this year i dont have alot of money or alot of time to spend of xmas shopping! i was thinking about getting most of my family members gift cards to go to a restaurant or to walmart hope depot..stuff like that..does that seem too inpersonal or do alot of other people do this for christmas..do your family members gets offended if you give them a gift card? thanks
2006-11-11 12:28:37 · 8 answers · asked by radley1009 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Great Ideas! Make sure that you send them one that they will really appreciate and can use. I think if you place that in a nice Christmas Card -- that will be certainly appreciated.
2006-11-11 12:32:09 · answer #1 · answered by sglmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know, many people do not use these cards. They put them in drawer, or wallet, or glove box and forget about them. The store gets rich and the recipient gets nothing. One more thing that most folks don't know, some of these cards loose value each month until they are worthless. These are fees charged to just have the card. So, the recipient goes to use a card after, say six months. Now the card is worth only half of what it started out to be. For these reasons, I do not give them.
I hope that I have you helped in some small way.
2006-11-11 20:35:42 · answer #2 · answered by It All Matters.~☺♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know the people in my family who would be offended by it, so I do not get her one. The teens really like them, but the little ones want presents. When I do get gift cards, I get them at different stores that I know they would go to, or a restaurant. I do give the cards some thought as to where to get them.
2006-11-11 22:20:52 · answer #3 · answered by Mimiat41 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I give gift cards to my relatives.
The nieces and nephews are older and it is hard to know what is the "in" item. I get them gift cards to book/music stores so they can buy a CD, a video, or a book.
Other relatives are given cards to restaurants. They enjoy the evening out and the meal.
You can put it in a nice card.
2006-11-11 20:37:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
gift cards are good but try to make them personal. like if someone likes painting, sewing etc get a card for a craft and hobby store. if they are into tools and building things then home depot. then write personal notes to people saying why you picked that gift card and tell them you appreciate them and love them
ex: dear brother, i chose the home depot gift card for you because i know you are very talented with home fix it projects. lucky for us you are very generous with your talents ( i dont know what we would have done if hadnt been able to fix our leaky pipe so fast! the whole basement could have been flooded!) we appreciate and love you so much! merry christmas.
something like that could mean more than any money and it doesnt cost you anything, just a couple minutes!
2006-11-11 21:35:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No most people luv em ! Even a card for a say $ 10- 20 dollars can be good . Walmart and Target are good cause your recipent could get the small things everybody uses.
2006-11-11 20:33:00 · answer #6 · answered by yeah , yeah whatever 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gift cards are great ideas.
2006-11-11 20:29:57 · answer #7 · answered by J~Me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they are great, that way they can get what they want.
2006-11-11 20:32:23 · answer #8 · answered by amy_girl7200 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋