Just a question... observation....

"CalebFillion;d-969640" wrote:
I have played sims since the beginning and just this year something occurred to me. We have the Menorah, Kwanzaa, but winterfest? why can we not have Christmas if we can have the others? We now have such diversity and are able to create it in our games, why omit this one thing? It boggles the mind.

The Menorah, and the Kwanzaa candle are objects, just as the Winterfest Tree is. Kwanzaa and Hanukkah weren't put on the Calendar by the devs, tho. You can customize the Event Activities for many religious holidays, such as Attend A Service, Remembrance, etc, but those other Holidays are not actually named in the Calendar, either. So why should Christmas be named as a default holiday, and no other religions? Winterfest can be done even if you aren't a member of a religious group, just as people who are not religious decorate a tree. So in my thought that is why it is done that way by the devs. Since you can make your own Holiday, the possibilities are endless, instead of forcing one particular religion.

I never understood why people are so afraid of the holidays & cultures.
Valentine's Day is a nice reminder to show your loved ones how much you care.
Easter is about rebirth, renewal, reviving & life.
Canada Day is about being happy about living in your country.
Thanksgiving is about being thankful for what you've been given.
Halloween is a fun time to wear a lovely, funny, cool, weird or scary costume.
Remembrance Day is to remember our fallen heroes.
Christmas is a time of peace, love, sharing, caring, giving & having fun.

you... you have every opportunity to make winterfest christmas... there are christmas trees and decorations and traditions that are entirely available. what are you trying to argue??

just rename it

As others said, just rename it, that's what the options are there for. I honestly don't mind either way, but I would love if it would be possible to have an option to set holidays as "active household only" while creating them. This way, you could have one family celebrating Ramadan, for example, without all your other households you might be playing with celebrating it as well.

I am actually glad the devs stayed as neutral as possible with the holidays, without getting too religious. Atheists exist, you know? The same for national holidays that aren't celebrated outside North America. As a European, Harvestfest for example, which is most likely based on Thanksgiving, is such a weird concept for me, since we don't really celebrate it here. We do have a similar holiday here, but most families don't celebrate it. I constantly see myself removing Harvestfest because it's a too foreign concept for me.

Hey folks so I want to reiterate what we've said in similar threads to this, discussion here needs to stay game related. As per the forum rules Religious discussion isn't allowed so let's keep things game specific here okay.

Christmas has nothing to do with religion EA_Rtas. And yes we have a tree, presents, etc. I was just wondering why it is called winterfest. Legitimate question.

"alyssa123;c-17330189" wrote:
you... you have every opportunity to make winterfest christmas... there are christmas trees and decorations and traditions that are entirely available. what are you trying to argue??

Not argue, just wondered is all. It never really occurred to me that it was a PC thing. I don't know why not either as in my work I must remain neutral.

I did not mean to ruffle feathers here guys. Mea Culpa

@CalebFillion Christmas is a Christian holiday:

Read here

The reason why there is no Christmas, Easter or whatever, in the game, I and others already explained previously in this thread.