紫色充气鬼屋城堡立门前：南加州河滨县一处居民社区的万圣节之夜
10月31日万圣节当晚，南加州河滨县一带的一处居民社区里，当地居民拍下了当晚的街区实景。这段视频由当地居民提供，拍摄于当晚傍晚至入夜时分。画面中，一户人家门前立着一座紫色充气鬼屋城堡，旁边站着骷髅、摆着发亮的南瓜灯，栅栏上缠着绿色灯串，屋墙上映着女巫与南瓜的图案，整个前院都布置成了万圣节的样子。
据提供视频的居民介绍，这处社区的居民很喜欢过万圣节，不少人家热衷装扮自家房子，孩子们也积极挨家挨户讨糖。有居民反映，当晚来讨糖的孩子太多，自家准备的糖果都不够发。当晚当地下起雨，街区的庆祝活动比较早就结束了。
每年10月31日万圣节，南加州各社区的居民都会装扮家门，迎接提着糖袋挨家挨户讨糖的孩子。不少家庭提前数周布置前院，充气城堡、骷髅、墓碑和灯串都是常见的节日元素；入夜后街坊邻里走动串门，是社区一年中最热闹的夜晚之一。
Purple Inflatable Haunted Castle on the Lawn: Halloween Night in a Riverside County Neighborhood
On Halloween night, October 31, in a residential neighborhood in the Riverside County area of Southern California, a local resident filmed the street scene outside neighborhood homes. The video, provided by the local resident, was shot that day from dusk into the evening. In the footage, a purple inflatable haunted castle fills one home's front yard, flanked by a standing skeleton and a glowing jack-o'-lantern, with green string lights along the fence and witch and pumpkin patterns cast across the wall of the house — the whole front yard dressed up for Halloween.
According to the resident who provided the video, people in this neighborhood love Halloween: many households enjoy decorating their homes, and the children eagerly go door to door trick-or-treating. A resident said so many children came by that night that the candy they had prepared was not enough to go around. Rain fell that night, and the neighborhood's celebrations ended relatively early.
Every year on October 31, households across Southern California decorate their homes to welcome children going door to door trick-or-treating. Many families set up their yards weeks ahead, with inflatable castles, skeletons, tombstones and string lights among the most common decorations, making Halloween night one of the liveliest evenings of the year in local neighborhoods.
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图片来源：图：10月31日万圣节当晚，南加州河滨县一带一处居民社区里，一户居民门前的节日布置，紫色充气鬼屋城堡立在前院（视频截图；视频由当地居民提供）。 / A purple inflatable haunted castle fills a front yard in a residential neighborhood in the Riverside County area of Southern California on Halloween night, October 31 (video still; video provided by a local resident).
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