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——百万美国人开始购买服装，用俗丽的骷髅和蜘蛛装饰房子和草坪，向小超级英和女巫们分发糖果棒。

A big spread, a dance floor, layers of kitsch, He reasoned that in another decade he wouldn't be able to throw such a party.

丰盛的菜肴， 舞池，层层叠叠的俗丽装饰，他思忖着，再过十年，无法举办这样的聚会了。 他的母亲、姑姑、叔叔或许已不在人世， 或已无法出席。