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.

每年10月——甚至更早——美国人就开始购买服装，用俗的骷髅和蜘蛛装饰房子和草，超级英雄和女巫们分发糖果棒。