If you’re thinking a gift card for anyone, I’d go with Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Target, Disney, or such...
Yes, I saw Disney is closing stores, but they still have the online store and any store that they have in malls, they are still contractually obligated lease-wise, so even if they close soon, they still may have some awesome deals on the closing store ;). Disney is still a pretty safe company...likewise with Target, McD, Wal-Mart (last 2 showed profits the last quarter).
Our local grocery store (Randalls) is running a special on gas if you buy so much in gift cards until 12-31. I would guess others around the country are doing the same thing...I think if we’re prudent with our gift card purchases, we can actually come out pretty well; just be sure to check wal-mart or your local grocery store to see if they have a total sum deal (ours is $100+ of gift cards, but we plan to get a lot of our gifts from stable-major brands and take advantage of the gas special)
~KFFD
I’m not thinking of gift cards... I’m probably going to get a video game I’d like to play too for my brother, then go find something with the Jonas Brothers or Zac Efron or Edward Cullen on it for my little sister, and I don’t know about my parents... I’ve got an idea or two and a tidy cash stash that I’ve been saving up for Christmas shopping.
I don’t have a Christmas list per se, but an Amazon.com wish list that’s got lots of affordable things, and anything with Star Wars or superheroes on it is also a hit with me, so I’m not hard to shop for.