Sul sul, I cannot believe that 2021 is coming to a close, it seems like just yesterday I was saying "2021 can't possibly be worse, right?"I wanted to take some time to pop in here and thank you all for being so welcoming to me when I joined you all at the end of August, it's been an amazing 4 months settling in and I absolutely love this community and how passionate you all are!With the holiday season upon us naturally staff will be out of office traveling or have already left to spend time with family. But that doesn't mean you'll see less activity from us on the forums over the next ~2 weeks...@EA_Mari has posted an update on the Friday Highlight threads for the holiday season here. We'll resume these the first week of January. Finally, I'm happy to announce that we'll be bringing back the 12 days of Simsmas starting tomorrow, December 22nd! This year we're doing a best of version featuring the most popular challenges from the past 4 years :)You can look forward to these challenges going live each day from December 22nd until Jan 2nd by 10AM CST. I'll also be posting a link in this thread to each challenge. Simsmas 2021 Challenges:DAY 1 OF SIMSMAS: SIMSMASSY AVATARS!DAY 2 OF SIMSMAS: SIMSMASSY BUILDS!DAY 3 OF SIMSMAS: TREASURE HUNT!DAY 4 OF SIMSMAS: WINTERFEST CELEBRATION!DAY 5 OF SIMSMAS: CROSSWORD!DAY 6 OF SIMSMAS: GIFTS IN A MAZE!DAY 7 OF SIMSMAS - TRIVIA PARTY!DAY 8 OF SIMSMAS - I KNOW YOUR FACE!DAY 9 OF SIMSMAS - FAMILY HOLIDAY CARDS!DAY 10 OF SIMSMAS - MUDDLED-UP SIMSMAS!DAY 11 OF SIMSMAS - NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK! DAY 12 OF SIMSMAS - NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS!Thank you all for everything you've done to make the Sims community what it is today, and may your final weeks of the year be filled with joy, merriment, family, friends, and dragons with body hair.-EA_Cade

Can we possibly also get horses with body hair? I mean, the dragons might need some company, food or whatever... Pretty please, thank you and Happy Holidays!

What exactly is this "12 days of Simsmas" anyway? I never heard of it before, so I assume it's something from before I started playing in 2019?

yay :) I was hoping that we would have it again this year.

"VeeDub;c-18025701" wrote:What exactly is this "12 days of Simsmas" anyway? I never heard of it before, so I assume it's something from before I started playing in 2019? This is from 2018: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/931956/12-days-of-simsmasAnd a very old Sims 3 version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV5Hi6cqBe8

"VeeDub;c-18025701" wrote:What exactly is this "12 days of Simsmas" anyway? I never heard of it before, so I assume it's something from before I started playing in 2019? We had it last year and you can find the 2020 edition here. :)

Happy Holidays! And Simthing more...

83bienchen
Seasoned Novice
3 years ago
Can we possibly also get horses with body hair? I mean, the dragons might need some company, food or whatever... Pretty please, thank you and Happy Holidays!
VWoodsong
Seasoned Observer
3 years ago
What exactly is this "12 days of Simsmas" anyway? I never heard of it before, so I assume it's something from before I started playing in 2019?
blueybluesky
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
yay :) I was hoping that we would have it again this year.
Gagea25
Hero
3 years ago
"VeeDub;c-18025701" wrote:
What exactly is this "12 days of Simsmas" anyway? I never heard of it before, so I assume it's something from before I started playing in 2019?

This is from 2018: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/931956/12-days-of-simsmas

And a very old Sims 3 version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV5Hi6cqBe8
EA_Mari
Community Manager
3 years ago
"VeeDub;c-18025701" wrote:
What exactly is this "12 days of Simsmas" anyway? I never heard of it before, so I assume it's something from before I started playing in 2019?

We had it last year and you can find the 2020 edition here. :)
sansannasa
3 years ago
Yay, seems fun! I'm new at the forum and soon will become a full member, so hopefully will be able to join if there's any photo challenges :)
userafw
New Spectator
3 years ago
"VeeDub;c-18025701" wrote:
What exactly is this "12 days of Simsmas" anyway? I never heard of it before, so I assume it's something from before I started playing in 2019?

I haven't heard of them doing this before, but it sounds like the song about the partridge in a pear tree. Which, by the way, was a big pain to try to program 25 years ago in college (Pascal I think?) when I was considering a computer science major or minor. I ended up double-majoring in accounting and management instead.
VWoodsong
Seasoned Observer
3 years ago
"SimsILikeSims;c-18025812" wrote:
"VeeDub;c-18025701" wrote:
What exactly is this "12 days of Simsmas" anyway? I never heard of it before, so I assume it's something from before I started playing in 2019?

I haven't heard of them doing this before, but it sounds like the song about the partridge in a pear tree. Which, by the way, was a big pain to try to program 25 years ago in college (Pascal I think?) when I was considering a computer science major or minor. I ended up double-majoring in accounting and management instead.

I remember that song from when I was a kid. I also remember wondering why anyone would want a partridge and all those other weird gifts. :lol:

Also, thanks to those who answered my question. I don't celebrate these holidays (or any other winter holiday) in the real world, but I do wish happy times for everyone who does!
EmmaVane
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
Looking forward to this. Working in retail does not bring out the Christmas spirit in me. This might.
blueybluesky
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
@EmmaVane I feel ya, I work in a supermarket and always get stuck doing Christmas eve