If it was set in a Scottish setting and even a bit further north than the Scottish mainland it could be timed to coincide with Shetland's "Up Helly Aa", a Viking festival with torch procession which is traditionally on the last Tuesday of January. Edinburgh has copied it for tourist purposes in the Christmas and New Year celebrations here.
But...there are a lot of lake monsters reputedly in the USA lakes as well, so I'm not holding out any hopes.
If Maxis was working on something like this, thinking we might choose a Happy Haunts theme in the poll, they've had more than enough time to make it better than Nifty Knitting by now.
