A while back, I created a holiday that was right after New Years Eve. It was New Years Day; a custom holiday. The holidays passed and was great, but then weird stuff started to happen. It took me a while to realize it, but it seemed like every day was New Years Day. It wouldn't show up on the calendar, but it would be an event that started every single day.As soon as I realized this, I started clicking on the X to cancel the holiday. It would pop up again, with a blue square over the icon. I press the X again and it's gone for good... until I move to another lot, or switch households; then I have to cancel it multiple times again.What's even more annoying is that it'll interrupt other holidays going on. Like if it's Love Day, New Years will pop up. And then when I go to cancel it, Love Day won't come back up for awhile.I've tried removing all mods. Didn't work.I've tried repairing my game. Didn't work.Is anyone else having this problem?

@anneke33, yes I would have been able to help had I been on the computer at the time you posted, but I was doing other things at the time! 😃 Thankfully @RandomBuzziness was able to help 🙌 so you didn't have to wait for me! 😳 And @RandomBuzziness is correct in that @SheriGR is also very helpful !😇@NiaraTiara, The best procedure is to move the Mods folder to your desktop, then delete the localthumbcache.package file like @RandomBuzziness mentioned. Also for extra safe measure is to Repair your game through Origin. Then you can add your Mods and CC back one by one, starting your game after adding each one to test each Mod or CC item. But if you have a lot of CC, then you might want to do the 50/50 Method and test a larger batch of them at a time. Once you find which Mod or CC is the culprit, you can then go back to whoever created it and see if they have an updated version (if they do, you can download that one). If they don't have a new one, then you should just forget that Mod or CC as if they are never updated, they will continue to mess up your game! 😢You should do this after each time your game acts up, especially after a patch is released by EA, as that is when a lot of Mods/CC become outdated! We are getting a new Stuff Pack next week, so we will probably be getting a another patch from EA later this week! You might want to wait until after that to complete your testing! 🤔Please update us on if this fixes your problem or not! 😇And @anneke33 , I was thinking before I saw your post that it was a shame that the broken holiday wasn't Groundhog Day! 😃 Love that movie! ❤️

@PugLove888 you're absolutely right! Nobody expects you to be online 24/7 😉 And I'm also happy @RandomBuzziness was able to help out 🙂 I haven't been here for very long and have seen/read far from everything so I'm sorry if I overlooked @SheriGR! With all the helpful people here, it's hard to keep track of who's doing/saying what 🙂 Especialy if you're new, like me 😉 I'm sure I'll learn in time 🙂(Sorry if I'm not making much sense right now, my brain is refusing to cooperate atm 😳 )Hahaha I love that movie too! It was the first thing I thought about when I read the post 😃

@NiaraTiara I haven't read anywhere of this particular problem but I have heard of other issues with holidays when using any mod to change the game speed. @anneke33 is correct, after temporarily removing all mods or CC in your game, you should also clear old cached content in case anything from the Mods or CC is still hanging around in your game (thanks @SheriGR for this information). You can do this by deleting the localthumbcache.package file in your Sims 4 folder. It's perfectly safe to delete this file as the game will auto-generate a new one the next time you launch Sims 4. I always delete the localthumbcache.package file any time I make a change to my Mods folder.Please let us know if this fixes your problem. If so, you might be able to re-install your mods, as long as you keep the game speed at the default setting. Make sure you are using the most current versions available first. If this does not fix your problem, let us know that as well as there are other things you can try.I hope this helps!

@NiaraTiara Now, I have plenty of custom holidays in my calendar and mods in my folder, but I have never seen or heard of anything like your "Groundhog Day" experience, as @anneke33 put it. What truly worries me here is your description of the "blue square" over the holiday icon. Blue squares or pink circles visible on screen have in many instances in the past indicated a deeply broken mod and/or a corrupted save game file. It's also been linked to outdated CC before, which doesn't seem like it would cause a holiday issue, but I honestly would remove it all, just to make sure.I really hope that deleting the localthumbscache file solves your issue, because if it does not, your only other option may be to revert to an older save game BEFORE you've created that custom holiday (I know... that would suck, if at all possible). Spot on for @RandomBuzziness for suspecting a change of game-time-speed, because that could indeed lead to various sync-glitches within your calendar!Basically, we need feedback from you at this point to make any further speculations/suggestions on how to solve this.EDIT: A last resort option: Try changing the length of seasons in game options, Save As and then change the season length back. Be aware that this will throw all your holidays off and you may not want to edit all of that, but this has fixed various calendar issues before.

@anneke33 Yeah I agree with your thinking on this one. @PugLove888 is awesome & has helped me many times!

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EA_Pulsar
Community Manager
14 hours ago
Hey there! This thread is rather old, so we're closing it to avoid any necroposting. If you have more questions or want to keep the chat going, please start a new thread! That way, things stay neat and tidy, and everyone can join in.

Thanks for your understanding.
linsbee
Seasoned Novice
20 hours ago
This is happening for me too except slightly differently. For me, it’s repeating the last holiday (my creation - Gnome Patrick Fools) anytime there is a new holiday on the calendar. This started when I downloaded the new expansion pack. I tested it by creating a new holiday to start on an empty day and sure enough, Gnome Patrick Fools again.
I have tried ending it early, playing it all the way through, waiting for the year to come around again and deleting it entirely etc etc. Nothing has worked.
The specified holiday activities are also stuck on in the action menus - regardless of whether there is a holiday scheduled or not.
Holidays work as expected in a new test save but I don’t want to forsake my save!!
I do not use any mods.
kelseygboyer
4 years ago
This issue is happening with me now, anyone have any new ideas on how to fix the issue?

for me, the holiday is Bunny Day, I did not create this holiday it is a holiday already made and I also get the blue square after clicking the “x”
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@cryinggcats Are you using mods other than MCCC ? I believe this is a mod issue that keeps happening if you remove the mods as it's a save game corruption,

Do you have a backup from before the holiday occurred ?
DonroaAkashu
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@cryinggcats If you haven't already it would be a good idea to bring your issue to the creator of the mentioned mod for confirmation of the bug, and if so, a potential fix.

Edit: This is the only bug report I can find that fits the theme: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-S-Calendar-Doesn-t-Change-with-Current-Season/m-p/6914575

If no mods are installed the issue is with the game, so a Me Too and some attention to that thread might make the Sims Team react to it.

There are of course other bug reports, here is the full list of tagged bug reports to look through for anyone with an interest and some time on their hands:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/READ-FIRST-Compiled-list-of-reported-Issues/m-p/3445209#M130065

Untagged yet to be determined 'open' bugs, are not on the list. Those will be found looking through the first pages of the bug report section. I can't find where notifications are posted about when the list is updated. But it is allowed to just send a bug report directly to the SimGurus on twitter for example.
https://twitter.com/SimGuruNick/status/1296233271567585280
cryinggcats
5 years ago
created an account just to let you know this exact thing happened to me too with winterfest!! it corrupted all of my saves so i'll have to start over ): hopefully this is something MCCC can fix in the future!!
RandomBuzziness
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@8jkn The mod we were thinking that might be causing the problem is MC Command Center with changes in the Game_Time_Speed setting causing a bug with holidays that are already scheduled in a save file. I don't think any of this was proven though. If you are using MC Command Center, then you currently should be using version 7.0.0. Is this what you are looking for?
8jkn
6 years ago
@NiaraTiara Hey, someone told me it's supposed to be a mod update. Now, I'm not sure what to do since the same is happening to me, but instead of a custom holiday, it's supposed to be love day. I think we just need to know what mod it is
RandomBuzziness
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@NiaraTiara I'm sorry to hear this is still going on in your game. There appears to be problems with how the MCCC Game Time Speed mod affects holidays that are already scheduled in a save file. Did you try changing the length of seasons in the game options as @DMDragonCT suggested in post #5?
If that does not work another last, last resort option would be to delete all four of the pre-made Seasonal holidays (Love Day, Harvestfest, Winterfest, New Year's Eve) from your calendar. If you have any custom holidays, go ahead and delete those too. If this fixes things, you can recreate the holidays later. Tbh- I usually change these in my game anyway because I use the long 28-day calendar and I don't like which days the pre-made holidays fall on.
I hope this helps :D
PugLove888
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@NiaraTiara, I'm very sorry to hear that! 😢 It seems like the movies and TV shows that warned us about meddling with time, were correct. 😞
So, your new save games seem unaffected, and it is only the old ones that are messed up? 🤔 Are any of your old saves working?