Beat the Holiday Stress with These Crowd-Pleasing Gift Cards

Holiday shopping has never been an easy task. There are those people on your list who are just "impossible to shop for" and then those who are hard to please, and somehow, the shopping season slips by a little faster each year. This is where gift cards enter the storyline.

See, although gift certificates might have previously been considered lazy and thoughtless, they're now accepted as very smart presents. You could take your chances and make a blind attempt at picking a gift they'll hopefully like, but there are so many risks involved with that. No one wants to have to ask for the gift receipt or pretend to like that Christmas sweater that can only be described as offensive. At its core, it's actually quite thoughtful to concede your own taste and acknowledge that you want your loved one to have whatever it is they really want.

Be it a practical gift card that will help them cut down on their regular expenses or more of a "treat yourself" moment with the most luxurious present, a gift card might just be the best present they receive. Here, find 20 of the best, more sure-to-please gift cards to give this holiday season.