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Skip the gift cards, go straight to cash.
Same here ... if I'm gifting to someone under the age of about 8 years old, I'll them a little toy and some cash ... anyone older than that is just getting straight cash.
I'm not spending time to try to figure out what people like or dislike or whether or not they're following some latest trend ... take my cash and do what you want with it ... and for teens, they combine all the cash they get and get one big thing they want which works out best for them.
Sort of the entire point of gift giving.
Which I understand and appreciate ... any other time of year or maybe on birthdays, I'll take a bit of time to try to remember what the person likes and what gift they might enjoy. Usually, we'll be doing something and the person will mention something like 'I like that', 'I wish I had that' or something ... then it's easy to just buy the thing and gift them that shortly after.
But during Christmas, it's really hard to try to figure out what a bunch of different people like or not like ... it usually ends up that you'll mess up on most people and get it right with a few. Which is why I settled on just cash.