The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff (PC Games, 2006)

From a wide range of holiday (mostly Christmas) items and other such decorations, it's hard to turn this Stuff Pack down. Having your Sims live their daily lives is great fun, but isn't it boring, especially with the 4 seasons included, to continue without any celebration of the holidays? That's exactly what "The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff" is all about!

GETTING THE GOODS! After you've installed The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff, you can find festive new objects for your Sims (decorations galore!) in the Buy Mode catalog and new holiday-themed building designs in the Build Mode Catalog. Look for new clothing and hair options in Create-A-Family or send Sims to a boutique shop for the latest holiday fashions.

HOLIDAY ITEMS! From candles to Christmas trees, new art to nutcrackers, you can find a bundle of fun things to get your Sims ready for the holidays.


HAVE A BLAST!
1) DinCo's Box 'Blasts
2) DinCo Sparks N'Stuff
3) DinCo Box a'Noise
4) DinCo's Crackers
5) Fountain of Fiery Jubilation

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!
6) Magic Mistletoe
7) Funky the Snowman
8) Sacred Star
9) The Classic Wreath
9) Holiday Wreath
10) Super Stuffer Mantle Warmers
11) Ring A'Ding Earthquake Detection System Holiday Special
12) Mr. Sanblovian
13) Arctic Santa by YuleCo
14) Ski Jump Frosty!
15) Corporal Filbert Nutcracker
16) Share the Bounty Nutcracker

THAT EXTRA TOUCH!
17) Festive HoliDine Tables
18) Mystery Presents
19) Touch of Autumn Cornucopia
20) Holiday Greetings! from Cold Traditions
21) Gingerbread House

SEASONAL ART!
22) Holiday in Leukerbad
23) Santa Skating
24) ValueSpite Funny Bunny
25) Portrait of My First Holiday Memory
26) Downhill Snowmanning

A WARM HOLIDAY GLOW: Make sure your Sims are ensconced in just the right atmosphere with this selection of cheerful lighting and jolly garland!
27) Holiday Candle
28) COPG Garland
29) Sled Track Lights

CHRISTMAS TREES AND HOLIDAY PLANTS!
30) The Little Frock Tree
31) Diet Festive Free
32) Christmas Tree
33) Candles von Winterfest by OomPapa Inc.
34) Poinsettia Gift Pack
35) Holiday Hyacinth

CELEBRATE WITH INTERNATIONAL FLAIR!
36) Kwanzaa Kinara
37) Chanukah Menorah
38) The Divine Kadomatsu
39) Festive Krathong from Simporters Inc.
40) The Holiday Lumberjack Statuette

OUTDOOR DECOR!
41) Berge the Proliferating Reindeer
42) Snowman Construction Set
43) Jack-o-Hattern Lawn Ornament
44) Cat-a-Strophic Luminous Lawn Ornament
45) Four Dead Guys Luminous Lawn Ornament

HOLIDAY HOMES: Whether building a new abode for the holidays or renovating the family home, here are some construction options just right for the season.
46) Door Decor
47) Window Embellishments
48) Holiday Wallpaper
49) Prickle Me Cactus
50) A Tree for All Seasons
51) The Gentle Pine
52) Huge Tree Extravaganza! by Big Yard Dudes Inc.

CELEBRATE IN STYLE: Outfit your Sims with festive garments for all their holiday events!
53) Qipao
54) Thai Dress w/Crown
55) Kimono
56) Cheongsam
57) Hakama
58) European Santa Ensemble
59) Holiday PJs
60) Toymaker Togs for Tots
61) Mr. & Mrs. Claus, I Presume
62) Father Time
63) Baby New Year

* 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
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 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! 55 of 64 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 "Warrior-forge" (Everett, WA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME) 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.

What is Simulated life without celebrating the time honored traditions and heartwarming holidays we hold so dear? This Stuff Pack is an excellent little buy. I loved the giant celebration tree, mistletoe and huge selection of Christmas time decor including cute candles, an assortment of nutcrackers including full size ones I plan to stick on either side of my front door, cute lawn deer...Rudolph is going next to my driveway :) and a large two story Christmas tree for big celebrations. It also includes some great styles of Christmas trees, presents, plants, and more! Outfits, fireworks, it's a wonderful pack. The only thing I didn't like was the lack of the word Christmas. In fact, you wont find it anywhere in the game and as one of those people who celebrate Christmas Day, not "holiday day," and find it quite silly that Sims is going the "politically correct" route, I was a little offended that the "sacred star" ornament was about the five elements of wind, fire, and water and crap like that instead of what it's really about. But other than them RECREATING THE "HOLIDAYS," I found the expansion pack quite cute.

Don't be alarmed like I was or think you were scammed like I did when you buy it and find no serial number. This must be a REALLY old Stuff Pack because it doesn't require one. The installation is quick and easy and if you are using newer expansions like Free Time that's loader shows you your expansions and stuffs, it wont be listed there: but it IS installed. Another disappointment is that it doesn't create a collection. With all the other stuff packs I found the installed collections to easily find the new objects but this one didn't do that and you have to surf through your categories manually to find the new content.

OVERALL, AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO THE SIMS 2 FAMILY AND ONE I'M EXCITED TO HAVE!

Family Fun Stuff is exactly what it claims to be--an add-on pack for the Sims 2, not a full expansion pack. The pack does add some quality content, including Hawaiian, underwater, and fantasy castle sets. The problem is that that is ALL that is added--I would expect a lot more content, considering that small packs are sometimes available for download from the Sims 2 site and they went to all the trouble of putting it on a CD at (I feel) an inflated price. As I said, the content is pretty good, but the quantity is unimpressive--I might have been happier with downloading some of the good content one can find for free on the internet than purchasing this pack.

Note: This is a "Stuff Pack" which means that it adds new objects to the game, but does not come with new functionality, as would be expected from an "Expansion Pack".

This pack adds objects geared toward kids. There are new costumes for your young sims to wear, as well as many objects, all broken down into themed collections. You will also get two collections of object - "Fantasy" which is old castle looking objects, and "Underwater" which is designed to look like furniture from the lost city of Atlantis, as well as some generic clothes and objects.

Overall, I was disappointed by the amount of stuff this pack adds to the game. For the price of it, I was expecting upwards of 100 objects, but it is far less than that. If you need a few new objects for your Sim children (or immature adults), this might be a good pack to pick up, otherwise, it isn't worth the price.