[Holly_P]

I think gift cards from a bookstore will probably be better for them anyway.

Better not get them from Barnes & Noble because although it doesnt say it on the card - they expire too, on a sliding scale. A $25 face value may only be worth half that in 6 months time. Within a year or so they are without any value.

[Amelia]

Better not get them from Barnes & Noble because although it doesnt say it on the card - they expire too, on a sliding scale.

Thank you. Maybe I should just give the kids cash. ;-)

[SamAdams76]

That's not true because I actually had this experience last Christmas: During Christmas 2001, I got a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card from a relative and I put it away with the Christmas cards and forgot about it. Last Christmas, as I pulled out the old Christmas cards (I save them so that I know who to send cards back to), the card fell into my lap. So a few days later, I used it and it was still worth $50. This had to be a full year since the relative first bought the card.