Christmas and The Sims

I was asked if their was a cheating way to make santa visit in The Sims (1). The non cheating way can be a bit random in that you might have all the criteria in place such as a fireplace, cookies etc. but he still might not arrive. You also have to do battle with your servo, if you have one, constantly tidying away the cookies. From my list of Sims tips and cheats I offer this.

Put a Christmas tree, a plate of cookies and a fireplace in a room, then enable the move_objects on code. Delete your Sims before midnight. When Santa visits, he will give you one big present which should be someting of use rather than just enhancing your meters, then he will start filling the house with presents. After he has given as many presents as there are Sims,  click on your Sims so they reappear in your house. The game might freeze if you do not click them back into the house. Santa should continue to add even more presents to the house. The point of the presents is that when they are unwrapped they boost your happiness.

Comments

To make Santa come, do you have to download anything special like the cookies or use the ones already in the game? Do you need it to be ON christmas or any random day in real life?

[Fran]

I remember at one point you needed to download the cookies but that was yonks ago before they were available as part of the game. It is really just a matter of doing the right things in the right order and having everyone in bed and happy before midnight (non cheating), hence the cheating option for if you can't get the little beggars to be happy, or stay in their beds and not parp about for half the night.