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——数百万美国人就开始购，用俗的骷蛛饰房子草坪，向小超级英雄女巫们分发糖果棒。