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The five best gift cards of 2017, and how you can spend them

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We’ve all heard, read about or been told that gift cards show a lack of effort on the gift-giver. While that may or may not be true, gift cards are still one of the most popular holiday gifts and stocking-stuffers. Personally, I happen to love gift cards and I’ll tell you why. Other than the fact that it’s literally free money, they’re great for buying the things I really need or want yet hesitate to buy with my own money. Being given a couple gift cards myself, I became curious about which gift cards were the most popular.

So after sussing out the best gift cards of 2017, I picked five out of the most popular ones and a few things that you can buy with them. So whether you’re here because you unwrapped or exchanged an unwanted gift for some money-filled plastic, here’s a list of needs and wants you can swipe that card for.

Amazon

Apple 

iTunes 

Target 

Sephora

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