Top 10 Personalized Christmas Gift Cards

Giving gift cards as Christmas gifts has been known to feel somewhat impersonal but it doesn't have to be. Now you can add personal photos and messages to your holiday gift cards. Here is a list of 10 Christmas gift cards that you can personalize and customize so that your Christmas gift feels a bit more meaningful.

Starbucks -A Starbucks Christmas gift card is perfect for college students. Especially those with a laptop in search of wifi. Personalizing a Starbucks Christmas gift card is as easy as logging into their website. At starbucks.com/mycard you will find a personalization console that allows you to choose a type of drink image, background color or pattern and type of coffee you drink. Once you design the look of your Starbucks Christmas gift card you can then add your own personal message to be printed on the gift card.

Travelocity Hotels - This is such a cool way to preserve a travel memory. With the Travelocity gift card console online you can add a photo of one of your most recent travels as the background image of a gift card and add a personal message to it. The Travelocity Christmas gift card is redeemable at over 55,000 hotels.

Toys "R" Us - Another great retailer that offers personalized holiday gift cards is Toys "R" Us. Logging on to the Toys "R" Us gift card console online allows consumers to upload their own photo and format a personal message to be printed on the card. Once you design your Christmas gift card you then get to choose a greeting card for the gift card to be delivered in. Not only is the greeting card customizable but it is also mailed for you so that you don't have to worry about making sure everyone on your Christmas list gets their holiday gift card.

Macy's - Macy's online gift card design shop is easy and quick to use and what woman wouldn't want a Macy's gift card? The Macy's online interface allows customers to upload their own photo to be used as a background. If you don't want to upload your own photo you have the option of choosing one of Macy's unique backgrounds. After you have customized the look of the gift card you can add a personal message.

Borders - The book lover in your life can now receive a personalized Christmas gift card from Borders book sellers. What a great way to show off the jacket cover of a favorite book. If you know someone that is an author of a published book, what better way to show them that you support their creative efforts than by having a photo of their published book printed on their gift card? The only downside to buying a Borders gift card is that unlike other retailers they charge a fee of $4.95 to design a personalized gift card.

AMC Movie Theaters - Know a movie buff? Tired of giving them movie ticket gift certificates? Give them an AMC holiday gift card this year personalized with a photo and a message.

Lowe's - IF you're looking to give your favorite handy man a Christmas gift card from Lowe's then you might want to check out their personalized gift card features. At Lowe's online you have the option to upload a photo or choose a preset background and add a personal message.

American Eagle Outfitters - Teens are sure to love the American Eagle Outfitters personalized holiday gift card. Although you don't have the option of uploading your own photo the background choices they do have are pretty cute in spite of there only being four to chose from. Regardless of background, American Eagle Outfitters customers do have the option to add a personalized message to gift cards.

Sears - Of all the personalized Christmas gift card services I think Sears has the best interface. They have many more backgrounds to chose from than other retailers and best of all you can have your picture taken in the Sear's studio and have that photo put on the card. It's nice not to have to dig through old CDs of photos during the hectic holiday season. Just go to Sears dot com to create your own personalized Christmas gift card.

iTunes - You may not be able to add fancy backgrounds or do a whole lot of customization to the iTunes gift card but you can at least choose from one of ten backgrounds and add your own personal message. The fact that it is an iTunes gift card will most likely outweigh the fact that it isn't a 100% customizable.

While purchasing holiday gift cards on the internet is simple there is an even easier way. There are websites that allow you to use their site to purchase and personalize gift cards from major retailers.

Whether you buy personalized Christmas gift cards from the retailer's websites or through a third party website just know that gift cards don't have to be so impersonal anymore. Merry Christmas.