Why no Santa NPC?

Ever since I saw the items and the Santa NPC in a picture from S2, I've wanted it. At least in S3 we had some Christmas type things, but years later, our holidays are still lacking and every holiday, I expect them to cash in on it and they never do.

People would be over the moon for a Valentine's Day pack with flowers, candy, cards, an "I love you" interaction to whomever you want to say it to. Sweet hairstyles, clothes, fingernail polish, decorations for the house, and a couple of stuffed animals for the kids. Catloverplayer's romantic rug, tub, and things requested so much in S3 that never came to be. Maybe even one stationary car for woohoo.

An Easter pack with real egg hunting that we can play any time of the year like in S3 and maybe even throw in the chickens and ability to buy them, sell them, eat their eggs, and have baby chicks. Ability to color eggs together and maybe decorate them with stickers ect. An Easter bunny stand where the kids can sit on Bunny NPC's lap to take a picture. Colorful clothes, more flowers, and everything springy.

Halloween fleshed out with décor, outfits, weird hairstyles, mismatched socks, scary teeth like Spider-Man 3's black spidy at the end with all the teeth. A mirror that is scary and talks to you. Pictures that do weird things. A scary doll that says creepy things. And maybe not even a gamepack, but an EP with Halloween town and scary clowns and the ability to look like them. Striped pants like in Adam's Family and their car. A haunted house like in S3 or maybe even a real house for our sims to go into. Prank calls. Scary calls that give a scared mood. Fleshing out the Grim reaper and adding the cemetery with services, wills, caskets, ect. I would love to have the ability to have sims die on your lot for years and their ghosts be uncontrolled, but their ghost added to your lot through the headstone. That way you could have many ghosts "trapped" on your lot.

Thanksgiving with pioneer type clothes and many types of Indian clothes so no one will complain. Turkey party. Since it is all about the food, many recipes that are made during the holidays could come in.

And as my title said, Why no Santa NPC. Pretty sure people would go crazy for a fleshed out pack. I can barely remember the picture, but I do remember the Santa and a beautiful painting. There was more I liked, but I can't remember it at all. I think I will try a poll and see what all of you think.

Also, did we get anything new/free with the January patch?

ideas

15 Replies

davina1221
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
PS. Sim guru I posted about wanting holiday content and then went to make a poll and this was put on my page?:

You have posted 1 times within 240 seconds. A spam block is now in effect on your account. You must wait at least 600 seconds before attempting to post again.

Why would my account be hit with a spam block when I've only made 1 post and am trying to make 1 poll? That doesn't even make sense??? I've seen loads of simmers make post after post after post.
ploppo2
8 years ago
What will a Santa do?

I mean, when would your Sims see Santa? TS4 has no way of scheduling.

I think TS4 is supposed to have a tragic clown(s), but I have never seen them. I have dressed a Sim in the clown costume, but have never seen the actual clown.

Santa could be included, but you may never, ever, see Santa.

Having said that, if they added Santa then there would be Santa nights in the bars - ie you would see like 8 or so of them on a Santa night - a bit like a bear night.
paradiseplanet27
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"plopppo2;c-16270841" wrote:
What will a Santa do?

I mean, when would your Sims see Santa? TS4 has no way of scheduling.

I think TS4 is supposed to have a tragic clown(s), but I have never seen them. I have dressed a Sim in the clown costume, but have never seen the actual clown.

Santa could be included, but you may never, ever, see Santa.

Having said that, if they added Santa then there would be Santa nights in the bars - ie you would see like 8 or so of them on a Santa night - a bit like a bear night.

Tragic Clowns will never appear in your games on their own; you have to summon the NPC through viewing the Tragic Clown painting found in build mode, then the tragic clown NPC will now appear in your games.
icemanfresh
Legend
8 years ago
"plopppo2;c-16270841" wrote:
What will a Santa do?

I mean, when would your Sims see Santa? TS4 has no way of scheduling.

I think TS4 is supposed to have a tragic clown(s), but I have never seen them. I have dressed a Sim in the clown costume, but have never seen the actual clown.

Santa could be included, but you may never, ever, see Santa.

Having said that, if they added Santa then there would be Santa nights in the bars - ie you would see like 8 or so of them on a Santa night - a bit like a bear night.

Sims 1 never had a calendar, and Sims 2's holiday pack predated seasons. The only thing needed then was a Christmas tree and a plate of cookies, and your sims had to be asleep at night. We already have the Christmas tree, so we just need cookies that come with the holiday pack to trigger the arrival of a Santa NPC.
davina1221
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"plopppo2;c-16270841" wrote:
What will a Santa do?

I mean, when would your Sims see Santa? TS4 has no way of scheduling.

I think TS4 is supposed to have a tragic clown(s), but I have never seen them. I have dressed a Sim in the clown costume, but have never seen the actual clown.

Santa could be included, but you may never, ever, see Santa.

Having said that, if they added Santa then there would be Santa nights in the bars - ie you would see like 8 or so of them on a Santa night - a bit like a bear night.

They didn't schedule it in the previous versions and having a Christmas party and placing the tree on your lot could allow him to come in. In S3, you can have it anytime you want to, but they just didn't add the Santa, just the party ect.

"Dannydanbo;c-16270589" wrote:
We don't have holidays yet, so a Santa isn't needed until we do.

That is why I'm asking. No season, no holidays and we have had a couple of Christmases. I was asking in hopes that they would keep it in mind for this year. They will never put it or holidays in if we don't show interest and ask. Season was just about my favorite of the S3 EPs and many simmers talked in the past and shared pictures of S2 Holiday pack. I really liked what they put in.

"paradiseplanet;c-16272238" wrote:
"plopppo2;c-16270841" wrote:
What will a Santa do?

I mean, when would your Sims see Santa? TS4 has no way of scheduling.

I think TS4 is supposed to have a tragic clown(s), but I have never seen them. I have dressed a Sim in the clown costume, but have never seen the actual clown.

Santa could be included, but you may never, ever, see Santa.

Having said that, if they added Santa then there would be Santa nights in the bars - ie you would see like 8 or so of them on a Santa night - a bit like a bear night.

Tragic Clowns will never appear in your games on their own; you have to summon the NPC through viewing the Tragic Clown painting found in build mode, then the tragic clown NPC will now appear in your games.

I didn't know that, so I'm glad that the question was asked and that you shared that info. I will keep that in mind for future games.
Anmirla
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
In the original Sims, your Sims had to be asleep. In TS2, your Sims can interact with Santa and gain a new BFF.

I don't know why Santa isn't still in the Sims - there really is no valid excuse. :/ Couldn't they program him to show from a trigger, and he just be linked to that trigger and not be seen strolling around the hood like a hobo or crashing parties?
Anmirla
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"Dannydanbo;c-16290556" wrote:
"Anmirla;c-16290502" wrote:
In the original Sims, your Sims had to be asleep. In TS2, your Sims can interact with Santa and gain a new BFF.

I don't know why Santa isn't still in the Sims - there really is no valid excuse. :/ Couldn't they program him to show from a trigger, and he just be linked to that trigger and not be seen strolling around the hood like a hobo or crashing parties?

Their "excuse" is that not everyone has an American version of Santa or any Santa at all.

Yet they can add stuff like Indian lamp ceremony thing? Nope, not a valid excuse.
kgirly8
New Hotshot
8 years ago

"davina1221;c-16270533" wrote:
PS. Sim guru I posted about wanting holiday content and then went to make a poll and this was put on my page?:

You have posted 1 times within 240 seconds. A spam block is now in effect on your account. You must wait at least 600 seconds before attempting to post again.

Why would my account be hit with a spam block when I've only made 1 post and am trying to make 1 poll? That doesn't even make sense??? I've seen loads of simmers make post after post after post.

Spam block just means you have to wait four minutes before posting again. You didn't do anything to cause it. Everyone has to wait a few minutes so people cannot spam posts by reposting inappropriate amounts of posts at once.

As for holidays, I look forward to them but not only do they come with Seasons (they really don't give away that much content at a time in an update) but they have to be careful creating holidays as different cultures celebrate differently.
PGRD2002
8 years ago
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> In the original Sims, your Sims had to be asleep. In TS2, your Sims can interact with Santa and gain a new BFF.
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> I don't know why Santa isn't still in the Sims - there really is no valid excuse. :/ Couldn't they program him to show from a trigger, and he just be linked to that trigger and not be seen strolling around the hood like a hobo or crashing parties?
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> Yet they can add stuff like Indian lamp ceremony thing? Nope, not a valid excuse.

It is called Diwali :)
MonoralN
Seasoned Traveler
8 years ago
If they ever add seasons, with actual seasons like summer, spring, fall and winter. There could be an event that happens once, on the last day of winter. It could feature santa and he could give your sims a present, or just give them a positive moodlet. He could visit the sims house late at night, with presents, or there could be an opportunity to travel to his grotto and receive the benefits there. That would be mid day though, in case it happens to be a school day the next. Travelling would be a pain.