While the headlining feature in The Sims 4‘s Seasons expansion is probably the weather and the seasons themselves, it also included another element that it’s tough to imagine living without at this point: a customizable calendar with holidays! While the calendar was eventually added to the base game when the Cottage Living expansion was released, the holidays are still gated behind the Seasons DLC.
By default, Seasons populates your calendar with four annual holidays that are analogous to ones we celebrate in the real world: Love Day, Harvestfest, Winterfest, and New Year’s Eve. But you’re hardly stuck with just those holidays, as you can make your own new ones from scratch–and you can even edit the default ones or get rid of them entirely if you want.
The holiday system in The Sims 4 isn’t that complicated, as there are just five total factors that you can mess with: the holiday’s name, its traditions, its theme for decorations, its calendar icon, and whether your sims get the day off work. You can pick any combination of traditions–up to five for each holiday–and there’s no reason whatsoever that your holiday has to make any sense. Now, let’s get into the details.