[S] Getting Gifts from Father Winter doesn't work properly

I've been having trouble with this for a while- since some update around when either "romance" or "Life and Death" came out.

Previously: toddlers could "ask for present" from father winter once they had used "talk to stranger" on him, and get a present. Queued actions to "ask for present" would fail if the toddler hadn't done any previous "introduction" type actions on father winter.

This used to be the same for older sims as well, but when it was last altered, it was only working for toddlers. Other sims, child age and older, did/do not get "ask for present" anywhere in their social menu options. The only option is "fight father winter for presents" from young adult and older (teens may have the option, but I haven't checked. Children do not.) This makes it very hard to complete the holiday quests successfully ("holiday successful!" notification), as the toddlers and children generally only care about presents.

Now: since the updates closest to the sims anniversary have happened, my toddlers can see the "ask for present" option only when they have never interacted with father winter before. They still cannot "ask for present" without doing an introductory social first, or the interaction will fail/disappear/remove from queue with no result. BUT, once they have introduced themselves, the "ask for present" option disappears.

So it only happens when 1) father winter is not otherwise engaged in an action (such as talking to another sim), 2) the toddler queues up both actions, and 3) father winter and the toddler are not interrupted in the entire sequence resolution.

I have had mods turned off for the past year, and it does not matter which save file (or a new game) I use.