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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Mid November Michigan Drive was covered in snow already. The residents could hardly see their neighbors across the street.
The Christmas Challenge - Week 1 results
Comedy (Charisma) Skill: 5 pts.
Sad Sims cheered up: 1 pt.
Angry Sims calmed down: 2 pts.
Families with children or elders helped: 10 pts.
Total points: 18 of 15 required
Lots of fluff/slice of life in today’s posts, but some of what I mentioned will become relevant for the challenge later.
Mid November Michigan Drive was covered in snow already. The residents could hardly see their neighbors across the street.
Spoiler
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Ricky: “Pip says in Pleasantview the children get Snow Days when it’s as high as today.”
Peggy: “Pip says a lot of things.”
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Ricky: “Yeah. One day she tried to tell us that the witches in her old hometown were color coded. Evil ones turn green, good ones golden!”
Peggy: “Uncle Connor once was pink-blue-yellow for several months. What alignment is that?”
Ricky: “I don’t know?”
Peggy: “That’s the stuff they should teach in school! They’re totally leaving us in the dark about the real world!”
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That morning Peggy reminded me of her police captain father:
“Sooo tired of all this ?... I can’t function without my morning "coffee" (cocoa).”
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Despite having a teacher and a police detective for parents, Peggy had a stash of so-called vacation days, basically an agreed-upon in advance number of parent-approved school skipping. Some of those the girl now used up to focus on her quest.
That’s not me becoming responsible, right? She wondered. Using up my school skipping days to work on a charity project? No! Can’t be! I’m actively rebelling against Mrs. Prescott! That’s it! I’m still myself! Untamed! Beloved! Feared! All kids will still love me and despair!
As a side effect of her efforts, Peggy had to buy her cocoa from a vendor stall, it wasn’t the good one the Chocolate Museum was supplying the school and workplaces with as part of their advertising campaign. Sacrifices had to be made…
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Although she had strived as the Schoolyard Bully for 3 1/2 years, Peggy also had the makings of a Popular Girl (not that those two would be mutually exclusive).
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During the first week of the challenge she commendably cheered up sad sims and calmed down angry ones, both agemates and adults. It didn’t always work, in fact, about half of the time Peggy’s attempts failed. But what counted was getting seen doing this, because it might inspire others to do the same, with better results.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/f4f58844400a632c90591c32e9482d9e/e9b9021cb8004ec7-64/s540x810/4588c8068a8efb277213f7e5e630071b307c596f.pnj
Ricky: “Pip says in Pleasantview the children get Snow Days when it’s as high as today.”
Peggy: “Pip says a lot of things.”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/35972cca022cfb4b8b5bd39e31c70f2c/e9b9021cb8004ec7-e5/s540x810/49296d456613dab89232e1f8f2f274f131801a68.pnj
Ricky: “Yeah. One day she tried to tell us that the witches in her old hometown were color coded. Evil ones turn green, good ones golden!”
Peggy: “Uncle Connor once was pink-blue-yellow for several months. What alignment is that?”
Ricky: “I don’t know?”
Peggy: “That’s the stuff they should teach in school! They’re totally leaving us in the dark about the real world!”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c34bafcbde2962b1c6f986470b526bf7/a2683100c41cdcae-af/s1280x1920/6109607dfc26eaa9fb80b2e57312b3bbeac3449e.png
That morning Peggy reminded me of her police captain father:
“Sooo tired of all this ?... I can’t function without my morning "coffee" (cocoa).”
https://64.media.tumblr.com/b4abe7c668a5aa3c9a6575e69525a96f/a2683100c41cdcae-53/s1280x1920/7394a47a9edfc5a7a657586b2090365b1b35baea.png
Despite having a teacher and a police detective for parents, Peggy had a stash of so-called vacation days, basically an agreed-upon in advance number of parent-approved school skipping. Some of those the girl now used up to focus on her quest.
That’s not me becoming responsible, right? She wondered. Using up my school skipping days to work on a charity project? No! Can’t be! I’m actively rebelling against Mrs. Prescott! That’s it! I’m still myself! Untamed! Beloved! Feared! All kids will still love me and despair!
As a side effect of her efforts, Peggy had to buy her cocoa from a vendor stall, it wasn’t the good one the Chocolate Museum was supplying the school and workplaces with as part of their advertising campaign. Sacrifices had to be made…
https://64.media.tumblr.com/bc8ad5c0284d9c39763d0d1a706c5854/ab9bf2d28d2bf2ba-85/s1280x1920/dc9cf2768f381c4cfeb9efa251de1224604faed0.png
Although she had strived as the Schoolyard Bully for 3 1/2 years, Peggy also had the makings of a Popular Girl (not that those two would be mutually exclusive).
https://64.media.tumblr.com/a9a0c8c1f196332361c0bcc2b2f5e56d/ab9bf2d28d2bf2ba-15/s1280x1920/228d40b7d45c231ac75d7117545ff11e3a374143.png
During the first week of the challenge she commendably cheered up sad sims and calmed down angry ones, both agemates and adults. It didn’t always work, in fact, about half of the time Peggy’s attempts failed. But what counted was getting seen doing this, because it might inspire others to do the same, with better results.
The Christmas Challenge - Week 1 results
Comedy (Charisma) Skill: 5 pts.
Sad Sims cheered up: 1 pt.
Angry Sims calmed down: 2 pts.
Families with children or elders helped: 10 pts.
Total points: 18 of 15 required
Lots of fluff/slice of life in today’s posts, but some of what I mentioned will become relevant for the challenge later.
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