It's not yet Thanksgiving, but Christmas is here in strip malls and shopping centers across the country.

Spirit Christmas has kicked off its holiday season, with all of its seasonal stores now open.

Spirit Halloween, known for seasonally popping up in hundreds of locations around the country and offering a wide variety of costume pieces and decorations for folks to prepare for the October holiday, is expanding its spinoff Christmas-themed stores. The company opened 30 Christmas-themed stores across the northeastern U.S. and Great Lakes region this year.

Spirit Halloween first teased the return of its Christmas-themed pop-up stores in August.

The flagship store opened Oct. 17 and had Santa Claus welcoming guests inside the Christmas-themed store. A spokesperson for the company said t

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