27 reasons why Halloween is the worst time of year

End of October babies are always stuck with a Halloween-themed birthday. Alina Demidenko / iStock Halloween is the worst time of year for plenty of reasons, between bad weather, money, and more. You usually end up hungover, sick, or both.

Your house is most at risk of being covered in toilet paper as a prank this time of year.   People knock on your door all night looking for candy. A trick-or-treater.

Godong/Getty ImagesThose who aren’t that into Halloween usually opt out of the festivities and relax at home. But there are two types of Halloween home-bodies: ones who give out candy to trick-or-treaters, and ones who put out a bowl full of candy and a note asking to please just take one piece. Of course, many trick-or-treaters do not follow these rules, stuff their bags with candy, and bankrupt the bowl almost immediately, leading to the unlucky late arrivals banging on your door anyway.

Just be prepared. Getting a cold the day after Halloween is almost guaranteed. A woman sick in bed.

Ute Grabowsky/Getty ImagesGoing out on Halloween night and living it up in the cold night air (depending on where you live) with your friends is fun in the moment. But, depending on your immune system, the next day can be a huge drag. If you’re not waking up with a random sore throat the day after your spooky season excursion, than you probably have the sniffles or beginning stages of a cough.

 There’s so much pressure to have a good time. It’s easy to get disappointed. Stephen Dunn / Getty ImagesMuch like New Year’s Eve or Valentine’s Day, there’s a lot of pressure surrounding Halloween.

You need to find a costume. You need to have enough candy. You need to have a good time.

Your decoration needs to be on point. It’s a lot, and it’s easy to get disappointed.  Picking a costume is stressful.

The options are overwhelming. Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesDo you pick a relevant costume, a sexy costume, a creative costume, or a funny costume? The options seem endless, and it can be hard to decide — especially when there are so many ways your costume can flop. Talk about being stressful.

Couples costumes are the worst. Jenna and Channing may look cute, but usually couples costumes suck. Jerod Harris/GettyIf you’re in a relationship, deciding on a costume with your SO can be challenging — especially if one of you is more into Halloween than the other.

If you’re single, on the other hand, couples costumes are just another way the dreadful holiday can remind you of how you’re alone. Guessing what someone’s costume is can be awkward. Hailey Duff’s Halloween costume was very vague.

David Livingston / Stringer / Getty ImagesThere is nothing worse than having no idea what someone’s costume is and having to ask. Except when they tell you and you still don’t see it and have to pretend. Candy corn starts taking over shelves.

Candy Corn is bad. Wikimedia CommonsWhy doesn’t anyone just admit that candy corn is gross?Miserable pets forced to wear costumes. This dog does not look amused.

Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesA moment of silence for all the poor, poor pets who will be forced, against their will, to dress up as dinosaurs, hot dogs, and mermaids for their owner’s amusement. Friends try to drag you to haunted houses. Does it look like he’s having fun? No.

Rick Wilking/ReutersThere is nothing worse than paying someone to traumatize you. Enough said. Previews for horror movies increase tenfold.

You can never escape Annabelle. New Line CinemaEven if you hate scary movies, you can’t escape them around Halloween, when previews for horror flicks take over TV stations and movie theaters. It’s expensive.

The holiday is not cheap. Yulia Grigoryeva/ShutterstockCostumes aren’t cheap — and that’s just the beginning of your Halloween expenses. Often you also have to factor in decorations, candy, party supplies, etc.

If you’re a parent, the expenses just get worse!Decorations can be truly terrifying. Can you say creepy?Mark Wilson / Getty ImagesSome Halloween décor is utterly terrifying, especially when you’re walking home at night just minding your own business. There’s pressure to outdo your costume from last year.

Heidi Klum at her Halloween parties in 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2015. Getty/Charley Gallay, Bryan Bedder, Cindy Ord, Nicholas HuntLet’s say you really nailed a Halloween costume one year.  The following year, you’ll be expected to top it.

. . And so on and so on.

It can become a vicious cycle. It’s cold out. This might seem like a great Halloween costume, except you’ll end up being really really chilly.

Jemal Countess / Getty ImagesWith the pressure to look sexy in some skin baring costume, people tend to forget that the end of October is usually really chilly. Then you have to decide between wearing a jacket and covering up the costume you spent so much time figuring out, or freezing to death. Your call.

You’ll probably have a hangover the next morning. Be prepared for your Halloween hangover. FlickrUnless Halloween falls on a weekend, you will have to wake up for school or work the next morning.

Let’s hope the party was worth it. Then, there’s also the issue of finding a second, work appropriate but still creative costume to wow your colleagues with. Clueless people continue to wear culturally insensitive costumes.

Hilary Duff and Jason Walsh dressed up as a Native American/pilgrim duo one year. Getty/Michael KovacCultures are not costumes! See more celeb costume faux pas here. Halloween themed movies are all that’s on TV, and they’re really not that good.

“Hocus Pocus. “Buena Vista PicturesHalloween themed movies are never good! Even “Hocus Pocus” only has a 30% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Parties are 80% posing for photos.

“Wait, let’s take one more for Instagram!”Mike Coppola / Getty ImagesCostume parties are always 20% party and 80% taking group photos. Hope you like your costume because it will be all over Facebook tomorrow!Pumpkin Spice everything. It’s getting out of hand.

Hollis JohnsonPumpkin spice products are great, but they have gotten way out of hand. Nobody needs pumpkin spice peanut butter or pumpkin spice Oreos.  Children get way too hyped up on sugar.

Halloween candy. Luke Jones/FlickrAlthough studies have shown that sugar doesn’t make kids hyperactive, there is still a placebo effect that gives kids an excuse to run wild. Kids have tantrums on every corner.

After working for days on a DIY costume for your kid, all of a sudden they want to be something else the night of. REUTERS/Yuya ShinoIf you’re a parent, you can expect your kids to have at least one Halloween tantrum. Whether it’s “I didn’t get the candy I wanted!” or “But I don’t like this costume anymore!” Halloween brings out the worst in kids.

Even if you’re not a parent, it seems impossible to not run into at least one kid having a tantrum.  Pumpkin carving is a lot harder than it looks. Carving pumpkins is an accident waiting to happen.

Flickr / Tim ReganPumpkin carving is actually really hard and time-consuming — not to mention dangerous. Even if you manage to not accidentally slice a finger off, you’re still in for the treat of a rotten pumpkin stinking up your home for days to come. All the shenanigans that are bound to happen.

Halloween brings a lot of mischief. Flickr/GoodNCrazySomeone’s house is bound to get egged or TP-ed.  Silly competitions abound.

Halloween contests are the worst. Flickr / Rob SwystunBest costume, best decorations, apple bobbing — the competitions around Halloween seem endless.  Everyone has a Halloween party and it’s impossible to choose which one to go to.

So many Halloween parties. gpointstudio / iStockYou either have too many parties to attend and run the risk of insulting at least one party host — or you don’t have any and feel bad about yourself. If your birthday is anywhere near Halloween, your birthday party always ends up being Halloween themed.

End of October babies are always stuck with a Halloween-themed birthday. Alina Demidenko / iStockIf you were born at the end of October, you can forget about a non-Halloween themed b-day. There are terrifying stories of people putting razor blades in your candy.

Could this candy be your last?Spencer Platt/GettyWho would do such a thing?Visit INSIDER’s homepage for more.  Read the original article on Insider.