by Robin Scholz
Ryan St. John of Champaign, a sales supervisor at the Best Buy store on North Prospect in Champaign, displays one of the store's gift cards.
CHAMPAIGN – The space under the Christmas tree may look a little bare this year.
Not because people will be buying fewer presents, but more people are expected to give gift cards in lieu of items like toaster ovens or tool boxes.
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