Sometimes, it's the oddest of things that provide some sobering perspective.
When master carver Hugh McMahon put Donald Trump's face on a pumpkin last year, it seemed possible, though unlikely, that the former reality star would actually become the Republican Party's presidential nominee.
Innocent trick-or-treaters and their parents could pass by a "Trumpkin," as a gourd carved with Trump's likeness has been dubbed, and feel mostly certain that the guy who had just called Mexicans "drug dealers, criminals and rapists" was probably not going to make it past the primary election.
But now, the man who brags about sexually assaulting women and grabbing their genitals is a mere four weeks from an election that could make him the next president of the United States.
This Halloween season is terrifying, indeed.
Luckily, the internet is here to ease our pain. A whole slew of creative folks have made Trumpkins even more absurd and downright impressive than ever. Hopefully, this will be the last year Trump's face on a pumpkin will be relevant.
Take a look at some of the most impressive carvings below.
Editor's note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.