It isn’t just the confectionery that makes Halloween tricky – or treaty.
Choosing the perfect fancy dress outfit can be a real snake pit of possible mess ups.
One minute you’re casually cutting two eyeholes out of a white bed sheet, the next your photos are splashed across Twitter and you’re being accused of being a bit racist.
What’s one to do?
So before you leave the house next weekend, here are a few points to avoid if you don’t want to risk offending a few million people along the way.