The Best Gift Cards To Give During The Holidays

There's one for each person on your list; even Aunt Ethel and she doesn't like anything.

I have a love/hate relationship with gift cards. I love getting them because it's so much easier for me to just go out and buy what I want; but I hate giving them because it makes me feel lazy and emotionally detached from the person I'm giving it to. I'm better than that, I should know what they want, right? Wrong.

According to the National Retail Federation, gift cards are the most requested item among people celebrating the holidays; 62% of people are giving them and you can expect to spend about 20% of your Christmas budget on them.

So which gift cards are the best to give? Here are the top 5 according to CardHub.com: