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9Someone Can’t Hold Their Punch

Who Knows What’s In That Punchbowl?

That said, like at any party, its important not to overdo it.

Bettie Newbie looking out of a telescope in The Sims.

Has your Sim been enjoying a catered event but perhaps taken too close an interest in the punch bowl?

Did you perhaps tell them to do such a thing after reading this?

8Hello, Secret Santa

Happy Holidays!

An image showing california styled house in The Sims.

Santa will also leave a singular real item behind, a shared gift for the whole family.

While you could never actually carve them back then, you could still buy decorative Jack-O-Lanterns in The Sims.

You thought your Sims couldn’t get smarter?

A Taxi in The Sims, there is a man standing next to it.

But if you bought too many, you may attract a naughty visitor.

With more than five Jack-O-Lanterns placed, theres a chance you might summon Grim.

Hes not there to kill anyone, at least he just rings your doorbell.

The Sims 2 mom and teen chilling out on the grass

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Have you noticed the Japanese Wall Fan item in the decorations menu, the one for 81?

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Except, hes actually pretty miserable himself, and hes not great at cheering your Sim up after all.

Drinking punch together in The Sims.

That is, unless they cant get out for whatever reason.

The game tells you theyve died and youll have a tombstone appear on the lot as normal.

The phone works both ways, though, as they say, and people occasionally call your Sims.

Santa visiting a house in The Sims.

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Sometimes thats to give the household some additional cash.

Sometimes its your boss upset you missed the carpool for the day.

Other times, its oddly threatening and completely jarring messages like, Theyre coming.

Setting out several Jack-o-Lanterns to try and summon the Grim Reaper in The Sims.

These phone calls dont actually influence anything your Sim wont die just because they answered that ominous midnight call.

And no, pleading with Grim wont help here.

But weve also got two non-fatal diseases to worry about, too.

The Japanese wall fan item in The Sims, which appreciates in value overnight.

The name for it in the games code is Poopy Pants, but fans call it Montezumas Revenge later.

Your Sim wont die, but their Bladder motive tanks, so get to a toilet quickly!

Explore the world, if you have the money to pay.

A Sim asking the Tragic Clown to leave their house in the original Sims.

A Sim being blown out of the skydiving machine in The Sims, which kills them.-1

An ominous phone call in the middle of the night in The Sims.

Rest in peace dialogue for a Sim who died of guinea pig disease.

A bear dancing by the trash at 3am.

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