Rules to Holiday Traditions
A set of holiday traditions based on club/small business/getaways/custom venues/dynasty rule sets. They're divided into groups, because boy are there a lot. For the most part, the grouping follows the categories that the game used, but I added occult and gathered those in one group. A few are skipped because there's already a holiday tradition for the same activities (or close enough to count).
All holiday traditions require Seasons (for holidays) and some require other packs. You can download the files as long as you have Seasons, and the ones you don't have the packs for simply won't appear in your game.
The traditions and how to fulfill them are below. They should be ignored by sims who wouldn't like them or who can't fulfill them, and loved by sims who should love them. Let me know if I missed an interaction that should count, or if I got the preferences wrong or missed a trait.
This is a WIP, but I'm releasing the parts as I finish and test them. I'm doing that with this one and Emotional Socials to see if it pushes me to get more done on them. The parts that are released are complete and ready to play with.
Most interactions need to be done twice to fulfill the tradition.
Dance - Dance using a stereo, dance floor, DJ Booth, or bonfire; practice dancing with a mirror.
Listen To Music - Listen to music (not talking) on a radio (including the ones from my mod Listen To A Radio Show); listen to another sim play music on a guitar, piano, violin, DJ booth, performance space, or pipe organ; listen to sims singing karaoke.
Play or Listen to Music - Listen to music (not talk) on a radio (including the ones from my mod Listen To A Radio Show); or listen to another sim play music on a guitar, piano, violin, DJ booth, performance space, or pipe organ; listen to sims singing, including karaoke; play a piano, guitar, violin, pipe organ, or DJ booth, including writing songs on an instrument and practicing; sing, solo or karaoke or on a microphone, including practicing.
Produce New Tracks - Requires Get Famous. Producing a new track never seems to end. I'm not sure if it's bugged or just really long (I let it run for hours; I remember it being long, but not that long). So for this one, you have to produce a new track using the Mix Master Music Production Station for an hour.
View Art - View various objects -- I can't control where the interaction appears -- including Bonsai trees, paintings, and sculptures.
View Collectables - View aquariums, frogs, insects, collectable posters, axolotls, plants, collectable magazines, collectable cartons, the key display case, and maybe some other collectables.
Waltz -Waltzing or practice waltzing.
Watch Live Entertainment - Watch sims play guitar, violin, piano, or pipe organ; watch sims use the microphone; watch karaoke; watch a living statue or busker; critique a performance.
Write Comedy - Write jokes or a comedy routine at a computer. Writing jokes will count when you cancel it, but the UI may not update until you do it twice.
Most interactions need to be done once or twice to fulfill the tradition.
Note that some are eat, some are make, and some are both
Cook Gourmet Food - Cook anything that uses the Gourmet Cooking skill, including wedding cakes from My Wedding Stories.
Drink Coffee - Drink coffee; make a pot of coffee; make coffee at an espresso machine; make coffee with LittlBowBub's Home Barista, the Latte additions to Hot Chocolate Machine, or mangoninja's All-In-One Espresso Engine.
Drink Nectar - Requires Horse Ranch. Drink nectar.
Drink Tea - drink tea; drink bubble tea; offer tea (My Wedding Stories); pour (not steep) tea at a tea set; make tea at a tea brewer or LittlBowBub's Old Time Tea Pot; make bubble tea. Ignored by children, because as far as I can tell, the only base game teas are not available for kids.
Eat - Eat any kind of food; toddlers can drink.
Eat Excellent Food - Consume food or drinks that are Outstanding quality.
Eat Experimental Food - Requires Dine Out. Cook experimental food; eat experimental food.
Eat Poor Quality Food - Consume food or drinks that are poor quality. This is in the game as a 'do not do' for dynasties, and I don't know why you'd want to make this a tradition, but I'm sure someone can find a reason. Survival of the fittest maybe?
Eat Popcorn - Requires Movie Hangout. Eat popcorn.
Eat Snacks - Grab food or drink from the Quick Meals menu on the fridge; eat popcorn; grab a snack from a cooler or lunch box; certain other snacking interactions.
Make Food - Make any kind of food.
Make Nectar - Requires Horse Ranch. Make nectar using the Nectar Maker.
Make Smoothies - Requires Adventure Awaits. Make smoothies with a blender.
Make Treats - Make candy with a candy maker; make popcorn with a popcorn popper; make ice cream with an ice cream machine; use the cupcake factory.
Mix Bar Drinks - Make any drink that uses the Mixology Skill.
Serve Breakfast - Make breakfast. You can use the Breakfast menu on the fridge or stove, or serve waffles from a waffle maker. A Grand Breakfast also works. Other foods might work, depending on how they're tagged.
Serve Dinner - Make dinner. You can use the Lunch pie menu on the fridge or stove, or serve pizza from a pizza oven. A Grand Meal that's not breakfast also works. Other foods might work, depending on how they're tagged.
Serve Lunch - Make Lunch. You can use the Breakfast menu on the fridge or stove. Other foods might work, depending on how they're tagged.
Tend a Coffee or Tea Bar or Counter - Requires Get Together, For Rent, or High School Years. Tend a Coffee Bar, Espresso Bar, or Bubble Tea Bar, including certain market stalls, for 30 minutes.
Tend Bar - Tend bar for one hour.
Most things need to be done 1-3 times. Many, but not all, of these require a pack in addition to Seasons.
Do Archery - Requires Adventure Awaits. Practice archery; compete in archery; bow fish.
Do Puzzles - Requires Growing Together. Do a jigsaw puzzle.
Do Tarot Readings - Requires Life & Death. Read tarot cards; do a daily tarot card reading.
Duel - Requires Realm of Magic, Royalty & Legacy, or Vampires. Duel with swords; duel with magic; have a vampiric duel; spar as a vampire.
Football - Requires High School Years. Throw a football.
Go Bowling - Requires the Bowling Night Stuff Pack. Go Bowling.
Go Skiing - Requires Snowy Escape. Go skiing.
Go Sledding - Requires Snowy Escape. Go sledding.
Go Snowboarding - Requires Snowy Escape. Go snowboarding.
Hopscotch - Requires For Rent. Play hopscotch; practice hopscotch.
Play Arcade Machine - Requires Get Together. Play on an arcade machine.
Play Basketball - Requires City Living. Play basketball; mentor a sim in basketball.
Play Cards - Play a regular game of cards (not using tarot or playing sabaac).
Play Chess - Play a game of chess; ponder moves.
Play Darts - Technically base game compatible, but requires either Get Together or the dartboard from the Happy at Home event to complete. Play darts.
Play Don't Wake The Llama - Play or practice Don't Wake the Llama.
Play Foosball - Requires Get Together. Play foosball.
Play Horseshoes - Requires Outdoor Retreat. Play a game of horseshoes.
Play Physical Games - Which ones are available depend on which packs you have. Play basketball; mentor a sim in basketball; go bowling; play darts; play foosball; throw a football; play hide and seek; play hopscotch; practice hopscotch; play horseshoes; practice horseshoes; juggle a soccer ball; play with a soccer ball; have a snowball fight; have a mud fight; have a water balloon fight.
Play Pub Games - Play darts, Don't Wake the Llama, foosball, juice pong, ping pong, or Simbles; practice Don't Wake the Llama or Simbles; do a keg stand.
Play Rock Paper Scissors - Requires Adventure Awaits. Challenge someone to Rock Paper Scissors.
Play Simbles - Requires Growing Together. Play Simbles; practice Simbles.
Play Soccer - Requires Discover University. Juggle a soccer ball; play with a soccer ball.
Play Table Games - Play a game of cards, chess, Don't Wake the Llama, Simbles, Thumbs-Up!, or Woo-Who!?; do a jigsaw puzzle; ponder chess moves; practice Don't Wake the Llama or Simbles.
Play Video Games - Play video games using an arcade machine, a computer, a console, a motion gaming mat, a tablet, a toddler tablet, your phone.
Play Who's Up Party Games - Requires Lovestruck. Play Thumbs-Up! or Woo-Who!?
Use Bubble Blower - Requires City Living. Use a bubble blower.
Use Lawn Water Slide - Requires Backyard Stuff. Slide on the slippy slide; do tricks on the slippy slide; put soap on the slippy slide.
Wear Costumes from Costume Trunk - Requires Lovestruck. Wear a costume from the Costume Trunk.
I'm aware there's a base game Coach costume trunk. The Coach costumes aren't costume-y, and the rule I'm basing the tradition on is Lovestruck only, and so is the icon. Coach costumes will work, but the tradition only appears if you have Lovestruck.
Currently working on: Hobbies
Future: Home Activities, Kids' Activities, Mischief and Mayhem, Occult, Outdoor, Skill Building, and Social. And maybe one more that's used by dynasties only and that I'll have to name, or maybe they'll get folded into one of the others, or not done at all (they're a bit weird for a holiday tradition).
Download amethyst-Rules to Holiday Traditions-All Packs.zip if you have all packs listed for all traditions.
Download amethyst-Rules to Holiday Traditions-By Pack.zip if you're missing some of the packs, so that you don't have llama images and missing text, and delete any files for packs you don't have. Note that some (like duels) will still require packs to complete the tradition, but not one specific pack, so they're in the main file for their group.
Feb 27, 2026: Added Russian translation of Art and Music.
March 1, 2026: Added Food and Drink.
March 2, 2026: Added Russian translation to Food and Drink. Made Drink Tea compatible with LittlBowBub's Old Time Tea Pot (making tea only). Made Drink Coffee compatible with LittlBowBub's Home Barista and the Latte additions to Hot Chocolate Machine (making coffee only), and with mangoninja's All-In-One Espresso Engine. No new strings were added.
March 26: Added Fun & Games. Added Russian translations to Art & Music (sorry for the delay).
May 15, 2026: Now comes in two versions. Download amethyst-Rules to Holiday Traditions-All Packs.zip if you have all packs listed for all traditions. Download amethyst-Rules to Holiday Traditions-By Pack.zip if you're missing some of the packs, so that you don't have llama images and missing text, and delete any files for packs you don't have. No strings were affected, so translations should still work. Added a link to Liliaandthesims's French translation. Thanks to them for letting me know about the missing pack issue!
Russian, by KsankaSims (Art & Music and Food & Drink, included)
Portuguese (PT-BR), by Hanabira: https://www.mediafire.com/file/a4u2wj362dstkqu/1_amethyst-Rules+to+Holiday+Traditions.rar/file
French, by Liliaandthesims: https://www.patreon.com/posts/traduction-du-to-158316022
Download free on patreon.