The Christmas Challenge

During the week, Elfie continued to help out in the community and tried to calm down and cheer up as many sims as he could. He went to a local park that Darsh had told him about called Magnolia Blossom Park.

Elfie saw an elder, Keala Hoapili, sitting alone and played chess with her.

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He calmed down another elder, named Jacques Villareal, who was disgruntled about all the garbage in the park.

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And it was true. Elfie saw a bin that someone had kicked over and there was garbage strewn all around. He told Jacques that he would clean it up and Jacques seemed to feel better that someone cared for the environment.

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Some children were playing at the playground and Elfie joined in and played as a "sea monster" with them.

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He also cheered up another teen who was feeling down, Jeb Harris, and played chess with him.

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Jeb then asked Elfie to the prom. Elfie didn't understand what a prom was and Jeb explained that it was a big dance. Dancing? Oh yes! Elfie was in!

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Elfie got a call from one of his friends asking if he'd like to go to Talent Night at The Blue Velvet. Elfie said it sounded like fun and invited some friends along. When he arrived, he went straight to the bar, and ordered everyone a refreshing water.

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Elfie decided to tell some jokes and made several sims laugh about a haircutting disaster incident that had happened at the North Pole. (Sadly, Elfie didn't get any tips. Ah shucks!)

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While he was there, he cheered up a very sad, Hector Laurent. (Oh my gosh, his wife Hilary died!)

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And then suddenly it was Saturday. Darsh had gone all out for the Winterfest Saturday storytime. He had made some flyers promoting the event, and encouraged children to come wearing "holiday" costumes or holiday colours. His fellow librarians had brought in decorations from home, and of course, Darsh brought in his own set of Winterfest books for Elfie to read.

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Darsh had even set-up a display at the front promoting different festive holidays, and setting up a small holiday book display. Everything was set and the children's area was transformed.

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Afterwards, the children were so inspired by Elfie's stories, that some of them started making winter crafts...

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...while others stood at the entrance to the library and started singing festive songs.

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There was a huge turn-out and after the event, other children came up and wanted to find out if this was a club because it looked like fun and they wanted to join.

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Unfortunately, not everyone was happy, and a uni student, Jula Wright, was downright angry because she was trying to study for her finals and the library was so noisy. Elfie quickly went over and talked with her about her degree and tried to calm her down.

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He then suggested that perhaps the children would like some help with their homework while they were in the library. The kids thought it was a great idea. Both Darsh and Elfie were happy to help them, which also seemed to make the uni student happy, too.

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Notes:

I temporarily moved in the children with Elfie so that he could read to them and so I could create some "festive" costumes for them.