Holidays you've created?
What are some holidays you've added or created in your games? I just added Halloween and Easter, because they seemed like obvious ones. But there's so many potential options!
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I'm big on Maxis Match, and world religions, and here's what I came up with after playing defaults through a year of seasons. I spent an evening fussing with the calendar until I was happier with cultural representation & felt all of the game-play (ways of celebrating) will get expressed - looking forward to playing through a more festive year this next go-around. Definitely will need to stock up on fireworks!!
These work out to around a holiday a week on the longest available settings (besides immortality), though the exception is that I wanted to recreate that flurry of holidays and then dead-zone until Valentines that is in my (USA-PNW) lived experience of winter.
Tried to come up with my own names unless Maxis used a name historically in the franchise. For a few I felt moved to invent a name based on confluence of Maxis and the impressions I've gathered from online research of global holidays and personal interactions with folk who celebrate holidays I didn't get to experience in my own youth. I also took various liberties such as moving 'Team Sunday' (my homage to USA's secular day to celebrate marketing, celebrities, and American football) out of it's real-world Spring and into midsummer. Another example of me taking liberties was the choice to condense all of Ramadan into just two days, much as I did with what the West calls our Christmas or holiday season.
*Spring*
Love Day: Go On a Date, Romantic Spirit, Watch Romantic TV, Streaking
PureFest (Qingming): Go on a Vacation or Travel, Cleaning, Remembrance, Gardening
Easter: Egg Hunting, Flower Bunny, Decorate, Give Flowers
*Summer*
Wellness Time (Ramadan): Fasting, Thankful Spirit, Make Resolutions, Give Gifts, Appreciate an Object
Eid al-Fitr: Decorate-Love Day, Grand Meal, Attend Holiday Ceremony, Fireworks, Fire
Team Sunday: Invite Guests, Watch Sports TV, Barb-B-Que, Exercise
Leisure Day: Gardening, Drinking, Barb-B-Que, Water Fun, Fireworks
*Autumn*
LightFest (Diwali): Decorate-New Years, Fireworks, Give Gifts, Appreciate an Object, Attend Holiday Ceremony
Spooky Day: Spooky Spirit, Wear Costumes, Trick-or-Treat, Decorate-Spooky
Día de los Muertos: Remembrance, Festive Lighting, Baking, Art and Music Spirit, Tell Stories
HarvestFest: Decorate, Holiday Gnomes, Grand Meal, Thankful Spirit, Invite Guests
*Winter*
Winterfest: Festive Spirit, Grand Meal, Father Winter, Decorate
Snowflake Day: Polar Bear Plunge, Festive Lighting, Open Presents, Baking
New Year's Eve: Decorate, Party Spirit, Drinking, Make Resolutions, Countdown to Midnight
These work out to around a holiday a week on the longest available settings (besides immortality), though the exception is that I wanted to recreate that flurry of holidays and then dead-zone until Valentines that is in my (USA-PNW) lived experience of winter.
Tried to come up with my own names unless Maxis used a name historically in the franchise. For a few I felt moved to invent a name based on confluence of Maxis and the impressions I've gathered from online research of global holidays and personal interactions with folk who celebrate holidays I didn't get to experience in my own youth. I also took various liberties such as moving 'Team Sunday' (my homage to USA's secular day to celebrate marketing, celebrities, and American football) out of it's real-world Spring and into midsummer. Another example of me taking liberties was the choice to condense all of Ramadan into just two days, much as I did with what the West calls our Christmas or holiday season.
*Spring*
Love Day: Go On a Date, Romantic Spirit, Watch Romantic TV, Streaking
PureFest (Qingming): Go on a Vacation or Travel, Cleaning, Remembrance, Gardening
Easter: Egg Hunting, Flower Bunny, Decorate, Give Flowers
*Summer*
Wellness Time (Ramadan): Fasting, Thankful Spirit, Make Resolutions, Give Gifts, Appreciate an Object
Eid al-Fitr: Decorate-Love Day, Grand Meal, Attend Holiday Ceremony, Fireworks, Fire
Team Sunday: Invite Guests, Watch Sports TV, Barb-B-Que, Exercise
Leisure Day: Gardening, Drinking, Barb-B-Que, Water Fun, Fireworks
*Autumn*
LightFest (Diwali): Decorate-New Years, Fireworks, Give Gifts, Appreciate an Object, Attend Holiday Ceremony
Spooky Day: Spooky Spirit, Wear Costumes, Trick-or-Treat, Decorate-Spooky
Día de los Muertos: Remembrance, Festive Lighting, Baking, Art and Music Spirit, Tell Stories
HarvestFest: Decorate, Holiday Gnomes, Grand Meal, Thankful Spirit, Invite Guests
*Winter*
Winterfest: Festive Spirit, Grand Meal, Father Winter, Decorate
Snowflake Day: Polar Bear Plunge, Festive Lighting, Open Presents, Baking
New Year's Eve: Decorate, Party Spirit, Drinking, Make Resolutions, Countdown to Midnight
