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6 years ago

Winterfest Presents

https://i.imgur.com/57F8zUi.png

I've just been playing a three-day Winterfest in my BACC game. The household I'm playing has three toddlers (I must be mad) and the two adults, so it got quite busy. I ended up with about three presents each for the children (plus one each I had their mum buy on the computer) and it got me thinking about what you all do with the Winterfest presents?

For example, my family's son, Caiden, is the youngest of the three children and won't ge up for quite a while yet. None of his presents were toddler-friendly; he got a Voidcritter Card from Father Winter, a violin and a doctor playset. While he can't do anything with any of those yet, it's given me ideas for a possible career path and hobby for his future. Since he got the violin, I'm thinking that music could end up being his passion and as such, I'll defeinitely have him learning to play it a lot when he grows up. With the doctor playset, who knows? He might go to Uni one day (trust me, it'll be well and truly out by the time this guy ages to Yound Adult!) and become a doctor because of the interest as a child. I'm also going to have him being mad about the Voidcritters, since that interest has started early.

Another example is the father, William, got a book about learning to play the piano. He's actually a fitness guy and goes for a run every day, does yoga etc so the piano book was a surprise. However, I'm going to take it that he is expressing an interest in learning to play and as such, his wife bought him the book for Winterfest. Now that's going to be fun later on, when Caiden grows up and starts playing the violin. Father-son jam sessions, anyone?

I also discovered this feature:
https://i.imgur.com/QAqE0K3.jpg
(I renamed Winterfest to Christmas Day for my game, obviously.)
I had no idea this was even a thing! Both parents got presents (admittedly from the children but what can you do?) through the post. Funnily enough, William's was a Jazz Cats picture and it 'came' from Caiden. So I think I really will do those jam sessions. It feels like the game is telling me to! :D

So how much do the random presents from Winterfest affect your sims? Do you use them to develop hobbies? Or do you disregard them completely? https://www.allsmileys.com/files/kolobok/vishenk/55.gif
  • Thank you for sharing. This was very insightful. I usually use decorative gifts or those which are already fit and useful. But I never thought of using them for interpreting future interests and hobbies. As soon as I merge my old and new BACC saves I'll start paying more attention to holidays.
  • "Bloosmoo;c-17289818" wrote:
    Love the insight you've shared there with the gifts. Makes me wonder what to do though because all Santa gives my sims is a large poop. I mean what do you do with that? Put it on the shelf so you can say to your kids, look, someone gave one after all?


    Meh, I usually get rid of that (well you would, wouldn't you?). I've noticed Santa gave mostly lousy presents to the adults but great ones to the children. I don't know if that's in the code or purely random?
    Maybe try some friendly interactions with Santa first, before asking for a present?
  • I usually just sell them, but your idea is a lot more fun!

    Actually, Father Winter gave my vampire rock star a gaming mat and I didn't sell it. I think it's the one that needs unlocked, and I'm not selling something I couldn't buy back if I changed my mind. Maybe I'll try to think of something to do with that instead of just hiding it in the household inventory.
  • @phantasmkiss Glad you like it :)

    https://i.imgur.com/3UiDdpR.jpg

    So I've got another set of Winterfest presents to work through and again, some are pretty handy!
    This is with another family in my BACC, so it's the following Christmas. They've got three daughters and the father, James, is the Mayor of the town. Just before Christmas, he opened the town's first community lot, the museum, so he's big on the preservation of history etc. Bear that in mind.

    Two of the girls got fossils for Christmas (one from Father Winter, the other from their parents). Now I'm going to be 'donating' these to the museum but I'm also comtemplating these girls developing an interest in archaeology after this. I think for that, it'll depend on any other presents they get at a later date. The father also received a gem, which is perfect because he can donate that to the museum, too.

    The eldest, Elena, was one who received the fossil from her parents but Father WInter gave her a toddler book, Rex Treks. Although that's no use for Elena (who's a child) it could indicate an interest in archaeology? And so her younger sister, Caitlin (who really looks up to her) might just copy her for a while but not really mean it? It's food for thought. Caitlin also got a violin, so a possible music buddy for Caiden eventually?

    Now the mum, Claudia, got the tea brewer for Christmas. I'm particularly pleased about this because she's going to be eventually opening the town's first restaurant, and is a big cooking fan. It couldn't have been more perfect!

    So not all the presents were a complete bust! <3