Every November, the shops that line downtownTurlock’s streets transform their interiors into holiday storefronts in anticipation for Christmas shoppers. Typically known as the holiday open house, the Downtown Turlock Merchant Alliance has switched things up this year, with 13 businesses coming together for a Shop the Blocks event that will celebrate the quickly-approaching holidays and their retail cheer. “Customers would come in and tell us that we should all have our holiday open houses on the same day,” said Candace Gonsalves of Farm House.