Custom holidays traditions

So, just a heads up, i've been mod shopping :lol: i got a bunch of custom traditions and also club activities and icons. Ready to expand my holidays and clubs. Thank you all for your insights :)

"Handel;c-17847784" wrote:
The fun thing about moving to a different country is that I am mostly out of the loop on what holidays I now celebrate here. Especially since my partner and I are kinda more just hang at home people. (And lockdown not helping) Still got Christmas Winterfest and Easter Spring Day (one I made up) but otherwise I'm just strugling on what to add.

Probably should add a Halloween at least.

Some unusual holidays I added are Karaoke Day and Literacy Day.

Here's my list with a mixed bag of holidays... (not always falling in the correct order.)

Fools Day * (spring) 2nd / Day off x
- Streaking
- Talk Like a Pirate
- Mischief Spirit
- Holiday Gnomes
- Purchase a Lottery Ticket

Fitness Day * (spring) 4th / Day off x
- Exercise
- Fasting
- Water Fun
- Do Laundry
- Cleaning

Egg Day * (spring) 15th / Day off √
- Egg Hunt
- Flower Bunny
- Grand Meal

Love Day * (spring) 20th / Day off x
- Romantic Spitit
- Give Flowers
- Go on a Date
- Free Food and Drink
- Watch Romantic TV

Earth Day * (spring) 23rd / Day off x
- Cleaning
- Gardening
- Make Resolutions
- Skill Improvement
- Thankful Spirit

Family Day * (spring) 28th / Day off √
- Thankful Spirit
- Give Gifts
- Games
- Shopping Rebate
- Arts & Music Spirit

4th of Summer * (summer) 4th / Day off x
- Fireworks
- Bar-B-Que
- Drinking
- Shopping Rebate
- Water Fun

Leisure Day * (summer) 9th / Day off √
- Go on a Vacation or Travel
- Water Fun
- Bar-B-Que
- Shopping Rebate
- Drinking

Midsummer * (summer) 25th / Day off x
- Art & Music Spirit
- Fire
- Give Flowers
- Invite Guests
- Holiday Gnomes

Skill Day * (fall) 4th / Day off x
- Fishing
- Skill Improvement
- Baking
- Dancing
- Play an Instrument

Deal Day * (fall) 19th / Day off x
- Fighting
- Shopping Rebate
- Purchase a Lottery Ticket

Harvestfest * (fall) 26th / Day off √
- Grand Meal
- Thankful Spirit
- Sports TV
- Air Grievances
- Baking

Spooky Day * (fall) 28th / Day off x
- Tell Stories
- Carve Pumpkin
- Wear Costumes
- Trick or Treat
- Watch Movies

Souls Day * (winter) 30th / Day off x
- Attend Holiday Ceremony
- Remembrance
- Spooky Spirit
- Party Spirit

Lazy Day * (winter) 39th / Day off √
- Sleep
- Games
- Eat Popcorn
- TV Season Premiere

Winterfest * (winter) 46th / Day off √
- Decorate
- Festive Spirit
- Open presents
- Grand Meal
- Father Winter

New Year's Eve * (winter) 56th / Day off x
- Party Spirit
- Make Resolutions
- Countdown to Midnight
- Drinking
- Fireworks

Just for fun... Bob Day
- Baking
- Bar-B-Que
- Go Bowling
- Polar Bear Plunge
- Drinking

I made a save file with all of these holidays and now when I start a new save, I'll load up that save file instead. Then I use 'Save as'. All of my older save files I have to add those holidays which is a pain but at least I have everything saved to a txt file. I try to update it with any changes I've made. If I play on short lifespan, I reduce the amount of holidays because then it feels like there's something to celebrate every other day and that sad moodlet can be annoying if my sims don't celebrate. :p

"SimplyJen;c-17852679" wrote:
Here's my list with a mixed bag of holidays... (not always falling in the correct order.)

Fools Day * (spring) 2nd / Day off x
- Streaking
- Talk Like a Pirate
- Mischief Spirit
- Holiday Gnomes
- Purchase a Lottery Ticket

Fitness Day * (spring) 4th / Day off x
- Exercise
- Fasting
- Water Fun
- Do Laundry
- Cleaning

Egg Day * (spring) 15th / Day off √
- Egg Hunt
- Flower Bunny
- Grand Meal

Love Day * (spring) 20th / Day off x
- Romantic Spitit
- Give Flowers
- Go on a Date
- Free Food and Drink
- Watch Romantic TV

Earth Day * (spring) 23rd / Day off x
- Cleaning
- Gardening
- Make Resolutions
- Skill Improvement
- Thankful Spirit

Family Day * (spring) 28th / Day off √
- Thankful Spirit
- Give Gifts
- Games
- Shopping Rebate
- Arts & Music Spirit

4th of Summer * (summer) 4th / Day off x
- Fireworks
- Bar-B-Que
- Drinking
- Shopping Rebate
- Water Fun

Leisure Day * (summer) 9th / Day off √
- Go on a Vacation or Travel
- Water Fun
- Bar-B-Que
- Shopping Rebate
- Drinking

Midsummer * (summer) 25th / Day off x
- Art & Music Spirit
- Fire
- Give Flowers
- Invite Guests
- Holiday Gnomes

Skill Day * (fall) 4th / Day off x
- Fishing
- Skill Improvement
- Baking
- Dancing
- Play an Instrument

Deal Day * (fall) 19th / Day off x
- Fighting
- Shopping Rebate
- Purchase a Lottery Ticket

Harvestfest * (fall) 26th / Day off √
- Grand Meal
- Thankful Spirit
- Sports TV
- Air Grievances
- Baking

Spooky Day * (fall) 28th / Day off x
- Tell Stories
- Carve Pumpkin
- Wear Costumes
- Trick or Treat
- Watch Movies

Souls Day * (winter) 30th / Day off x
- Attend Holiday Ceremony
- Remembrance
- Spooky Spirit
- Party Spirit

Lazy Day * (winter) 39th / Day off √
- Sleep
- Games
- Eat Popcorn
- TV Season Premiere

Winterfest * (winter) 46th / Day off √
- Decorate
- Festive Spirit
- Open presents
- Grand Meal
- Father Winter

New Year's Eve * (winter) 56th / Day off x
- Party Spirit
- Make Resolutions
- Countdown to Midnight
- Drinking
- Fireworks

Just for fun... Bob Day
- Baking
- Bar-B-Que
- Go Bowling
- Polar Bear Plunge
- Drinking

I made a save file with all of these holidays and now when I start a new save, I'll load up that save file instead. Then I use 'Save as'. All of my older save files I have to add those holidays which is a pain but at least I have everything saved to a txt file. I try to update it with any changes I've made. If I play on short lifespan, I reduce the amount of holidays because then it feels like there's something to celebrate every other day and that sad moodlet can be annoying if my sims don't celebrate. :p

So many cool ideas! Love the deal day :lol: and the lazy day.

You've inspired me to share my whole current list too. :) I'm putting it in a spoiler because there are some religious holidays.

I don't add a lot of custom holidays, but I do move the existing ones around. Mostly to Synch up with City Living Festivals.

I play with two-week seasons, so I like to move Winterfest and New Years' to the first week of winter because where I live, we still have plenty of snow waiting for us after new Year's. I use LittleMissSam's School Holiday tradition to make a Winter Break between the two as well. I've toyed with replacing some of the traditions, but I usually end up bringing it back to the defaults.

Depending on which festival schedule I get, I move Love Day to either the last Saturday in Winter or the First Saturday in Spring to coordinate with the Romance Festival. I drop the Date requirement and replace it with Romantic TV, so that if the weather's bad, my Sims can have a cozy evening at home (or I'm not trying to juggle the Parent's date night with Teen Kid's date night.) I've also replaced Give Flowers with Give Gifts so that the gifts can be more personalized. I'll also add either a Bunny Day or a Flower Day as the next day, but I'm constantly editing what traditions go with it as the family develops, but it usually involves gardening and the Flower Bunny. Egg hunt depends on 1) the age of the kids and 2) if I've already completed the egg collection with this save.

Summer gets the bulk of my custom Holidays, though again I like to coordinate them with City Living Festivals. Being a Geek who likes cons IRL, Summer Geek Con is a holiday. Go to Geek Con (well, travel, but the intended destination is GeekCon), Wear Costumes, Play Games. It's not a day off from work, but it is a day off of school. The other Summer Holiday I add is SummerFest, which is usually just Grill out and Watch Fireworks, so I try to synch it to the Humor and Hijinks festival. That one gets a day off from work. And between the two (plus a few days if needed) is Summer Break.

Fall I'll add Fright Fest, though again the traditions shift a bit depending on the needs of the family. Wear Costumes and Decorate are about the only constants. I'll sometimes remove the Gnomes from Harvestfest and replace it with watch sports in the grand tradition of American Football on Thanksgiving, but otherwise, I leave it alone.

So many great ideas, thanks guys! You've all inspired me to dig around in my calendars and get a little more creative with the custom holidays/traditions.... But first, grab some custom mods and custom holiday icons to match with all these fun ideas. <3

"SimplyJen;c-17846914" wrote:
Random Holiday Traditions , School Holiday , & More Holiday Icons by LittleMsSam.
Make Hidden Holiday Traditions Selectable on MTS by a different creator.

I use all of these mods for every holiday I create.

Thank you @SimplyJen ! Mod shopping mood on ?

"EmmaVane;c-17847219" wrote:

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"texxx78;d-988387" wrote:
I just watched this video with some nice examples of holidays and noticed that there are custom holidays traditions ? i know about custom traits, aspirations, club activities... but different holidays' traditions is something i wanted so much!
Do you use custom traditions? What are your favourites?

I replaced Santa in Winterfest with Hanukah and they sang carols. It was really lovely. Also got rid of the harvest gnomes.

Oh i got rid of the gnomes too. Having to pick all those seed packets in the end was a hassle, specially in households where no one cares about gardening.

Collect and open them all. The fruit, veggies and herbs are free groceries and the flowers make good gifts or can be used for the floristry bench or sold.

Nice idea :) but anyway i really don't like the gnomes...

The fun thing about moving to a different country is that I am mostly out of the loop on what holidays I now celebrate here. Especially since my partner and I are kinda more just hang at home people. (And lockdown not helping) Still got Christmas Winterfest and Easter Spring Day (one I made up) but otherwise I'm just strugling on what to add.

Probably should add a Halloween at least.