Santa is not welcome!

You could probably edit the holiday to remove him as a goal

You can edit any holiday to your liking, as well as deleting them or creating new ones. Simply go to the calendar, select the holiday and choose edit. Select the traditions you want. I have edited several holidays in my game as well as added a few new ones. For winterfest I replaced one of the traditions with baking because no Christmas without Christmas cookies for me.

Two things to remember :
- you edit all future holidays of this type. So if you remove santa/father winter he will be gone in all future Christmases. You can always edit the holiday again and change back to the original traditions
- holidays are saved per save file. A change will affect all households in that save. Should you start a new save file, you will have to edit the holidays again if you want a change.

yeah tbh I find father winter to be little spooky when he visits uninvited :lol:

then again I am all for the horror winterfest so I don't mind :smirk:

Thank you both so much! I knew that I can delete holidays but I never thought of editing them. I know some Sims who are really looking forward to Christmas now! :)

"Atreya33;c-18210932" wrote:
...For winterfest I replaced one of the traditions with baking because no Christmas without Christmas cookies for me.

Great idea!

"Simmingal;c-18210935" wrote:
yeah tbh I find father winter to be little spooky when he visits uninvited :lol:

Same here :D

you could try removing any chimney's, not sure if those being a requirement are for real or just a joke

I've had the habit of disabling his section of the tradition through the calendar, you can always substitue it with a Christmas party tradition instead, when mixed in with the gift giving/receiving you can get the same overall Holiday without a random old man bursting down your door at 11pm.

Best to delete him from manage worlds too after if you don't want him calling children he's already met previously on a Monday night asking if he should befriend someone's dead cat.

"LuvtehGeeks;c-18211074" wrote:
you could try removing any chimney's, not sure if those being a requirement are for real or just a joke

Funny that you say this. This year was the first time I actually saw that he vanishes through the fireplace. I didn't know before.

"Sorak4;c-18211075" wrote:
I've had the habit of disabling his section of the tradition through the calendar, you can always substitue it with a Christmas party tradition instead, when mixed in with the gift giving/receiving you can get the same overall Holiday without a random old man bursting down your door at 11pm.

Best to delete him from manage worlds too after if you don't want him calling children he's already met previously on a Monday night asking if he should befriend someone's dead cat.

:D :D
That is a good idea!

How about adding Winterfest Eve holiday the day before? Have decorate and Father Winter on that holiday and keep the next day as Winterfest?
Have just grand meal, holiday spirt and open presents for that day.
You can check/uncheck got to work or school for either holiday.