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The New Year Goblin
“We’re gonna get in trouble, Theodore.”
“Don’t be a wuss. I’ve been good for weeks to make my parents forget the bad stuff. I’m itching for some mischieve.”
“My mom says if you’re bad after Christmas, the New Year Goblin will take away your presents.”
“What the hell? … I’ll light the bag. You ring the bell.”
‘Twas the night after Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except the New Year Goblin. He snatched Theodore’s presents and pooped on his bed.
Off he went out of sight and screeched “He! He! He!” into the night.
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The New Year Goblin is something I tell kids. If I ever have kids, I will teach them about him along with Santa. The first time I wrote about him was in A Nearly Norman Christmas, which I highly recommend if you need a good Christmas story. It makes me laugh, and I wrote it.
I don’t think anyone, especially a kid, would ever say, “I’m itching for some mischieve.” It just reads funny to me.
NobbinBlog 
That’s what we need. Divine retribution. Scared the kids for hundreds of years. Should work now too
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You can’t beat the classics.
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Oh boy. Send the goblin to the Fulkersons. New Year Goblin, what a fun character. Explains why my present always disappear…
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Maybe he has visited the Fulkersons, and that’s why they are the way they are.
Ah, poor T. There are two things you can do. Be good, but that’s no fun. You can get a New Year Goblin trap and try to trap him.
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Nah, take the presents. I rather have fun all year (more enjoyment in the long run). Maybe, I can borrow your mouse traps, because they are soo effective.
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Try mothballs. They’ll kill anything and everything.
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I told you to eat those. 😀
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😱
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There are so many people that Goblin needs to visit!
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Yeah, he’s a pretty busy guy. Santa does it all in one night, but the New Year Goblin needs an entire week.
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Time he stepped it up
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Such bribery we put our children through, but then we doo need some peace now and again. I think some children need to meet the New Year Goblin all year long -aaah.
Merry Christmas and be good.
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Promises and threats are the keys to parenting. That’s the New Year Goblin’s cousin, the All Year ‘Round Goblin. Merry Belated.
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I love the New Year Goblin concept. There are some young kids in the neighborhood. I could tell them about him. Hehehe (rubs hands and cackles…)
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TM Nobbinmaug.
Thank you. My mom used to tell us if we peeked at the presents early, Santa would take them away. I think the New Year Goblin spawned from that.
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Dear Nobbin,
I’m watching out for that goblin. Cute story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Uh-oh! Can I infer from that that you’re not always on the nice list? Thank you, Rochelle.
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Ha, the New Year Goblin, what a cool idea!
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Thank you. It’s only a cool idea for the good little boys and girls who get to laugh at the bad boys and girls who get their presents repossessed.
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The New Year Goblin has a lot of potential!
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And a lot of potential targets.
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that’s missing in life, some mischief!!!!
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A little mischief is good for the soul.
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