#1890s bb

[antiquatedplumbobs]

Kiera's back and has all her bedding uploaded again!! This means I'll be removing my download and linking back here! These are amazing quilts, everyone should have them in game!!

Quite the Collection of Quilted Bedding (Adults-Infants)

These use the luxurious and roarsome bedding by Peacemaker_ic. You will need those meshes for this to work, you can find them here: HERE and HERE. You'll need the toddler, childrens V1 and V2 and Luxurious V1 & V2 for all of these to work.

The bunk beds use the mesh from Dream Home Decorator, with the Peacemaker bedding, it is only the mattress, so you will need a separated bed frame.

DOWNLOAD HERE

@maxismatchccworld​ @historychallengecc​ @historical-simmer​ @simshistoricalfinds @sssvitlanz

[lonestarbattleship]

USS Indiana (BB-1) anchored a bay, circa 1890s.

BPL: 10_11_000178

[antiquatedplumbobs]

Antiquated Brindleton

An 1890s Decades Challenge Save File

This save has been almost a year in the making, but it's finally here! It includes a completely rebuilt Brindleton Bay inspired by historic New England towns and set in the 1890s. This save uses a light amount of historical cc and most of the packs.

Download and details under the cut:

SAVE DETAILS:

Includes:

Eight new residential lots

Seven new community lots

Six new households

Builds and households are all located in Brindleton Bay. The world is intended to be historically accurate to about 1890, though some liberties for functionality have been taken.

Builds in other worlds have been deleted. The necessary buildings, like dorms, active career lots, and the high school, have all been left in place.

Townies have been evicted, but not deleted, as I prefer EA townies to fully randomized townies.

If you’d like more period appropriate townies to add, the lovely @jewishsimming has some great historical ones to download and @cowplant-snacks has an amazing tutorial on how to manage your townies with MCCC.

REQUIREMENTS: I have all the packs except Batuu and some of the kits. I didn’t limit myself when building. I don’t have everything listed out here, but I will be uploading all the lots and households to my gallery, so if you’d like to know specific pack usage you’ll be able to check there. If you load in and things are replaced or missing and you think it looks obvious feel free to message me, I’m always happy to try to help you find something else that fits! This save includes historical CC, some is included in my download in folders and some you will need to download from the creators directly. The CC required is listed and linked below, you need to download these linked pieces in ADDITION to the included cc folders.

CC To Download:

@lilis-palace

FOLKLORE Set

@s-imagination

Cottage Kitchen Stuff Pack

@happylifesims

1840s Suspenders Outfit

1900s Male Hunting Fashion

1920s Nightgown

Piteous Outfit

Sylas Fashion Set

Wilbur Outfit

@satterlly

Medieval Nightgown Della

@vroshii

Functional Tennis Set

@vampireloreskill

Antique Standing Camera

Creators Whose CC I Included:

@ameyasims (Better Than a Bush Outhouse, Victorian Swimwear)

@buzzardly28 (Multiple women’s hairs)

@chereindolente (Sacco Chore Coat, Edwardian Child Clothes)

@gilded-ghosts (Boudoir Belle, Victorian Visions, New Woman)

@jewishsimming (Off The Grid Objects, CAS items)

@linzlu (Assorted CAS and BB items)

@the-melancholy-maiden (Victorian Hair and Hat)

@nolan-sims (Potbelly Stove Set)

@pandorasimbox (Get To Church Pack, Azariah’s Sack Suit, Antique Slipper Tub, Heirloom Silhouette Portraits)

@peacemaker-ic (Simple Siding Wall Set, Luxurious Single Bedding V2)

@plumbobteasociety (Some BB and CAS items from the Cottage Garden Pack, HSL Happy Birthday Set)

@twentiethcenturysims (Langtree Hair, Historical High Chair, Quilts for Kids)

@waxesnostalgic (Sportswear Separates, Peterpan Bodysuit)

Thank you to all of these wonderful creators, your historical cc creations make this game a million times better to play and I appreciate all of you so very much. Recommended but not required mods:

Timeless by @pandorasimbox

Default Map Replacements by Deshayan (if you’d like your map to look like mine does in the preview)

Victorian NPC Replacements and Llama Scouts Historical Replacements by @cowplant-snacks

Home Regions by Kuttoe

DOWNLOAD: There are five zipped folders to download, four of which contain included cc, and one which includes the save itself.

Download the "AB_SaveFile" folder, unzip it and simply move the file inside to your saves folder inside your Sims 4 folder (where your mods folder is located).

The included cc is in four folders (to allow for easier upload/download) for build, buy, clothing, and hair. Simply download the folders, unzip them, and place them in your mods folder.

After this you should be good to load up your game and get playing, let me know if you run into any issues, I'm happy to try to troubleshoot. SFS | Google Drive THANK YOU: To all my amazing testers: @epistolarysims @aheathen-conceivably @cowplant-snacks and especially @simadelics who edited my household and build descriptions.

If you use this save file, please tag me in any photos you take, I want to see them all!! This save has been my baby for so very long and I cannot wait to see what you all do with it!

@maxismatchccworldrld @mmoutfittersters

[yeoldenews]

It’s Dear Santa time again!

Every year since 2010, I have spent the month of December posting children's Dear Santa letters.

Publishing letters to Santa in the newspaper first became widely popular in the late-1890s, though scattered newspapers did so as early as the mid-1880s. I believe this sudden explosion in popularity was at least partially the result of the famed "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause" editorial which was published in The New York Sun in September of 1897.

In large cities Dear Santa letters often acted as a method of getting needed clothing and supplies to impoverished children when parents might be ashamed to ask for charity. Subscribers to the newspaper could choose a child’s letter and provide the items they asked for. The most common requests were shoes and coats.

Sometimes newspapers offered prizes for the best letter (which I suspect often acted as another clandestine form of charity as the winners were often letters asking for basic clothing and school supplies.) Though these prizes could range from the ordinary (a sled or a doll) to the extravagant (a $20 gold piece or a live pony.)

Often local stores would enter children in a drawing if they mentioned the store in their letter - which on occasion would result in children hilariously name-dropping every store in town just in case.

Writing Dear Santa letters was also commonly an activity done at school, often following some rough form letter. These letters are fairly easy to spot as they often hype up what a good student the child was and include effusive praise for their teacher (who would likely see the letter before it was sent.)

So why have I spent hundreds of hours of my life over the last decade reading tens of thousands of these letters?

Children's voices are largely absent from the historical record.

Dear Santa letters offer an extremely rare opportunity to see history unfold through children's eyes - in their own (often creatively spelled) words.

1914′s “Remember the children in Belgium” becomes 1918′s “Please visit my brother in France”.

During the Great Depression the very common phrase “I know you’re poor this year too Santa” gives a glimpse into parents' attempts to explain to their children why they might not be getting as much this year.

1939′s “Be careful flying over Europe” becomes 1945′s “Since the war is over you’re making bb-guns again right?”

Requests for toy flying machines become aeroplanes become fighter jets become space shuttles.

Dolls and wagons become Shirley Temple merchandise become Erector Sets become Barbies and Star Wars action figures.

But through all these changes one thing remains clear throughout 130+ years of letters to Santa, despite the rapidly changing world around them - children have always been children.

I hope you enjoy these letters as much as I do! (All decade+ of posts are tagged “Dear Santa” if you’d like to see more than just this year’s selection.)

Hapy Holadays and Marry Crimes!

[wonderer399]

How would each BB character react if they find out that Sebaxciel is cannon in 1890's era ? ( After the Brighton arc )

*please comment below*

[scotianostra]

On October 4th 1883 the Boys’ Brigade was founded n the North Woodside Mission Hall Glasgow by Sir William Alexander Smith.

The First Glasgow Boys’ Brigade was the first of all the voluntary uniformed youth organisations, represented in 60 countries worldwide. For the first year of the Company’s formation it was the only one however shortly thereafter this new organisation for boys began to spread and by 1886 the movement numbered 2,000 mostly in Scotland although centered around Glasgow, companies had been formed from Ayr in the southwest to Inverness in the north. From then on the movement filtered southward to England soon reaching as far south as London.

In 1887 the BB had spread to all points in the British Isles crossing the English Channel to the Channel Isles where the 1st Jersey was formed and then across the Irish Sea where the 1st Belfast was formed in 1888 and the 1st Dublin in 1890. The First overseas company was formed in St. Louis, Missouri USA in 1887.

The Boys’ Brigade movement continued to advance overseas where missionary companies soon developed usually in isolated stations and outposts, the most notable growth being in Nigeria, Africa. The organisation also spread across the Atlantic, to Canada and the USA encouraged no doubt by the founders promotional visits there first in 1895 and then again in 1907.

The Boys Brigade still thrives and is active in over 70 countries worldwide.

[vampirkit]

here’s my BB MC / OC !! Lucy West

basic info:

- full name: lucille “lucy” west. she/her. lesbian.

- (yes. this is my very thinly veiled insert of lucy westenra into the bb universe)

- bubbly, happy-go-lucky, talks super fast

- loves to share all the fun facts she’s gathered over the years

- dating kamilah (neither of them like labels)

AU where i throw the bloodkeeper thing out the window and ignore canon entirely:

- lucy and kamilah first met in the 1890s; when

- lucy realized she is a lesbian and confessed her love for her best friend, mina. mina didn’t take it well (that’s the 1890s for ya!), and lucy ran into the street crying. with tear filled eyes, she bumps into gaius.

- gaius is offended by the inconvenience, and kills lucy for the trouble.

- kamilah, having overheard lucy’s love confession (thanks vampire super-hearing!), takes pity on the girl and secretly turns her once gaius is distracted.

- out of fear gaius would find this act of disobedience, kamilah leaves lucy without guidance: only telling her to “get out of here, while you can.”

- lucy lives 130 (ish) years isolated from the vampire community (she doesn’t know a single thing about what she is or why); until

- adrian hires her, and she walks into the conference room, now face-to-face with the woman who saved her life all those years ago.

[224bbaker]

WtSF Crossover: The Case of the Deus Ex Machina 👻🔮🍪

Our Halloween Crossover with Where the Stars Fell (@starsfellradio), The Case of the Deus Ex Machina, is now available! Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and all other podcatchers. Full show and content notes under the cut.

The Place: London, England The Time: Winter, 1890 The Occasion: A Private Seance with Francesca Vonn Duvet, Psychic The Guests: Hampton Fawx (alias: Reginald Norcliffe, Esq), Madge Stallion (alias: Penelope Thistledown, widow), James Stallion (alias: none - never nailed anything down), Prince of Hell Beelzebub (alias: Belladona/BB/Other), The Archangel Gabriel (alias: Gabriel) Other Options: None (Sherlock Holmes and John Watson unavailable - adopting dog or something)

Transcript HERE.

Find Where the Stars Fell on all your favorite podcatchers, or on their website, https://wherethestarsfell.com/

CREDITS

Written by Ian Geers, Lauren Grace Thompson, and Newton Schottelkotte. Where the Stars Fell is a production of Caldera Studios, and is produced by Newton Schottelkotte. Fawx and Stallion is created by Ian Geers and Lauren Grace Thompson. Sound design was by Newton Schottelkotte, direction by Newton Schottelkotte and Ian Geers, and editing by Lauren Grace Thompson. Original music composed by Baldemar and Newton Schottelkotte. 

CAST

Hampton Fawx: Jeremy Thompson

James Stallion: Chris Vizurraga

Madge Stallion: Katie McLean Hainsworth

Victorian BB/Edison: Newton Schottelkotte

Victorian Gabe/BB: Max Fleishacker

Francesca Vonn Duvet: Emma Sherr-Ziarko

McMurphy: Ian Geers

Gabe: Kiera Gill

Ambrosius: Llewyn Geers-Thompson

All sound effects taken from Audio Library, Sound Library, Freesound, original foley, or used under Creative Commons License.

CONTENT NOTES

This episode contains adult language and sexual content.

[youredreamingofroo]

i have so much for respect for people who make gameplay/storyline posts outta old-timey plots/legacies in TS4- Like the ones where it takes place all the way back in 1890 or the ones where they take place in the medieval times- I could never commit to something like that, it seems like it'd just be so tedious and I never really come across "medieval" style CC that often (maybe clothes, but not BB cc) so i feel like yall gotta really scrape the bottom of the barrel

[scythesms]

Tag Game for Historical Simblrs!

1. What has been your favorite time period to play in or which one are you most excited for?

The 20s because it’s so soon, but mostly the 50s-70s. 

2. Do you have a favorite piece of historical cc? (CAS or BB)

Very very hard to choose but these two hairs have to be at the top of my list

3. Who is your favorite sim currently?

Edmund! you wouldn’t think so bc I’m putting him through a lot rn but I truly adore him and I’m excited for what’s to come in his future 🤞🏽🤞🏽... Rosalyn is a very close second

4. What is your favorite world?

Windenburg at the moment.. so many lots ❤❤ Even though she’s irritating me bc I’ve been stuck there so long I can’t wait to get out Otherwise, I’d choose San Myshuno or Brindleton Bay.

5. Are you more gameplay or story focused?

Once upon a time it was both but recently I haven’t had much time to play :(( so story driven it is

6. Do you like to play with pets in your historical saves?

Yes and no. They’re cute but forgettable. This gen was actually supposed to have three dogs bc they had the vibe of a three dog family, but it felt like a hastle with how many babies they keep birthing

7. What’s your biggest immersion breaking pet peeve with the game?

The constant phones, checking on toddlers/infants, and the endless townies i have to delete -- although I’m sure there are mods out there 

8. What’s your favorite in-game historical item? (CAS or BB)

From the frames to the paintings I love em all

9. What would you like to see as a new pack or asset to the game?

Not too historic but bands. Playable saxaphones, flutes, drums I need it

10. What pack do you think is invaluable as a historical simmer?

Idk what I’d do without Cottage Living or Get Together/Cats and Dogs (for the worlds)

11. Do you have a favorite mod to enhance historical gameplay?

No fireplace fires!! bc the 1890s was hell omflgjf The timeless mod is also mwah

12. What’s your ideal family size for playing?

However many members the story insists :’)) I really enjoyed gen 1 with only 5 family members. I was forced to play with 9 up until the lung came around - which is the biggest it will ever be bc never again

13. Do you use poses?

Heinously.

14. Do you use any overrides in your game?

Yess, a few for homework, brooms, vaccums, books (my fav), mops etc etc

15. Do you, or did you, play off-the-grid during your game?

Never.

16. What lifespan do you play on?

Long with a few fixes. 

17. What inspired you to start playing a historically?

My sister and I were talking about how much we wanted a good black period drama and that led into us into talking about the lack of black history shows/series set before the 80s. I was also watching some older movies at the time while going through one of my sims phases, leading me to historical cc, simblr, and thus the decades challenge. it’s now consumed a year of my life 👩🏽‍💻

thank you beloved @antiquatedplumbobs for tagging me <33

i tag every and anyone 🎉

[come-hell-or-high-water]

Tag Game for Historical Simblrs!  Thank you @aheathen-conceivably and @jenplayssims for tagging me! 

1. What has been your favorite time period to play in or which one are you most excited for?

It feels like I've said this a million times by now, but of course my favourite time period was the 1910s. I have so many plans for future generations and can't wait to actually get to play it out so I'm kind of excited for all of the upcoming time periods. If I have to choose, I'm probably most looking forward to the 40s, 70s and 90s.

2. Do you have a favorite piece of historical cc? (CAS or BB)

I have used this jacket and cap by happylifesims multiple times on various of my sims and I can’t get enough of it. And of course I keep using every item from lilis-palace to furnish my builds. I can’t thank them enough for making such incredible historical cc!

3. Who is your favorite sim currently?

I've loved creating storylines for Frances and Harry and I love them to bits, but right now Esther has been my favourite. Maybe it's because she's a relatively new sim of mine, but I already think she has a lot of personality and I'm very excited about what I have planned for her in the future.

4. What is your favorite world?

My favourite world is Henford-on-Bagley. I used it briefly at the beginning of my story but I had already played with it so much before so I decided to move away from it.

5. Are you more gameplay or story focused?

I'm definitely more story focused, but with growing together I realized how much fun it was to just devote myself to gameplay, so in the future, I might want to combine it more.

6. Do you like to play with pets in your historical saves?

I love having pets in my game, but I don't always include them in my storytelling. Both Arthur and Jack had a dog from a young age, but I don’t think I mentioned them much. Frances also had a cat when she was young, but I sort of forgot to mention her.

7. What’s your biggest immersion breaking pet peeve with the game?

It's annoying when they use their phone, as well as when a career or skill-building requires them to use the computer.

8. What’s your favorite in-game historical item? (CAS or BB)

I don’t actually know. I use so much cc that I forget, but I guess everything that came with cottage living?

9. What would you like to see as a new pack or asset to the game?

I want vehicles! I adore the look of vintage cars and would love to have them functional in the game, as well as horses and carriages. That would be a dream.

10. What pack do you think is invaluable as a historical simmer?

Cottage living ofc! I also love seasons, since always brings so much life to the game.

11. Do you have a favorite mod to enhance historical gameplay?

The timeless mod is amazing for historical gameplay.

12. What’s your ideal family size for playing?

Preferably as small as possible. I don't like playing with overly large families, because I feel way too overwhelmed. In addition, it is difficult to pose large families in different contexts (weddings, funerals) so I have tried my best to avoid it. However, I'm feeling a bit more confident now and hopefully, there will be a bigger family in the 1930s...

13. Do you use poses?

Yes, I use poses all the time. Sometimes I sneak in some gameplay in my screenshots, but I mostly use poses.

14. Do you use any overrides in your game?

Yes! I use natural knitting, better babies, and a suitcase replacement.

15. Do you, or did you, play off-the-grid during your game?

I think played off the grid in the 1890s but I honestly can’t remember? 

16. What lifespan do you play on?

I play with normal lifespan, just because I’m used to it. Recently I have paused the aging a bit because thing where going too fast and I realized I could just pause and make my life easier so I had time to enjoy the game as well as moving the story forward without stressing about it.

17. What inspired you to start playing a historically? When I read pixelnrd story I got really inspired and started playing historically, but without posting on tumblr. Then I got a new computer that could handle a bit more cc (and use reshade) and that made me decide to give it a try!

[sasaofastora]

Tag Game for Historical Simblrs!

Thank you @antiquatedplumbobs for the tag!

1. What has been your favorite time period to play in or which one are you most excited for?

So far the 1900s and the 1930s have been my favourites. For the 1900s I just loved Evie so much, and the whole period just felt really peaceful. Then for the 30s, Harry and Maisie were just too cute and it was so nice to have a story the was a little more wholesome after the chaos I put the poor Finch’s through in the 20s. I’m very excited for the 40s! Spoiler alert, I’m already there in gameplay, and I’m so happy. I mainly studied ww2 history at university so it’s fun to be in a period I’m very familiar with. Also just aesthetically I’m excited for the 80s and 90s because that’s my jam. 

2. Do you have a favorite piece of historical cc? (CAS or BB)

I think the last time I did these questions I said the Edwardian dress from @gilded-ghosts’s Stately Set and honestly I think that’s still true. I just love it a lot. However I also want to shout out the Langtree Updo by @twentiethcenturysims because it is just perfect for those Gibson Girl looks. 

3. Who is your favorite sim currently?

It’s my boy John Finch. I’m really worried for him since obviously soon he’ll have to go to war, but I just love that dorky little mechanic. I do also really love Ruth though, who we will be seeing more of for sure. She’s just too cute to deal with. 

4. What is your favorite world?

San Myshuno forever. Definitely going to need to find a reason for the Finch’s to move there one day- maybe in the 70s? Feels like it could fit that vibe really well. 

5. Are you more gameplay or story focused?

Bit of both! I have a general idea of what sort of things I want to deal with in each decade as it comes, so I’ll sort of steer the gameplay into those directions, but then often the gameplay will in turn steer the story. This is sort of why I prefer to do smaller story posts- it just matches more with the way I play. 

6. Do you like to play with pets in your historical saves?

Yes! The Finch family has had several dogs by now, I’m certain they’ll get a cat at some point. Pets to me always just make the house feel cozier 

7. What’s your biggest immersion breaking pet peeve with the game?

Well I was going to say when sims from other worlds appear in places it wouldn’t make sense for them to be in, but luckily just today @aheathen-conceivably brought this mod to my attention which I installed almost immediately. 

8. What’s your favorite in-game historical item? (CAS or BB)

Again I think I’m repeating myself from last time, but the radiator from the Vampires GP. It’s a little thing but I love it and just makes historical builds look better. 

9. What would you like to see as a new pack or asset to the game?

Bands please!!! The music career annoys me to no end- it’s so limited in it’s scope! Actually honestly just more careers in general I would really like. 

10. What pack do you think is invaluable as a historical simmer?

I’m jumping on the bandwagon and saying Cottage Living because I mean, just look at it. But also Get Together for Windenburg and Vampires for some very good items. 

11. Do you have a favorite mod to enhance historical gameplay?

I do now, and it’s that Home Regions mod! I also have one called “no more phone stuff” that I’ve had installed forever not sure where from, and it’s very handy. It doesn’t stop sims pulling out their phones all together, but at least no one is playing Blicblock in the middle of the Great Depression. 

12. What’s your ideal family size for playing?

Any where from 2-4. More than that and I start to get overwhelmed.

13. Do you use poses?

Yuuuuuuup, tons of them. Kind of want to learn how to make my own but haven’t had the time. 

14. Do you use any overrides in your game?

No I had one glitch really badly once and now I’m kind of scared of them lol.

15. Do you, or did you, play off-the-grid during your game?

I tried briefly at the start of the 1890s and it was just really frustrating. They really should be able to do more things even if they don’t have power. 

16. What lifespan do you play on?

Normal!  Finally settled on a setting. 

17. What inspired you to start playing a historically?

As I said I was a history student and I have always been a huge sims fan, so when I found out about the Decades Challenge I felt like I had to try it. I was hooked pretty much instantly.

Thanks again for tagging me, this was fun! I’m going to tag @alainas-sims, @applesaucesims, @jenplayssims, @sims-half-crazy, @sims-through-the-decades, and @simadelics. 

[someplumberrys]

Tag game for historical simblers!

1. What has been your favorite period to play in or which one are you most excited for?

So every time I try to play the decades challenge, I’ve never actually gotten past the 1890s, so currently that’s my favorite period by default. But I’m very excited for the 1920s! 

2. Do you have a favorite piece of historical cc? (CAS or BB)

I can’t choose a favorite piece but I currently have almost all the 1890s stuff from @vintagesimstress and @gilded-ghosts! I don’t really have any BB content except for this typewriter.

3. Who is your favorite sim currently?

Not much competition yet, so I’ll say my founders Horace and Vanessa. But I’m further ahead in gameplay than posts and their daughter is currently one of my favs for storyline purposes.

4. What is your favorite world?

For historical gameplay, Brindleton Bay and Henford-on-Bagley. Good out of the way lots that make it easier to imagine it being set in that time period. In general, I tend to build and play in Oasis Springs the most.

5. Are you more gameplay or story focused?

I like to try and be a balance of both. It’s more gameplay right now since they’re just starting out but will get more story focused as we get passed the 1900s. 

6. Do you like to play with pets in your historical saves?

Sometimes. I kinda wanna get the Elswoods a dog when their kids get older and I almost had the Emorys take in a stray. It depends on how many sims I’m trying to juggle. 

7. What’s your biggest immersion breaking pet peeve with the game?

Oh boy, where do I start: Random townies showing up at my door (or breaking into my house) in their randomly generated outfits, random phone calls, AUTONOMOUS PHONES! (I really need to download the mod that stops them) Also beyond historical gameplay, when sims that are supposed to live far away show up. 

8. What’s your favorite in-game historical item? (CAS or BB)

Vampires, cats and dogs, and get together have a lot of nice furniture that fits with the period. And all the woodworking stuff you can make and the cross stitch from Cottage Living. Also that one base game oil lamp I put everywhere.

For cas, I mainly use cc, but the men’s cottage living bathrobe, that one victorian dress from Get Famous, and the cottage living lace up shoes and vampires boots.

9. What would you like to see as a new pack or asset to the game?

I’d like to see more afterschool activities for kids and teens. Maybe chorus, dance classes, art club, ect... In general, it’d be nice to have more activities for kids since they only have scouts or drama club and like 10 variations of the crafts table. People always say they want a band pack and while I don’t really care for an entire pack new instruments like a flute, drum set, maybe even a harp (With variations for adults and kids) 

10.  What pack do you think is invaluable as a historical simmer?

Cottage living. Pretty world, not much modern stuff to get distracted by. Areas of Windenburg and Britechester are nice to.

11. Do you have a favorite mod to enhance historical gameplay?

Not exclusively historical but MCCC, PandaSama’s realistic childbirth, and woohoo wellness and pregnancy overhaul

12. What’s your ideal family size for playing?

5 is ideal. Not too many sims to the point that it’s overwhelming trying to make sure no one dies or sets the house on fire, but also enough so it doesn’t get boring and you can switch between them.

13. Do you use poses?

Always.

14. Do you use overrides?

No.

15. Do you, or did you, play off-the-grid during your gameplay?

No. I tried, but I found that it got too annoying and some of the stuff I felt should work off the grid didn’t, so I took it off.

16. What life span do you play on?

Normal.

17. What inspired you to start playing historically?

It was seeing other people’s historical gameplay and lookbooks and downloading a bunch of victorian era cc and wanting to use it somehow, as well as suddenly wanting to play with Cottage Living and start a family farm! 

Thank you @aheathen-conceivably and @bardish-cryptid for tagging me in this! I tag anyone who wants to do this 🎊🎊

[yeoldenews]

This is my 12th year posting Dear Santa letters on tumblr.

Over the last decade+ I have read more letters than I could ever count. This year alone I probably spent 50+ hours and read well over a thousand letters just to find the 50 or so I’m posting.

Publishing letters to Santa in the newspaper first became popular in the mid-1890s.

In large cities Dear Santa letters often acted as a method of getting needed clothing and supplies to impoverished children when parents might be ashamed to ask for charity. Subscribers to the newspaper could chose a child’s letter and provide the items they asked for. The most common requests were shoes and coats.

Sometimes newspapers offered prizes for the best letter (which I suspect often acted as another clandestine form of charity as the winners were often letters asking for basic clothing and school supplies.) Though these prizes could range from the ordinary (a sled or a doll) to the extravagant (a $20 gold piece or a live pony.)

Many local stores would enter children in a drawing if they mentioned the store in their letter - which on occasion would result in children hilariously name-dropping every store in town just in case.

Writing Dear Santa letters was commonly an activity done at school, often following some rough form letter. These letters are fairly easy to spot due as they often hype up what a good student the child was and include effusive praise for their teacher (who would likely see the letter before it was sent.)

Through Dear Santa letters you can see how Christmas traditions vary and evolve from place to place. Some places the presents go under the tree, others on it. Some place Santa brings the tree himself and sets it up.

Stockings were hung over the fireplace, or on the doorknob, or at the end of the bed, or by the kitchen stove.

In the Deep South fireworks are were the stocking-stuffer of choice, while fresh fruit, nuts and candy were popular everywhere.

The traditional milk & cookies left for Santa didn’t become popular until the 1930s, though that was hardly the beginning of leaving Santa something to eat. Popular choices prior to the 1930s included cake, donuts, “lunch” (it’s always lunch for some reason, never dinner), and “just help yourself to whatever’s in the kitchen.”

Dear Santa letters offer a rare chance to see history unfold through the eyes of children - often in their own creatively spelled words.

1914′s “Remember the children in Belgium” becomes 1918′s “Please visit my brother in France”.

During the Great Depression the very commonly seen phrase “I know you’re poor this year too Santa” gives a glimpse into parents attempts to explain to their children why they might not be getting as much this year.

1939′s “Be careful flying over Europe” becomes 1945′s “Since the war is over you’re making bb-guns again right?”

Requests for toy flying machines become aeroplanes become fighter jets become space shuttles.

Dolls and wagons become Shirley Temple merchandise and Erector Sets become Barbies and Star Wars action figures.

But despite all these changes one thing remains clear throughout 130+ years of letters to Santa - despite the rapidly changing world around them - children have always been children.

I hope you enjoy these letters as much as I do! (All twelve years of posts are tagged “Dear Santa” if you’d like to see more than just this year’s selection.)

Hapy Holadays and Marry Crimes

[sims-half-crazy]

Tag Game for Historical Simblrs!

Thank you @antiquatedplumbobs and @sasaofastora for the tag!

1. What has been your favorite time period to play in or which one are you most excited for?

Oh gosh... This is really going to take some thought. I have really enjoyed the 1890s because of the labor reform and industrial revolution aspects of the time, but there's also the 1920s and 1930s when there was a massive amount of science discovered and environmental damage that will affect future generations.

2. Do you have a favorite piece of historical cc? (CAS or BB)

I really love @linzlu's retro sinks, but I also can't function w/o a lot of @gilded-ghosts's outfits.

3. Who is your favorite sim currently?

 So it's actually little Gordon. His future is heavily inspired by my own interests and emotional events that shaped and altered me. I'm very excited to develop his story.

4. What is your favorite world?

I love all of them for different reasons, but Brindleton, Windenburg, and Granite Falls are probs my favorites.

5. Are you more gameplay or story focused?

I play the game to get to the good parts of the story I want to tell. Sometimes the game throws me for a loop though and I need to alter my story to fit the gameplay, but the story definitely drives a lot of how I play.

6. Do you like to play with pets in your historical saves?

I do, but not cats. I like having dogs, but I a dog person IRL so its just a natural fit. I miss the dog from Gen 0 but it hasn't felt right in the story to have a dog again.

7. What’s your biggest immersion breaking pet peeve with the game?

The weird outfits on the pets in Brindleton. I can't seem to find a mod or anything that will make pets not wear clothing.

8. What’s your favorite in-game historical item? (CAS or BB)

... Probably the boots from Vampires or the lace-up boots that came with GTW.

9. What would you like to see as a new pack or asset to the game?

I would like to see more free swim areas. The areas in Britechester and Sulani are cool, but Brindleton could use some free swim areas along the coast.

10. What pack do you think is invaluable as a historical simmer?

Obvs, Cottage Living, but I have to agree with Get Together or Vampires for their build mode items.

11. Do you have a favorite mod to enhance historical gameplay?

So many, but MCCC, Better UI, Better Exceptions, TOOL, BBB, Timeless, Home Regions, Language Barrier, and I know I'm forgetting some.

12. What’s your ideal family size for playing?

4-5 people. I hate when the dice dole out 5-6 children. I really dislike the new newborn phase and the toddler phase is something to just tolerate.

13. Do you use poses?

All. The. Time.

14. Do you use any overrides in your game?

I had a crib override at one point, but infants broke it.

15. Do you, or did you, play off-the-grid during your game?

I played OTG all through the 1850s to the 1880s. 1880s including plumbing being added. Electricity was added in 1890.

16. What lifespan do you play on?

I play on normal lifespan, but with the days in each stage altered slightly. In my game, 2.8 days equals 1 year; so some years are 3 days long and some are only 2. 28 days = 10 years

17. What inspired you to start playing a historically?

I have always loved history and learning about it. For about half a second during my junior year, I thought about becoming a history teacher until I remembered that I don't actually like interacting with most people. I have, thankfully, learned the skills to deal with people on a daily basis but some (most) days it's exhausting.

Thanks again for tagging me, this was fun! I’m going to tag @alainas-sims, @jenplayssims, @sims-through-the-decades, and @simadelics. 

[miraplayssims]

Tag Game for Historical Simblrs! 📖

1. What has been your favorite time period to play in or which one are you most excited for?

I’m really looking forward to playing the 1910s! I don’t like how I did it last time so hopefully this time I can redeem myself

2. Do you have a favorite piece of historical cc? (CAS or BB)

I can´t just pick one!!

3. Who is your favorite sim currently?

Probably Magdalena! Love that girlie<3

4. What is your favorite world?

Britechester I think (controversal??), or Brindleton Bay

5. Are you more gameplay or story focused?

Honestly it varies, I try to have fun playing without stressing too much about storytelling but I really enjoy storytelling as well haha

6. Do you like to play with pets in your historical saves?

I did once, it adds some realism but can be quite annoying👎

7. What’s your biggest immersion breaking pet peeve with the game?

The constant autonomous phone use? They pick it up ALL THE TIME please!!! I thought phones didn’t work off the grid but apparently they do😐

8. What’s your favorite in-game historical item? (CAS or BB)

That suit from Get Together! It’s so fitting for the 1890s-1910s

9. What would you like to see as a new pack or asset to the game?

This is a hard one, maybe a music centered GP. I think it would be fun to get some new instruments and be able to start a band!

10. What pack do you think is invaluable as a historical simmer?

Cottage living for sure!

11. Do you have a favorite mod to enhance historical gameplay?

Hmm... MCC, Woohoo wellness, UI Cheats and TOOL are the only ones I use. They help me with my gameplay and storytelling but they weren´t created for historical purposes, but they do help!

12. What’s your ideal family size for playing?

Like 4-5 ppl? Too few makes it boring, too many makes it stressful

13. Do you use poses?

Love using poses!

14. Do you use any overrides in your game?

Yes! This one, this one, this one and this one!

15. Do you, or did you, play off-the-grid during your game?

I do atm! Looking forward to turning it off though, I can’t bake cakes:(

16. What lifespan do you play on?

Custom lifespan!

17. What inspired you to start playing a historically?

@pixelnrd ‘s Langston Legacy, like two years ago!

Than you @aheathen-conceivably for tagging me! As always I think most of my mutuals have already been tagged so I tag anyone who wanna do this!<3