Every October - or even earlier - millions of Americans are spending on costumes, decorating their homes and lawns with garish skeletons and spiders and doling out candy bars to little superheroes and witches.

10月——甚至更早——数百万美国人就开始购买服装，用俗的骷髅和蜘蛛装饰房子和草坪，向小超级英雄和分发糖果棒。