Father Time
Father Time is an NPC featured in The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff. He looks like an old man with a long beard, and holds an hourglass. He will appear when a Sim throws a New Year's Bash. A New Year's Bash can be thrown by clicking the phone and choose Throw Party... New Year's Bash (Since The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff was released earlier than The Sims 2: Apartment Life, the party can't be thrown in an apartment lot). This party is somewhat different from a normal house party, because it will always start at 8 pm. If a New Year's Bash is thrown before it gets dark, the police will shut it down at 11 pm. Therefore, this type of party must be thrown between 7 pm. and 8 pm.
In a New Year's Bash, Sims will autonomously make ruckus and noise. Sometimes, other Sims may react to this. At 11 pm, Father Time will arrive. He will be standing on the sidewalk, so a selectable Sim will need to call him over. The only interactions available for Father Time are talk and call over, which will be available no matter how close a Sim is to him. Around midnight, (12:00 pm or 24:00), he will start making a ruckus, which all the Sims at the party will join. After a while, he will turn into Toddler New Year. Sims can interact with Toddler New Year as if he were an adult, even though he's a toddler. He will fade away and disappear just before the party ends.
Trivia
- A Sim can throw a New Year's Bash on any day.
- Unlike most other unplayable NPCs, Sims will have memories of meeting Father Time, although his face will not appear in the relationships panel. Santa Claus is also like this.
- If a New Year's Bash is shut down by police at 11 pm, when Father Time arrives, he will immediately leave.