Goblin Holiday: Gobletting
This is one of the holidays I am incorporating into my Goblin Witch calendar. The origins of the holiday are purely fictional, and I wanted to create celebrations that werenât tied around the seasons but more about cycles of creativity.Â
Purpose: Gobletting is the same as âlambing seasonâ when goblin babies are normally born. This happens each year after the festivals of Jinglesnatch and Embernacht, when most goblin babies are conceived. The goblin pregnancy last 4-5 months, and all the babies are born around this festival, unless the babies are born to a goblin who lives outside of the community. Â
When is it held: While it usually begins and ends with the births of goblin children that year, the day of Gobletting is usually held around August 20th-22nd, the peak of the goblin season.Â
- Â tie up/finish small jobs or activities
- start to make a list of activities youâve wanted to do, but havenât done yet
- look at inner-child activities/activities you enjoyed as a child
- do some cleaning to make way for new projects/new hobbies
- ask yourself what you might be able to nurture or grow during this time
- Make a new goblin friend! This can be done by sewing, sculpting, drawing, or writing a new goblin person into the world! Goblins during this time are celebrating the birth of new goblets, and those that arenât are usually excited about a new project or hobby they are hoping to âbirthâ during this time. Â
- Have a party! Doesnât matter if itâs with a group, with your family, with your pets or simply having a teddy bear picnic! Â
- Start a new hobby round this time! Any hobby will do, as long as youâre celebrating the new activity and not feeling bad if itâs not perfect. Goblins donât strive for perfect, they strive for interesting. Â
- Most goblins also love a bit of DIYGS (do it your goblin self) and this time usually sparks new ideas of things to make or do. This is a good time to look at how you can reinvent or remake something that better suits you, rather than throwing it away or donating it. Â
- Make plushie friends, poppets, or something to cuddle with. Â
- A very good time to clean out or reorganise the supplies you use for your hobbies. Clean tools that may be neglected recently, and organise your supplies so that when you have a new project you can find everything easily or figure out what youâre missing. Â
- Clean-up and cleanse your hoard/collection: this could be dusting, washing, or simply sound cleansing the objects you have collected throughout the year. It might also be a time when you start a new collection or add to your collections to give them some new life. Â
- Clean up the spaces you DO your favourite hobbies and activities, especially desks or workspaces. All goblins know that a workspace needs to WORK, and if something is too messy the workspace energy (the creative juices, so to speak) will die. Â
- Anything simple, preferrably that you can eat with your hands. Â
- Most food made at Gobletting reminds us of our own childhoods, good memories of foods, or even food that is deemed âtoo childishâ to eat when you grow up. NOTE: EATING THE CHILDISH FOOD SOMETIMES KEEPS THE INNER CHILD ALIVE. Â
- Anything sweet that makes you feel happy. Goblinsâ donât have sugar most of the time, so Gobletting is a fun event for everyone. Goblinâs sugar substitutes are usually natural syrups like maple, but especially they enjoy honey for its âgold-likeâ appearance. Â
- If you plan to decorate for Gobletting, itâs best to stick to cozy spaces, soft fabrics, and lots of colours. After this holiday is when goblins embrace the dark, so this is theyâre last hurray of bright, garish patterns and colours! Â
- Decorate with trinkets or pictures that symbolise parts of your youth, or things from your childhood that still inspire you today! Â
Spellcasting and Divination
- During this day goblins will acknowledge their inner children, as well as any struggles they may have had during that period of their life. Â
- Shadow work around the inner child is particularly popular
- Spells for creativity and inspiration
- Creating protective amulets Â
- Placing wards around your room or home so that your creativity is focused and that you can actually complete projects
- Making your own divination tool/system! Goblinâs donât have a universal system for divination, itâs more that each family has a different way of doing things. If you canât afford divination tools right now, or you havenât found one you enjoy, it might be a good idea to make your own! Â
- Any activity that involves children or people younger than yourself can be done at this time. Its usually an excellent chance to gain inspiration or new ways of looking at the world. Â
- Go for a frolic in nature and see what you find. Â
- Have an âimagination dayâ where you dress up, pretend youâre someone completely different, and go for an adventure this âsomeone elseâ would have.
- After this time, record some ideas or projects youâd like to do soon and schedule when youâd like to do them. Â
- Reflect upon your childhood, are there any hobbies you used to have that would be helpful to return to? Â
- Journal about your inner child, and maybe try and pick some things that help you feel more connected to that part of you. Â
- After this time, record some ideas or projects youâd like to do soon and schedule when youâd like to do them. Â
- Reflect upon your childhood, are there any hobbies you used to have that would be helpful to return to? Â
- Journal about your inner child, and maybe try and pick some things that help you feel more connected to that part of you. Â
If you made it this far, thank you! If you do anything for Gobletting (no pressure, though I will be sure to post what I did for this holiday) then tag it with the #goblettingseason tag so I can see!Â