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However, gift cards are not just a last-minute checkout-aisle grab for an acquaintance.

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They have an essential place on onesholiday shopping list.

Below, we explore four underrated reasons to buy agift card this holiday season.

In fact, its the opposite.

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And the gifter knows them well enough to know that.

For example, Target Circle sometimes offers 10% off ongift card purchasesduring the holiday season.

And its not just gift cards to mundane shops or restaurants.

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These temptations are nipped thanks to gift cards and their predetermined limit.

Physical items can also too easily get lost or damaged in the in-person, in-flight or cross-universe shuffle.

Gift cards, whether sent virtually or placed neatly in a holiday card, take up no real space.

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A simple gesture can even bring faraway people a little closer.

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