The Brief: Celebrate the month of October and all the spooky Halloween festivities around it with these Spooktober 2020 memes.

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On October 1st, 2020, it’s officially Spooktober and that means it’s time to start carving Jack-O-Lanterns, sipping pumpkin spice lattes, and planning your costume. While many of the usual Halloween celebrations for 2020 have been canceled due to COVID, memes are an easy and safe way to get into the holiday spirit.
September 30 vs. October 1
Each October, people add spooky twists to their Twitter usernames and share their haunted glow ups from September 30th to October 1st.
me on September 30 vs. me on October 1 pic.twitter.com/9Apqk1z230
— Netflix (@netflix) September 30, 2019
Me on September 30 vs me on October 1 pic.twitter.com/l5P96R2q6N
— NickRewind (@NickRewind) October 1, 2017

Halloween 2020 Memes
If Halloween is your favorite holiday, know that you’re not alone…

Although it’s out of stock at many Home Depots, the 12-foot skeleton lawn decoration is still making an impression online.
Other men can afford that 12ft skelton. They are simply overcompensating. This could be us. pic.twitter.com/q2Swvcu3MO
— Ghengis Connor (@heyimconnahhhh) September 29, 2020
buying two 12ft Home Depot skeletons so I can make them do this pic.twitter.com/cCTqp9arst
— I hope this is satire… (@sablaah) September 28, 2020
Animal Crossing has some pretty cool Halloween-themed updates this year…
animal crossing goths rn pic.twitter.com/Bgb2K99l3f
— morgan leota ๐ฎ (@morgue138) September 30, 2020
Ghosting…but make it festive…
he really heard โspooky seasonโ and ghosted me <3
— dess โ๏ธ (@diordess_) September 30, 2020
Maybe the real pumpkin patch dates are the spirits that have been haunting us all along…
Another year with no pumpkin patch date … pic.twitter.com/Juuyv2xyh3
— รซri๐ฒ๐ฝ (@padiillaae) September 26, 2020
When seasonal depression and spoopy szn hit at the same time:
PSA: the food pyramid has been updated for spooky season. It now looks like this:
/
/
/pumpkin
/ Spice
โ-โโ-
/ anti
/depressants
โโโโโโ
/ Iced Coffee
-โโโโโโโ— 1984โs George Whorewell (@EwdatsGROSS) September 29, 2020
And, of course, there’s nothing spookier than a Spirit Halloween store emerging out of the ashes of a failed business…
Spirit Halloween when they hear about major retail stores closing down pic.twitter.com/b2vYcB8muT
— cal? (@cal_gif) September 24, 2020
Have A Spoopy Spooktober
In the dumpster fire of a year that 2020 has been so far, Spooky Season can provide a festive respite from all the usual horribleness, allowing people to embrace the dark, creepy, and crawly elements of life.
When tomorrow is spooktober pic.twitter.com/lppWxOFzgN
— Scott Harris (@essemharris) September 30, 2020
