I just cancelled Winterfest

"logion;c-18039176" wrote:
The best way I found to deal with holidays when I don't feel like celebrating them is to have a lot somewhere in the world which you can just visit to celebrate the holiday.

And I also use a mod which prevents them getting a sad moodlet if you cancel the holiday.

Nice idea. I have just started creating some community lots. I am a bit lazy when it comes to building so I have been putting it off, but I reckon I could swap a holiday pub in and out.

"crocobaura;c-18039180" wrote:
Also, if you aren't going to celebrate one holiday with a household you could switch to another household for the purpose of celebrating that particular holiday.

That was sort of my intention in the back of my mind when had a glance at the calendar after installing the pack, but I got involved in the adventures of this one sim and it caught me by surprise!

"Stormkeep;c-18039197" wrote:
For any that you can't edit, you can still just trash can them completely and then add them back yourself. Ones you add yourself can always be edited.

Gotchya

I just cancel and click away the moodlets.

I often cancel the holiday popups, too. Not because they are all bad, but I play on rotation and have limited time per household, so occasionally I want to focus on other stuff than annual holidays. The sad moodlet can be annoying, but I use UI Cheat Extension (mod) to simply click away the moodlet if it gets in the way.

You won't need to do the entire list of activities, though. Some of the activities are fairly quick (like holiday cheer), but if there are many sims in the house and each of them need to do the same things individually, it can become boring. Luckily, sims have individual wants regarding holidays and what it takes to succeed, it's often enough to do a couple activities to avoid the "awful" result. I prefer celebrating in a smaller household, though.

"BoergeAarg61;c-18039676" wrote:
I tend to remove Neighborhood Brawl.

Community lots are useful for other holidays. I think I even had Winterfest at a University as a Christmas tree might be placed at a community lot at campus, gifts might be put under the tree and random students might be available for opening the gifts.

Oh my gosh that is an amazing idea! In all this time I never thought to put a Christmas tree up on a commercial lot. Next time the holiday comes around in my game I will add one to my coffee shop and decorate it for Winterfest. Thank you for mentioning that. :smile:

You could use the community market lots that came with eco living to mimic the seasonal lot changes.