some mysteries couldn’t be solved at all. Not that this would stop people from defending their favorite theory about the matter.
Come to think of it, what if the parents’ behavior wasn’t the cause, but the effect? The people of Detroit were indeed acting a little strange lately, they seemed sadder and angrier than usual. The cops had noticed that, but written it off as people blowing small concerns up to large proportions, now that life was so much easier than it had been twelve years ago. Gavin would have to keep this in mind when he returned to work tomorrow.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/a5bdf1a4d74836f4de7941305296e523/9a3f0eee8b1ac0ff-ff/s540x810/762cefa36c3ac3da9535533cf9d4bc7ebe037cbd.pnj
Peggy: “Anyway! I’m going to convince everyone that they should not listen to their buzzkill parents! If enough of us kids DEMAND the Snowflake Gala to happen, then it will happen!”
Gavin: “Sounds like a plan.”
Gavin didn't say "Call us when you need us." The girl knew that, and stating it out loud would only have undermined her self esteem.
Christmas Challenge - Week 1 tasks:
Calm down angry sims (using the specific interaction)
Cheer up sad sims (using the specific interaction)
Assist families with children or elders (give gifts & do chores)
Level your Comedy skill (Charisma in Peggy’s case, since for some reason she cannot unlock Comedy despite having Child Social maxed out)
Each goal is worth a maximum of ten points, but to pass Peggy needs only 15 points.
