Photo Gallery: Black Friday shopping at Glendale Galleria

Crowds carried and dragged their Black Friday goods at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Nov. 30, 2013 11:45 AM PT

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Bargain hunters flooded Glendale’s shopping malls Thursday evening as Black Friday crept into Thanksgiving this year with some retailers opening their doors early to shoppers.

Rain did not keep shoppers from looking for deals on Black Friday at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

A shopper waits around on the second floor of the Glendale Galleria on Black Friday in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Krysta Volland, 17, left, and Kiara Brody, 18, both from Glendale, show off their shopping bags on Black Friday at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. The girls spent 10 hours shopping at the mall and across the street at the Americana at Brand. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

The singing Santa Claus thrilled the crowds with his holiday songs during Black Friday at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

A shopper covered his shoes with plastic bags on a rainy Black Friday at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

There was water everywhere on a rainy Black Friday at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

A shopper brought her umbrella during a rainy Black Friday at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

From left, Moises Chairez, Ruth Chiarez and Jacob Chiarez had a brief encounter with Santa Claus during Black Friday at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Some shoppers were r eady for a rainy Black Friday at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

A shopper is but a blur as she hurries past holiday decorations during a rainy Black Friday at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Some shoppers bought multiple items on Black Friday at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Shoppers were not deterred from finding deals on a rainy Black Friday at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Even television reporters like KLTA’s Wendy Burch needed a break from shopping and reporting on Black Friday at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

A shopper hurries past holiday decorations during a rainy Black Friday at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

A shopper checks out the singing Santa Claus on Black Friday at theGlendale Galleria in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Shoppers hurried from store to store on a rainy Black Friday at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Shoppers looked for bargains at different stores on Black Friday at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)