Photo Gallery: annual Glendale Galleria Holiday Retail Gift Panel

Sphero’s BB-8, an app-enabled droid from Brookstone, available for around $150, was shown during the annual Glendale Galleria Holiday Retail Gift Panel at the mall in Glendale on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. A wide variety of other sample gifts were shown by different mall retailers as well.

Surrounded by holiday decorations and with Santa Claus looking on, Glendale Galleria marketing manager Christina Riojas talks about the upcoming holiday season during the annual Glendale Galleria Holiday Retail Gift Panel at the mall in Glendale on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. A wide variety of other sample gifts were shown by different mall retailers as well.

A Parrot-brand Bebop drone (retail at $499) was flown for the media during the annual Glendale Galleria Holiday Retail Gift Panel at the mall in Glendale on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. A wide variety of other sample gifts were shown by different mall retailers as well.

An Arlo and Spot the dinosaur plush from the local Disney Store was displayed during the annual Glendale Galleria Holiday Retail Gift Panel at the mall in Glendale on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. A wide variety of other sample gifts were shown by different mall retailers as well.

Brookstone’s assistant manager Luis Cruz shows off an app-operated Parrot-brand Bebop drone ($499 retail) during the annual Glendale Galleria Holiday Retail Gift Panel at the mall in Glendale on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. A wide variety of other sample gifts were shown by different mall retailers as well.

Kyser Center for Economic Research economist Kimberly Ritter-Martinez gave a local holiday retail sales outlook talk during the annual Glendale Galleria Holiday Retail Gift Panel at the mall in Glendale on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. A wide variety of other sample gifts were shown by different mall retailers as well.

A Dr. Who-inspired cookie jar from Box Lunch gift shop was shown during the annual Glendale Galleria Holiday Retail Gift Panel at the mall in Glendale on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. A wide variety of other sample gifts were shown by different mall retailers as well.

A wide variety of toys, available at the Target store, were displayed during the annual Glendale Galleria Holiday Retail Gift Panel at the mall in Glendale on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. A wide variety of other sample gifts were shown by different mall retailers as well.