The Christmas Challenge

It was still Autumn in Willow Creek, and Elfie knew that he had less than 4 weeks to help the residents get their Winterfest spirit up. But where to start? Even though Elfie had never been in the Simworld before, he had Elf Classes everyday in Simworld Culture, so he knew a bit about what to expect while he was here.

Elfie's first task was to cheer up the residents of Willow Creek. To get him in the mood, he took a selfie, which would make any sim smile. Perhaps if he could make the sims happy, they would decide to hold their Winterfest Festival after all. But how could he do that? Maybe if he explored the neighborhood a bit, he would come up with some ideas.

He passed a library, and thought that this would be a great place to get ideas on how to cheer sims up. He went inside and spoke to the librarian.

Elfie: "Do you have any books on Winterfest?"

The Librarian looked at Elfie strangely: "Well, we have a few children's books and some holiday cook books. Sims have not been in the Winterfest mood this year, and no-one has checked them out, so they are available to read in the library. You know, Winterfest used to be such a joyous time in Willow Creek, and the children would flock to the library for Saturday Winterfest stories. But due to budget cuts, we are not able to do that this year. It is indeed a loss."

Elfie saw the librarian's glum face, and decided that the librarian was the first sim he would cheer up. And pretty soon, Darsh Srivastava, was Elfie's first sim friend.

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Elfie then said that he would be happy to read stories to the children on Saturdays.

The Librarian smiled at him and told him that he would bring in his own, personal Winterfest books, so that Elfie could read to the children.

Librarian: "Elfie, if you need help with anything, let me know."

Elfie then explained that he wanted to help more residents feel cheerful, but he wasn't sure how he could help out. The librarian pointed to a bulletin board and told Elfie that it listed some volunteer jobs to help the residents of Willow Creek.

Elfie thanked the librarian and went over to the board. He saw many listings from parents who needed help with small children, and elders who needed some help with yard work. That would be wonderful. He would go and do that right away!

But before he even went out the door, an angry sim entered the library. In fact, there were many angry sims visiting the library today. Well, what better time than the present to cheer these sims up. Right?

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He calmed down Hilary Laurent in the bathroom...

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...and Lily Feng and Tanes Ngata. In fact, while he was chatting, he saw a sim leave the library angry. Oh, he couldn't let her leave that way, and so he followed her outside and listened to Nancy Landgraab rant and rave about utility bills.

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As Elfie listened to the sims' problems and gave them an encouraging word, many of the sims suddenly smiled at him and thanked him for making them feel better. Elfie was so happy and felt that he was making progress. Oh, if only his elf friends could see him now!

Elfie also met a child named Lucas Munch who was rather sad, but with a few jokes about nacho cheese, Elfie had Lucas laughing again.

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As he headed towards the back of the library, an angry elder, named Agnes Crumplebottom, was muttering about improper sims and how disgraceful it was to see sims canoodling in public. Elfie didn't really know what canoodling was, but after he spoke with Agnes, she smiled and told him that he was a very respectful teen. She told him that anytime he was in Henford-on-Bagley to come and visit her at her food stall.

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With the talk of food, Elfie was feeling a bit hungry and the librarian had told him that there was a bar-b-q area near the water. Now, what could Elfie find to grill? Oh, but wait, there was a sim near the grill and they had just finished grilling some fruit kebobs and invited Elfie to join them. They chatted for a bit and became friends.

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Elfie was so impressed with this sim's kindness that he wished he had some type of gift to give him. Elfie didn't have his trusty workbench with him to make this sim a toy, but maybe, if he looked around, he would find some other types of gifts.

Elfie started searching the area, and sure enough, found several wonderful gifts, such as frogs, flowers and veggies, beautiful crystals and stones, and cute little statues. What wonderful treasures he had found!

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His first day in Willow Creek was over and he wandered back to the library thinking of the nice, soft bench that he would sleep on tonight.

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