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Regardless of who you’re shopping for, gift cards are a quick and easy way to make sure everyone on your list gets a gift. Plus, you can send them directly to the recipient’s email address, so no need to worry about shipping costs and possible delays.

To make it easier to shop, we’ve rounded up more than a dozen digital gift cards that you can buy online and have delivered via email in time for the holidays. And if you’re looking for white elephant present, gift cards are a good way to go.

See below for a roundup of the best gift cards to buy for the holidays, and for additional recommendations, read our list of best stocking stuffers.

There’s nothing better than a concert, except maybe a free concert. You can give the gift of music this holiday season with a gift card via Vivid Seats. Pricing varies from $5 up to $1,000. It’s a great way to cater to the music-lover in your life.

Looking to gift the man in your life, but don’t know where to start? Huckberry makes it easy with thousands of styles, including clothing, footwear and more. The gifting range for gift cards to the retailer spans from $25 to $500, allowing that special someone to achieve the wardrobe of their dreams.

Got an athlete on your gifting list? On Running has a slew of sporty sneakers for everyone from runners, tennis players to basketball fanatics and more. Gifting pricing ranges from $10 up to $400.

Outdoors enthusiasts can get all they need via a gift card from AllTrails. With a gift to the service, you’ll have access to AllTrails’ Annual membership, which is a $2.99 a month plan billed once at $35.99. With your membership, you’ll gain access to downloadable maps that allow users to stay on track, even when they’re offline. You’ll also have access to real-time maps, giving you a look at conditions before heading out on the trails. Users will also have access to a Live Sharing feature that keeps tabs on your location for you and your loved ones to see in case of an emergency.

Speaking of the outdoorsy type, gifting gear is an easy and efficient gift that properly preps your loved ones for adventures to come. You have the option to gift $25 up to $50.

If your loved one is less of the outdoorsy type and more of the low-impact yoga person, Alo Yoga is a superb gift card option to gift clothing that works with the body, rather than against it. The brand features everything from sports bras and shorts, everything a sporty person on your gifting list could need to feel good.

Switching gears from all things sporty, Everlane is your one-stop shop for wardrobe staples. You’ve got cozy essentials, including sweaters and cardigans, along with fancier pieces like silk skirts and dresses. Gifting options go from $25 to $500.

Planning any far-off trips? First things first, you need luggage and Away has got a ton of options. If you’re stumped on what to get the avid traveler, gift cards to the luggage company range from $25 to $1,000, plenty of funds to get the luggage you need to get your loved one’s trip started off right.

So, you’ve got your luggage squared away, but how about a stay at a hotel? Give the gift of comfort wherever your loved one’s travels take them with this card to Marriott. You can customize the amount, packaging and you can even tack on a sweet message.

Smelling good is almost as important as looking good. Boy Smells has scented candles and unique fragrances available for that special someone in your life. Gift card pricing starts at $50 and goes up to $200.

While this isn’t technically a gift card, it’s a great last-minute deal. MasterClass is offering a 50% off holiday deal when you sign up for any of its plan. That means users can get the Premium Plan, which lets six users share a subscription for just $10/month (normally $20/month). If you need a last-minute gift, all gifting subscriptions are also included in the limited time discount. You can also get the standard plan for only $5/month (normally $10/month), which makes this the cheapest MasterClass price online

If your loved one likes a more natural “clean girl” makeup look, Glossier should be their one-stop shop for all things cosmetics and skincare. This $150 gift card to the retailer should be plenty to get your loved one a full face of product or a few skincare items to spruce up their everyday routine.

Looking for athleisure, footwear and athletic accessories? This gift card to Adidas will cover all your bases, from sneakers to running shorts. Pricing for the gift card ranges from $10 to $250, giving you enough to add to your wardrobe.

Got a crafty person in your life? Etsy is the place to be for DIYs and unique gifts. You can snag your loved ones a gift card for $50 so they can get themselves something unique and specific. Etsy has just about everything on their site from knitwear and custom tote bags to crafting kits and gag gifts.

If you don’t know which home goods store to hit up first, this multi-brand gift card should help you decorate the space of your dreams without having to choose where to spend your cash. The card works at a multitude of stores from Marshalls, HomeGoods, TJ Maxx and more.

Getting boring intimates in packs of 12, from socks to undies, can be a bore. Why not gift this Victoria’s Secret gift card so your loved one can pick out the undergarments that they’ll actually want to wear?

Hello Fresh is a meal kit delivery service that makes eating and staying healthy a breeze. You can get a busy loved one this gift card to the service, which will more than cover the cost of a subscription. 

If a loved one is looking to get into their home improvement era, then this Home Depot gift card is a great way to get them on their way to building, planting, painting and crafting like a pro. The lowest amount is $15, while the highest amount you can charge onto the card is $1,000. They also have a custom option to load up a specific amount.

If you want to take up fishing, or you have a loved one who is obsessed with the pastime, then you need to get them this Bass Pro Shop gift card. You can redeem this card in store, over the phone or online for fishing gear, hunting gear, camping gear, boating equipment, apparel and more.

This one’s for your boujee mother or aunt who is particularly picky about their gifts. This Nordstrom gift card is loaded with $100 but can go up to $200 or as low as $25. This is a great gift idea if you’re looking to treat someone in your life to everything from red light masks and apparel to fancy soaps. If you can think it up, Nordstrom is bound to have it.

This Chipotle gift card is for the foodies who want convenience. The card is $50 but can be charged up to $75, covering a bunch of lunches, dinners and even snacks from the Mexican restaurant.

This Apple gift card can be used for Apple Music, iPad, AirPods, MacBook, iCloud storage, apps, games, accessories, movies and more. The gift card is available in prices ranging from $25 to $500.

Shopping for a music lover? Gift them a Spotify gift card to feed their music addiction. With this card from Amazon, you’ll have enough to purchase a 12-month subscription with the streaming service. A plan usually runs a single person $11.99 a month for reference. There’s also a $10 gift card from Walmart that does not apply to Spotify Family or Spotify student plans.

From music concerts to sporting events and theater productions, a gift card from StubHub goes a long way. StubHub gift cards start at $25 and are available at Amazon too — and you can personalize them with photo or special note. You can also find gift cards at Vivid Seats (ranging from $5 to $1,000) and Ticketmaster.

Shopping for movie buffs? This AMC Theaters gift card is perfect for theater-obsessed folks looking to watch the latest and greatest.

Pay someone’s streaming bill for the holidays! This Netflix gift card ranges from $30 and up. Gift cards are also available for Disney+. This is enough to get you started with a Standard subscription with the streaming service with ads, that’s $7.99 a month, or one month of Premium, $24.99 a month.

This Walmart gift card is enough to cover a Walmart+ membership. Walmart+ subscribers get to shop sales early, free delivery, free shipping, free Paramount+ and other great deals. You can also give a regular Walmart gift card along with gift cards for Target and Amazon. If you’re not interested in a membership, this card should be enough to get you hosehold and grocery items with ease.

A gift for Roblox fans! This Roblox Digital Gift Card can be used to buy new items for an avatar and other in-game perks (but not for Roblox Premium purchases). This gift card purchase includes a free item.

Another gift for gamers: PlayStation digital gift cards. They’re priced from $10 and up at Amazon and $25 up to $250 at Walmart. This card will give you access to anything from the PlayStation store including games, add-ons and subscriptions.

For Nintendo fans, this digital gift card allows you to purchase games and more in the Nintendo e-shop. You can purchase gift cards from $35 to $100.

Visa gift cards are great because you can use it anywhere where Visa is accepted. Get the gift card above and have it delivered before Christmas, or click here for a digital Visa gift cards.

Shopping for a beauty lovers? Ulta Beauty has a vast selection of beauty products both online and in stores. This gift card is redeemable at Ulta Beauty stores online and in purchase.

A gift for the sneakerheads in your life. This Nike gift card is available in eight different designs including and it can be emailed within two hours (or sent via regular mail). The gift card can be used at Nike.com, Converse.com and in stores.

Any bookworms on your gift list? Get them a Barnes & Noble gift card! You can put anywhere from $10 to $350 on the card.

Let’s eat. This DoorDash gift card can be used for food deliveries, groceries and other essentials. Click here to shop gift cards from Lyft, Postmates, Grubhub, Instacart and more.

A few nights before Christmas, things were not silent all through the house after all. In the run-up to the holiday, Metallica singer/guitarist James Hetfield gave fans a special bonus under their tree: a recitation of the popular Christmas story “A Visit From St. Nicholas.”

The singer put down the guitar and read from the poem written by literature professor Clement Clarke Moore for his six children that was first published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel newspaper in Troy, N.Y. in 1823 and which has since become a Christmas classic. The story of the holiday is often referred to by the poem’s most famous first line: “‘Twas the night before Christmas.”

Hetfield’s version debuted on Friday (Dec. 19) on the band’s Maximum Metallia SiriusXM channel and then migrated to the band’s Instagram page, where it was accompanied by a cartoon image of a crackling fire. The group members’ stockings were, of course, hung with care, one for drummer Lars Ulrich, another for Hetfield, as well as ones for bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett. While presents and bows surrounded the fire, in a fittingly Metallica touch, the mantle was also hung with an ominous fanged skull.

“Gather ‘Round… It’s Story Time with Papa Het,” read the caption. In a soothing voice miles away from his typical warrior’s howl, Hetfield recited the story with warmth and wonder, though he gave the lines about “the children were nestled all snug in their beds/ While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads,” a slightly ominous tinge.

His voice took on a familiar gravel when he read off the list of Santa’s reindeer, giving a certain menace to the “dash away all!” line, then chuckling along at the sight of St. Nick laughing and shaking “like a bowl full of jelly.” Hetfield delivered the legendary final line, “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!” with such lusty abandon that one commenter said, “if you turn this into a song, that would be epic.”

Listen to James Hetfield read “A Visit From St. Nicholas” below.

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David Guetta brought his Monolith Experience show to the Sunburn Festival 2025 in Mumbai on Saturday night (Dec. 20), and during the fest appearance, the veteran producer brought out Bollywood mainstay and rising global pop star Nora Fatehi. Together, Guetta and Fatehi previewed “Fire,” an upcoming collaboration that will also feature Ciara in its studio version.

On stage in front of thousands of fans, Guetta combined his animated persona and penchant for oversized drops with Fatehi’s beguiling vocals as the two stars stood side by side. “Fire” was tucked in between Guetta’s smashes such as “Titanium” and “Without You” in the festival set, which culminated in fireworks.

“Teasing our new global collab ‘Fire’ exclusively to India at Sunburn with David Guetta was epic!” Fatehi says in a statement to Billboard. “This marks the first time anyone gets to hear our track, and the response has been phenomenal!”

Fatehi adds, “We are so excited to shoot the music video in India in February, and launch the song next year!”

Guetta and Ciara are the latest stars who Fatehi has joined for global singles, after collaborating with Jason Derulo and Shenseea on separate tracks in 2025. Fatehi is one of the flagship artists on 5 Junction Records, a joint venture label under WMG that launched this year as a pipeline for South Asian stars to reach North American audiences.

“Watching Nora, David and Ciara come together on one track is exactly why 5 Junction exists,” says Anjula Acharia, 5 Junction Records founder. “It’s a true collision of cultures and sounds — Middle Eastern vibes, European electronic energy, and American pop and R&B — melding into something that feels global, modern and borderless. 

“This record doesn’t belong to one place or one audience,” Acharia continues of “Fire,” “it belongs to the world.” 

Don’t Be Dumb — of course A$AP Rocky will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live when the show returns for its first episode of 2026 on Jan. 17. NBC’s long-running sketch comedy show made the announcement during the Dec. 20 episode, which Ariana Grande hosted and for which icon Cher served as musical guest.

Rocky’s performance will come one day after his highly anticipated fourth studio album — whose cover art was designed by celebrated director Tim Burton — arrives, so fans can expect the rapper to show off some new music on the episode set to be hosted by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard. The musician has also been showing off his acting chops as of late, most recently starring in Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest alongside Oscar winner Denzel Washington.

This won’t be the Grammy-nominated rapper’s first appearance on SNL. Rocky made his debut during a May 2018 sketch in the episode hosted by Donald Glover. In “Friendos” — based off of the group Migos — Glover portrayed Quavo, while Chris Redd was Offset and Kenan Thompson was Takeoff, with the rap trio at a therapist’s office working out their differences. Rocky’s cameo appearance comes as the three men exit the session, and he greets them in the waiting room.

A day ahead of the final episode of 2025, SNL star Bowen Yang confirmed that he was leaving the comedy show after first joining as a writer in 2018, and eventually being promoted the following year, making him the first Asian American cast member in the show’s history. The Dec. 20 episode was his last one, and it ended with a sketch that doubled as an emotional farewell.

Saturday Night Live returns Jan. 17 at 11:30 p.m. on NBC, and streaming the next day on Peacock.

Bad Bunny‘s eighth and final show of the Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour in Mexico delivered an unexpected and memorable closing on Sunday (Dec. 21): J Balvin appeared as a surprise guest, marking the end of any past differences between the Puerto Rican and Colombian superstars, and resulting in an emotional reunion.

On the main stage, they exchanged apologies and compliments, and performed “La Canción” and other hits together.

“And now, brother, we are two men standing tall, representing Latinos wherever we go, and I wish you the best, may God bless you,” Balvin said to Bunny in front of the 66,000 people who packed the GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City, according to figures from Ocesa.

“Thank you for those words. You know the feeling is mutual, I respect you a lot, I love you a lot, and likewise, if at any point I failed in something, I already apologized a long time ago,” Bad Bunny humbly responded in videos captured by fans. “People don’t know, but we had a conversation several weeks ago, but we were waiting for the perfect moment to share the stage, and I’m glad it happened here in Mexico. Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico!”

After a long, warm hug, Balvin continued his praise for Bunny. “I feel supremely proud of Benito Martínez Ocasio for what he’s doing, for what he represents, because he’s taking Latinos all over the world, because I know he is a healer, a hard worker who we always knew would become one of the biggest stars in music,” added the Colombian singer, who wore a jacket in the colors of the Mexican flag (green, white, and red) with the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe embroidered on the back. “The past is the past, we have matured, both you and I.”

In addition to “La Canción,” the reggaeton super duo performed “Qué Pretendes,” both included in the album Oasis, which Bad Bunny and J Balvin recorded in 2019, followed by their 2017 hit “Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola” and “I Like It,” which they recorded with Cardi B.

This marked the first time these two music titans performed together on stage since a falling out that began in 2022 with a dispute involving Puerto Rican star Residente on social media after Balvin called for a boycott of the Latin Grammys, claiming that reggaeton and other related genres were not being properly recognized by the Latin Recording Academy. The Colombian artist recently spoke about the issue in an interview with Spanish content creator Ibai Llanos.

Oasis debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums and Top Latin Rhythm Albums charts in July 2019, and led both rankings for eight weeks.

The reconciliation was celebrated both inside and outside the Mexican stadium. On social media, users made both artists’ names trend and unleashed a flurry of messages and memes to celebrate the reunion. “What kind of miracle is this! J Balvin and Bad Bunny,” user Jaseri Sánchez wrote on X.

The Medellín-born artist was the second special guest on Benito’s final night in Mexico City. Earlier, the Puerto Rican invited corridos tumbados star Natanael Cano to perform “Soy el Diablo Remix” from the alternate stage known as “La Casita”. During the show, Bad Bunny also slipped again on the roof of “La Casita”, just as he did on the first night (Dec. 10), although the incident was minor, and the audience kept singing for him.

With special guests such as Feid, Grupo Frontera, Julieta Venegas and the aforementioned Natanael Cano, Bad Bunny brought together just more than 520,000 people in total during the eight sold-out shows at the GNP Seguros Stadium on Dec. 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20 and 21, according to Ocesa, reaffirming his place as a global star.

Bad Bunny ranks as the third artist with the most concerts held in the legendary capital stadium, formerly known as Foro Sol, behind Colombian superstar Shakira, who holds the record with 12 dates, and Mexican Grupo Firme with nine concerts.

The Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour began on Nov. 21 in the Dominican Republic and also made a stop in Costa Rica. In 2026, it will continue in Chile, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil before moving on to Asia and Europe.