The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff

The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff

Box art for The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Development
Developer(s)	Maxis Emeryville
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Ratings	Teen
Release date(s)	November 7, 2006
Technical information
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Game features
Themes	Holidays

The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff is the fourth stuff pack released for The Sims 2 on November 7, 2006. It is actually a re-release of The Sims 2: Holiday Party Pack with the addition of twenty new items. There were different editions of this pack:

The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff (The Sims 2: Festive Holiday Stuff in Europe) - The Sims 2: Holiday Party Pack plus twenty new additional items
The Sims 2: Holiday Edition (2006) - includes The Sims 2 and The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff

The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff includes new features and NPCs, such as Santa Claus, who will arrive at night when there are Santa cookies and a Christmas tree located near a fireplace. Sims can also throw a New Year's Bash (regardless of date, it can be celebrated any day); the difference between throwing a normal house party is that the New Year's Bash will always start at 8 PM and Father Time will come at 11 PM. This party must be thrown between 7 PM and 8 PM; otherwise, the police will shut down the party at 11 PM. Oddly, it also seems to have an expansion pack icon rather than a stuff pack one. Sims cannot throw a New Year's Bash in an apartment lot.

This stuff pack was the last product made for The Sims 2 by Maxis Emeryville; all future development would be led by The Sims Studio.