The Sims 2 Holiday Edition is HIGHLY Confusing 

A correction: The Sims 1 Livin' Large expansion also included a Santa NPC! I completely forgot about the Christmas tree and cookies that pack added.

you have no idea how happy it makes me that you keep the old channel branding just for christmas.

“The average video gamer is 27, with a college degree and a salary of $70,000” the 2000’s were truly something else💀

Can't speak for anyone else, but I would honestly much prefer that LGR do reviews of old TS1 and 2 expansions/stuff packs or even re-review TS3 content than yet another TS4 expansion. Even putting aside "is TS4 actually a good game?" and "were the older Sims games better?" arguments, Clint obviously has his heart more in the older games and it shows in how much happier he is here than in TS4 videos, and I think there is some value in going back to the older content with a more retrospective and/or critical eye.

I've been waiting for a Sims 2 retrospective like Half-life 3

I can see why the UK names were changed as here the word "holiday" by itself just means "vacation", so by default conjures images of summer beach scenes rather than cosy winter scenes.

Seeing the Sims 2 running the way I remember was fun. Using period appropriate hardware was a nice touch.

You know it's gonna be a good review when half the video is dedicated to explaining what's actually being reviewed!

I don't know if you remember but at one point after Sims 3 release, EA gave away all the Sims 2 stuff as a free download. That'll never happen again as they milk the mediocre Sims 4 for all they can.

This jogged a really old Sims 2 memory for me from way back. I remember I had made my friend as a sim in one of my households and he told me to get his sim to romance and woohoo the maid... as soon as they starting gettin' down and it kicked into the "first time woohoo" camera cutaway, the game BSOD'd my whole computer. I said "Your libido killed my compy, it's abstinence for you from here on out bro."

Gotta say, as someone with auditory processing issues who relies on captions, yours are not only extremely accurate but also entertaining! :D I honestly appreciate the extra effort, so thank you for that.

TS2 Holiday Edition was my very first sims game, gotten as a Christmas gift in 2006 by my mom who had no idea what it was or what she was getting me into, and this video makes me so unbelievably nostalgic. I remember reading the manual over and over and over again for HOURS at my grandparents' trying everything to pass the time so I could get home and play it

Fun fact: Happy Holiday Stuff was the last Sims related thing done by Maxis Emeryville studio. Sims development moved to The Sims Studio (also known as Maxis Redwood Shores) which works on Sims to these days, while Maxis Emeryville moved to Spore and later the infamous SimCity 2013, after whose "success" the studio was closed down. Just a small trip to the history of The Sims and Maxis 😁

Love the subtle 'oogah chucka' during the dancing baby bit. Nicely done. Condolences on getting old, it'll accelerate even faster in the coming years. I can't believe how fast my years are rolling by now in my 60s.

The Sims 2 is such a cozy game, great memories and my personal favourite version of The Sims to have released.

This is the version of sims 2 I had as a kid. Played it for years growing up without any other expansion or stuff pack. No idea why I had this version specifically. Vanilla Sims 2, but with a random Christmas tree here and there, was my childhood.

I had a minor role in Sims 4 and the Katy Perry-pack. ;w; Yes, I made quite a lot of toilet mazes and horrible ways to kill the Sims when I was playing around, but mostly I spent my time on the art and the animation, specifically limbs.

One thing I noticed is the EA logo on those packages is large and colorful, while the Maxis logo is smaller, and ghost white on most of the packages. The ghost of Maxis. It's a good visual representation of what Maxis was by this point, and I imagine the package designers were like "Can we make the Maxis logo a little smaller? No, just a little smaller... Mmm no, a little smaller. Liiiiitle smaller..."

I never miss an lgr video that includes the Sims. 😁

That old school style LGR intro!

8:02 THAT SNOWMAN DANCES?!?!!??! Idk why I'm still surprised by finding new stuff about The Sims 2, but here I am, 19 years later, still mesmerized there's still new stuff to find! And this is why it's one of my favourite games of all time :)

Wow, DLC's used to come in whole-ass boxes!

Hearing TS2 music makes me so happy - so much nostalgia.

I can’t wait when it’ll be time for Sims 2/3 retrospectives. I’ve always loved your Sims commentaries and content.

The other thing about the full Stuff Pack is that at least when I got it, it was $10 instead of the standard $20 for Sims 2 Stuff Packs. As someone who loves winter, it was a blast to plop down a custom snow ground texture and decorate everything all the time long before Sims 2 Seasons came out.

I'm surprised that they actually added a functional Santa

I remember Barnes & Noble and Target used to push the base game with the Holiday pack on their website all the time. I used to look online for new Sims stuff when it was a gift giving time, and even during my birthday well after Christmas they'd have multiple listings for it on page 1, right up to the Sims 3's release. I guess they realized The Sims and the holidays were a powerhouse combination.

I still frequently rewatch your let's play of this edition. It's a hilarious house fire of snowman Muzak goodness.

@LGR could you please do more sims 2 individual expansion and stuff pack reviews? 💚

Clint, as much as I enjoy your Sims 4 videos (they're what originally got me to your channel,) I also enjoy seeing you enjoy something like this. I'm happy that you're happy to be playing a Sims game! Have yourself a great holiday! ...also, on the topic of how confusing these editions are, this is like seeing a Ubisoft game and all the editions it comes with. Where's the power point?!

Those last 20 seconds are such a mood. As someone who played The Sims 2 back on release date back in high school, I feel so old now that 2004 is nearly twenty years ago!!

I haven't seen footage of Sims 2 on hardware from the time in ages, as a kid I didn't even play it till after 3 was already out and since I still play Sims 2 to this day, but obviously playing it in 1440p is a big difference to whatever resolution people were playing on back in the day.

Sims 2 is a such fun and quirky game. I love it.

Lol, the shoutout to Blackcats games hit me with a wave of nostalgia. Had completely forgotten about them, their free leech and bonus system. What a great community :)

This is far more investigative work than was deserved for this mess. Congrats on the good work regardless and Happy Christmas/Merry Birthday!

He brought back the old intro and everything. Man this is awesome. Happy holidays Clint!

Happy 37, Clint! I hope you had a great birthday and a merry CHRIIIISTMAS! I have been binging your christmas videos the last week, and man.. It was some of the best stuff to get me in the right mood.

Two Christmas LGR episodes this year, truly a Christmas miracle!

LGR you truly gave us the best Christmas gift, thank you lol

I like how it's called the Christmas Party Pack* (*Warning, your mileage may vary) Your CRT filming technique is off the chain these days - very smooth!

Wanted to see you cover The Sims 2 content for a long time! Hoping we see more of it, this is really cool! It's for sure more interesting than whatever slop EA is putting out for The Sims 4 these days.

Always nice to see a sims video from u :D Recently got all the dlc for sims 3 and now I’m trying to figure out what mods to use to make the game work perfectly. Also happy birthday 🎉

This video made me so nostalgic for when I didn't have the Sims 3 yet so I would ritualistically watch your reviews on different packs. Complete with a game I've never played myself, you talking about something I'm only half following, and just, a good happy vibe. A very nice Christmas gift.

"A Michael's seasonal section after an earthquake" I laughed.

Thank you for sharing your videos this year. I always look forward to the new ones. Merry Christmas to you from Nova Scotia, Canada

And a Merry Christmas to you too Clint! As a UK resident who sailed the seven seas of the internet back in the day, the many varied editions of this holiday content were very confusing indeed! Thank you for taking the time to outline the differences between each version. I still feel the most love for The Sims 2 over any other version, so maybe it's time I busted out my old discs and spent a day reinstalling it all!

Here's just a quick video jam-packed with super-detailed information that would take a normal person years to compile and organize. 😂 Sims packs are crazy convoluted! Well done sir, well done.

Hey Clint! It's been officially ten years since I've followed your page here on youtube. I just wanted to let you know you are my favourite youtuber ever since. There really isn't no other channel as cozy, comforting and good-feel (and funny) as yours. I've been throught so much in ten years and discovering I love vintage tech and games really saved me, especially since you've introduced me to it all. I hope 2024 will bring you as much joy as you gave me back in 2013. Thank you so much for everything and happy new year. P.S: love the 'old' branding for the holidays.

i used to binge watch your sims 3 reviews back when they would come out!! i still love these types of videos today

Jolly good video! Gave me a nice dash of nostalgia this (as a long time Sims-fan) and sort of made me want to dig it out and play it again. Merry Christmas, Clint and see you in the new year!

I was so confused as you explained all the different releases, but I’m just happy to hear you talk about something with your trademark passion. Merry Christmas LGR!

Merry Christmas LGR! I hope your next year brings wonderful things for you. Thanks for all the work you do to bring us old tech goodies!

Happy Birthday/Merry Chrimbo/Happy new Year, etc etc!! And yeah, we're all getting old - it's scary how TS2 doesn't feel like a 20yr old game, but it's equally wonderful that its simming community is still alive and well!

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Birthday, Clint! May your December be filled with festivities, friends and family!

you have no idea how happy it makes me to see you revisiting the sims 2, i’ve been playing it so much lately and just thinking about how great this game still is compared to ALL the eps sims 4 has, its still better IMO, maybe rose tinted glasses but either way your videos totally defined an era for me growing up, thanks so much! the intro nostalgia is tooo much❤

Wow, I really love that you play this on a good old school pc. Makes it more fun.

you and sims are just the best combo for a youtube video

That snowman should be accused of crimes... if arrested I think we can just about close the book on every unsolved crime in our fair city.

the nerd in me is so thankful for this, I was always so confused by the different releases/titles of this

Fun commentary. Happy holidays!

Amazing stuff, again!! Ohh I think if you did Sims 2 retrospective reviews for all expansions that would be a hit!

I remember going to any stores in the mid-2000s and seeing a lot of Sims bundles on sale. I didn't own a pc at the time so I couldn't take advantage of any of the deals or editions.

Happy holidays and birthday, thanks for the video!

Someone gifted this to me all those years ago and it confused the hell out of me. I thought I was getting a full on expansion pack, but all I got was the funky snowman stereo and lots of dead sims to christmas tree fires. :D

Showed up as I was going on a break. Merry Holidaymas, Clint and everyone!

One aspect of the summoned Santa that kept happening to the players I hung around with, was how he'd inevitably move into your sim's bathroom. Just bogart the toilet for an hour at a time, often multiple times per visit, and you can't get him out because of the privacy mechanics that forbid low-relationship sims from walking in on each other. Here's a guy you cannot control, who doesn't live there, whom you just met. Surprise: your Christmas present is having to build another bathroom.

7:57 That small dancing snowman really makes me think of the snowman from the The Snowman book/film, a christmas tradition over here in England AFAIK.

Cool video! Glad to see all these boxes again. :) I wish you Merry Christmas and happy stuff pack holidays ✨️🎄

I love it bro. You should always cover some christmas themed games at christmas time. I watched your Miniclip video where you played some old browser holiday games. Gets me in the spirit 😛

When you flipped around the back of the Happy Holiday Stuff case, a wave of nostalgia hit me as I remember unwrapping it the Christmas it came out. I was a kid holy crap.

your pc set up ./ set staging is so glorious looking ! holy shit. excited for the rest of the vid. new fan here!!!

Thanks for your Videos, have a great Christmas Season !

Merry Xmas Clint. Thank-you for another year of excellent LGR stuff.

Really nice to see you doing some Sims videos, especially Sims 2!

Clint, I just wanna say that you KILLED IT this year. Every video you've made in 2023 has been a banger. Enjoy your Birthmas holiday!

PLEASE do more sims 2 content I love it so much! Especially since you’ve covered most sims based things. I’d love to see the sims 2 side of things!

Oh wow he really did bust out that CircuitCity Gateway to give us cinematic and historically accurate 18fps. This is what real journalism is.

You always see piles of these Sims packs at thrift stores. Whenever I see them I think wow, someone spent hundreds of dollars on these and here they sitting on a shelf and no one wants them.

Merry Christmas and happy birthday Clint!🎄🎁☃

Yes! More Sims 2 content please!

that cynical closing comment has me hollering xD Merry Christmas LGR!!! Hope you have a great birthday 🙏

I'm honestly still surprised they haven't released a The Sims 1 and/or The Sims 2 Complete Collection digitally for sale to this day. (They gave out the sims 2 collection free once, for 2-3 months and never again; but it's not technically "for sale") I supposed there's only one way to get these 2 complete collections and it's in a way EA Games doesn't want you to. But it's either that, finding the games in reality (good luck with that) or nothing.

So THAT'S why it felt, like there's always a Holiday expansion pack in stores since 2005...

OMG MY HEART!! I CANT!! I love your sims 2 series playlist!!!😍😊😍😍😍

Woah... 20 years since the release of the first Sims game. I feel especially old 🧓 I played the first one endlessly as a kid. I remember thinking "omg we must've set the game up in the wrong language!", not realizing Sims just speak unintelligible Simlish lol

I could watch Clint play any retro games on these old PCs while showing the setup itself. I love it so much!!

AAAHHHHH!! A Demonoid shout out! Man, I miss Demonoid. The absolute best and uncommon vinyl rips. Where is pbthal these days?

Can't believe this stuff is already about 20 years old.

merry christmas! hope you have a wonderful holiday, enjoy your time off :)

LGR's Christmas videos became a tradition to watch like the Die Hard movies

Ah, the Maxis inserts. I remember buying SimCity for the SNES with birthday money at Wal-Mart (a whole $50) and unboxing it in the backseat. My parents wanted to go get groceries before going home (this was back before Super Wal-Marts were a thing, so they had to go to an actual grocery store), and I got them to leave me in the car while they went in. By the light of a parking lot lightpole, I read my way through the hefty SimCity booklet, getting an education in both city planning and development, as well as game mechanics. When I got home and popped the game in, I hit the ground running.

I miss videos like this. Love them so much. ❤❤

Great to see another Christmas video before the holiday. I kind of feel the need to play Sim's again. Why do I not have one version on the steam deck or my laptop for these situations.

should do a retrospective and play base game sims 1, 2 and 3 and then review their expansion packs again all these years later to see if your thoughts change

That dancing snowman has absolutely done some shady shit.

Merry Christmas to you too, Clint

Happy birthday and Merry Christmas!

Super excited for the For rent review! You're doing a good service, and we appreciate your sacrifices. lol

I didn't even have this pack but I was still grinning with nostalgia during all the gameplay. Also the phrase "period accurate hardware" rearranged my synapses.

Wishing a very merry Christmas mate