Goth Girls’ Nights: A Year of Themed Gatherings for the Darkly Inclined
12 unforgettable ways to spend time with friends in 2026
Quality time spent with your friendship family deserves to be treated as something special.
In a year that moves quickly, shared evenings become markers of memory rather than placeholders on a calendar.
This Goth Girls’ Night guide provides a monthly invitation to slow down, dress and entertain with intention, making each gathering feel singular and memorable rather than routine.
Consider this your blueprint for elevating ordinary moments into something especially memorable.
How to Host a Gothic High Tea at Home
A Victorian-inspired winter ritual for dark romantics on snowbound afternoons
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
January invites a slow, sacred relationship with time.
The month encourages warmth, ritual and intention, whether gathered indoors or framed by falling snow.
The ceremony of high tea offers a refined way to mark the season, whether your alone with a book or seeking sanctuary from the weather with friends.
High tea, as we know it today, emerged a tradition in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era as both a snack between lunch and dinner and an opportunity to entertain. The ritual balanced elegance with practicality, serving structured tiers of delicious treats alongside conversation, quality time and ambiance.
In gothic households, the ritual of high tea invites opportunity to brew up a witchy concoction, enjoy storied heirlooms or beloved antiques, curate a themed menu or wear en elegant outfit; the possibilities are endless.
The Sinful Soirée: How to Host a Seven Deadly Sins-Themed Party
A gothic guide to indulgence — where every bite, song and shimmer celebrates the beauty of our flaws
By: The Lace Ledger Staff
We fear our flaws the most when we keep them hidden. The moment we bring them into the light, they lose their sharpness and their shame. According to Britannica, the Seven Deadly Sins began as a medieval moral framework designed to guide behaviour and restrain desire. The list was meant to warn, not enchant.
The modern eye sees something different. We see a portrait of human nature rather than a catalogue of behaviour to be systematically eradicated. We contain every sin in small, complicated ways. We always have.
This guide reframes those sins through a more indulgent lens.
It invites you to honour the year’s light and shadow in equal measure. It positions each sin as a theme rather than a threat. It offers a sample menu inspired by appetite and mood, decor ideas shaped by theatre, colour and symbolic in detail, dress code notes designed to let guests embody the sin they choose and a playlist created to turn tension into atmosphere.
It gives you everything you need to host a night where nothing human has to be hidden and every flaw becomes part of the fun.
This is how to throw a Seven Deadly Sins-themed holiday party — equal parts decadent and divine.