Seasons: Summer Holiday Ideas?

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I recently added Seasons to my game, and I'm currently finishing up my Sims' first spring. (Love Day was yesterday.) I plan to play a full "year" (a 28-day spring-summer-autumn-winter cycle) with the default holidays before I start adding/editing holidays, but I can already tell that I'll want to add a summer holiday. I'm thinking of ending up with 1 or 2 holidays per season, and there is no default holiday in summer.When I think of (admittedly USA-centric) summer holidays, I think of Memorial Day starting the summer, Independence Day in the middle of summer, and Labor Day at the end of summer. There are lots of red-white-and-blue decorations, lots of food cooked outdoors (ranging from hot dogs to fall-off-the-bone BBQ), lots of people (friends and family), and lots of outdoor activities. So here is a rough idea of what my summer holiday might look like:Patriotic DayDecoration Theme: None (although a red-white-and-blue theme would be nice)Traditions: Bar-B-Que, Fireworks, Invite Guests, Water FunSeason: Summer (of course)Day Off: Yes (I'm thinking of adding this to some of the default holidays as well)There is room for one more tradition, and possibilities include Art &amp; Music Spirit (think marching bands, parades, and summer concerts that culminate in a fireworks display), Attend Holiday Ceremony (mostly the Memorial Day ceremonies my scout troop participated in), Decorate (but there is no red-white-and-blue decoration theme), Drinking (lemonade, iced tea, beer, Arnold Palmers, shandies, etc.), Fire (my family reunions on Independence Day usually included a bonfire), Party Spirit, Remembrance (again, mostly the Memorial Day ceremonies), and Tell Stories (about the people who made SimNation great).Any thoughts, suggestions, or comments?

gidget1234 · Answer

I have a SummerFest which is similar to your Patriotic Day. It includes fireworks, barbeque, and water fun. I also do a Family Reunion Holiday which is similar activities but I add drinking and tell stories,&nbsp; but then I throw the Family Reunion party on that day. I also have a Summer Fun Day and that one is barbeque, water fun, and traveling (which is usually to a park or public pool).&nbsp;

dbmcgrew · Answer

Thanks.After I started this thread, I discovered that I can select seasons that are 1 week long (the default), 2 weeks long, or 4 weeks long. While I like the idea of longer seasons allowing more holidays without crowding them on top of each other, the 1 week seasons already had me thinking about lengthening the duration of my Sims' life stages. For example, at the default life stages lengths, children won't experience all 4 seasons.But now I get why people turn off aging in their games.

dbmcgrew · Answer

And I like the name SummerFest, to go with HarvestFest and WinterFest.

gidget1234 · Answer

I used to have one week seasons and switched to 4 week just a few months ago. I also used to have default aging with my short seasons. I have aging off now because I am just doing a wedding rotation right now, but aging will go back on eventually, but I see what you mean about the default not matching well with the longer seasons. I like the longer seasons now so will have to think about the aging.&nbsp;

galacticgal · Answer

I live in America, so I have at least two holidays over the season: I call the first one Liberty Day, and the second one in early September as Labor Day or something like that. Brain isn't operating too good this morning, as in words are escaping me. You could fashion one as Summer Harvest Day, or Workers Day or just find something that intrigues you.

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