The Glendale Galleria — Glendale’s three-story regional mall — is fully decorated for the holiday season each year, with a free Santa visit setup near the lower-level Apple store, decked corridors across all three levels, festive music, and extended hours through the season. Free to walk, free to visit Santa, free family atmosphere — paid photo packages optional.
The Glendale Galleria at 100 West Broadway in downtown Glendale is the city’s three-story enclosed regional mall — over 270 stores anchored by Macy’s, Nordstrom, JCPenney, Apple, Hollister, and Target. For the holiday season each year, the mall transforms into a holiday destination — corridors decked across all three levels, festive lighting, holiday music throughout, and the Santa Village setup near the lower-level Apple store.
Santa visits are free — families can sit with Santa and take their own photos without buying a package, or purchase a photo package at the on-site studio. The Santa setup is a decorated workshop with trees and lights for photo ops; Jingle the elf-on-the-shelf rotates positions through the mall as a kid-friendly scavenger element across the season.
For families across Glendale — Adams Hill, Verdugo Woodlands, Riverside Rancho, the Brand Boulevard corridor — and the broader east-side LA County (La Cañada Flintridge, Burbank, Pasadena, Eagle Rock, Atwater Village), the Galleria is the long-running indoor holiday destination across the season. Distinct from The Americana at Brand‘s outdoor central park and the Montrose Christmas Parade — the Galleria is the climate-controlled three-level shopping-and-Santa-visits experience.
Near the lower-level Apple store on the ground floor of the mall — the Santa Village setup is a decorated workshop installation with trees, lights, and Jingle the elf-on-the-shelf rotating positions around the mall.
Yes — sitting with Santa and taking your own photos is free. Optional photo packages are available for purchase at the on-site studio.
The mall is decorated and programmed for the holiday season each year — typically Thanksgiving week through Christmas Eve. Mall hours extend later in November and December.
Free in the Glendale Galleria parking structures. The Brand Boulevard-facing garage is the closest to the lower-level Santa area; the Central Avenue and Colorado Boulevard structures usually have more space on busy weekends.
Both are walkable holiday destinations in Glendale a few blocks apart on Brand Boulevard. The Americana at Brand is an outdoor central park-and-fountain venue with its iconic central holiday tree, evening fountain shows, snowfall, and live performances. The Galleria is the three-level indoor mall with Santa visits, holiday décor, climate-controlled corridors, and the broader range of anchor and specialty stores. Many families do both on the same outing.
The Glendale Galleria at 100 West Broadway is downtown Glendale’s three-story enclosed regional mall — over 270 stores anchored by Macy’s, Nordstrom, JCPenney, Apple, and Target, opened in 1976. The mall connects via skybridge to the Glendale Marketplace and sits a few blocks west of The Americana at Brand. Brand Boulevard, the city’s main civic and commercial spine, runs along the mall’s east side; downtown Glendale’s civic center and the Alex Theatre are within a few blocks’ walk.
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