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  My grandmother gives me gifts as a cash/bank tranfer. I usully allocate that for ny next bigger purhace and use it as a upgrade money (like, i was going to use 400 for gpu, i got 200, now i buy 600 gpu)
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  My 90+ year old grandma decided that getting Christmas gifts for everyone was too hard anymore. She decided to start giving gift cards.
  She literally gave me mine and said “Don’t spend it all in one place!”. Couldn’t tell if she was being funny or not. >
  
  I worked as a whitewater rafting guide for awhile and an old, old woman tipped my friend $2 and told him “don’t spend it all in one place” 
  I’ll never forget that 😭 >
  
  I think at some point it lost meaning and people just say it just because. Like "bless you" or "hi" or "give peace a chance". >
  
  Pretty sure the lady was clearly making a joke given the small size of the amount
  Come to think of it I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say that phrase unironically >
  
  Studies show that gift cards are preferred by most. I would imagine a big part of it is that it's guilt-free pass to be "irresponsible" with money. When money was tight  with spouse and I, cash gifts typically went towards bills and groceries, which was still helpful and very much appreciated, but it kinda takes the fun part out of gifting. >
  
  Yeah I logically know cash is better, but know that realistically it will just be put directly in my wallet and then “disappear” into normal household spending.  Which isn’t bad of course, but not quite the intent of a gift.