The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Add home decor that matches the holidays -- light up the candles, set up the garden gnome
• Get the tree that tops all trees, to show off your holiday feelings
• Take Frosty on a ski jumping trip
• Tuck in your young Sims with holiday-themed pajamas
• Add a unique touch to your holiday festivities with international version of Santa, like Father Christmas and Cheongsam of the Chinese Fall Festival

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000HAWCFE
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches ; 7 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,716 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PC

Must have items foryour Sims' holidays!Product Information[Requires The Sims 2 The Sims 2 Special DVD Edition or The Sims 2 HolidayEdition to play]Celebrate the Season with Must-Have Holiday Items from Around the Globe! Spice up your Sims' holidays with this updated collection of seasonal itemsoutfits and decor. Deck their homes with traditional decor items from aroundthe globe including mistletoe reindeer lawn ornaments and an all-newEuropean-style Father Christmas. Indulge your Sims this season with thiscollection of 60 items of festive fun!Product FeaturesHoliday Home Decor:Light up the candles to add a warm holiday glow with this traditionalEuropean candle arch.The Holiday Lumberjack Statuette:Spice up your Sims' holidays with this traditional German holiday gnomecomplete with sturdy boots and trusty hiking staff.Huge Tree Extravaganza:Size matters. Get your holiday on in a big way with this tree to top alltrees a tribute to the famous tree from Rio.Ski Jump Frosty:It's hard to stay balanced when you're built like Frosty but that doesn'tstop him from showing his ski jumping skills.Holiday PJs: Before they nestle into bed to dream of sugarplums tuck Sim toddlers into aseasonal sleeper.Cheongsam: Enjoy the Chinese Fall Festival with Sims wearing this traditional attire.Artic Santa:Even when the temperature drops this European-style Father Christmas isguaranteed to bring good tidings.Windows Requirements Windows 98 Me 2000 XP Requires The Sims 2 The Sims 2 Special DVD Edition or The Sims 2 Holiday Edition to play 1.0 GHz or faster processor 256 MB or more of RAM 8X CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive or faster At least 130 MB of free hard disk space DirectX 9.0 compatible Video Card - must have 32MB or more memory and one of these T&L capable chipsets: ATI Radeon 8500 or greater NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS or greater DirectX 9.0 compatible Sound Card

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

59 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than the other Fun Packs, but..., November 15, 2006

By 

James Chapman "WarriorForge" (Everett, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff (CD-ROM)

This is yet another overpriced "Fun" pack. I liked it better than the previous fun packs, but that's not necessarily saying much. If you already have Sims 2 Pets, this will feel like a letdown. I only bought it because I'm one of these Sims 2 fans who has to have everything. I did not get last year's Holiday Edition because I already had the base game and I couldn't get the separate download to work, so I don't really know if this "Fun" pack is the same, similar or otherwise to that edition. From the description of the Holiday Edition, it doesn't look like a huge difference, though. Now for some detail:

PROS:
* Nice Holiday decorations! Christmas is definitely the better represented holiday, but others, including the Oriental New Year are represented as well. Christmas trees, christmas lights, etc.
* Some of the new clothing is nice. I particularly like the Japanese Kimonos. The santa and elf suits look cool too.
* Some nice, new floor tiles and wall coverings that I'm actually using.
* Firecrackers!

CONS:
* As with the other "Fun" packs, this is way overpriced. Waiting for it to hit the bargain bin might be the better way to go.
* The non-Christmas holidays aren't nearly as well represented as Christmas. Some Halloween costumes would have been nice for one thing. I can also think of alot more that could have been done with Thanksgiving as well as the other holidays.
* No bug fixes.
* As mentioned above, it doesn't appear to be much different than last year's Holiday Edition (emphasis on the word appear since I don't own the Holiday Edition). If they are indeed identical then the price really is a rip off!

In summary, this pack gives us a few fun new things, but not worth the price. The price was the main thing that cost it two stars. If I had owned last year's Holiday Edition and then found this to be basically the same, as it might be, then I'd have given it 1 star! If you're a Sims 2 fan who has to have everything, then you might consider this pack. Otherwise, wait for the bargain bin! This is worth $5.00 at most!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Festive items but....., February 8, 2007

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Shana "That's my opinion- I could be wrong!" (Northern NY) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff (CD-ROM)

As in the Glamour Life Stuff pack & Family Fun Stuff pack this one doesn't give your Sims enough new items for the money. What you see on the cover of this 'Stuff' pack is basically what you get for the money. I ordered it from Amazon but, now I wish I would've waited for a Complete pack or just downloaded online. Granted tho, that the Christmas idea was a cute one. I just wish there were some more items to make this worth the bucks.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I think it's worth the money spent, December 1, 2006

By 

MDK Fan (Ohio) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff (CD-ROM)

I had the Holiday edition base game originally and bought this for the extra stuff. I think it was worth it for not only the extra items, but also for the improvements Maxis made to some of the existing ones in the Holiday base game.

I also think that there is more than 20 extra items over the 40 the holiday base game had. I haven't actually counted them all, but with all of the new clothing, new decorating items (plants, wall hangings, knick-knacks, etc), and outdoor stuff both in buy and build mode, I'm pretty sure it exceeds 60. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like a lot of new stuff!! All in all, I'm well pleased with what I got for the amount I spent. I didn't pre-order this one though, I waited until the price dropped a few dollars since it is a 'stuff pack' and not an expansion.

And for those of you who didn't have the Holiday edition base game and aren't already aware of this, don't forget to put out your new cornucopia in your kitchen, light your tree, make a holiday roast, and serve up some Santa cookies...you never know, Santa might just show up and leave your Sim some gifts :)

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