TRICK OR TREAT, OR WHATEVER THIS IS

We used to be able to enjoy Halloween unironically. It was monsters and ghosts and vampires and candy and pumpkins, untinged by the soul-crushing angst of a reality far scarier than any horror fiction. But here's hoping you can enjoy this yearly spook-a-thon without spending the whole time thinking about our national nightmare. We're dressing up as our younger selves, when we still had hopes for a career.