For as long as I can remember, my Grammy and my mom have been buying Christmas presents months in advance. I never fully understood why until I entered college. Yes, I know it's not for another two whole months, but trust me it is better to start buying them and preparing now than to wait until the last few weeks before to shop. If you wait too long, you're just going to find out the stores don't have what you want to buy or they are sold out or something happens and you can't afford it. So here are a few reasons why you should definitely start buying those presents now if you celebrate Christmas.

1. You can break the presents into different pay cycles.

If you start buying the presents now, you can break them into different pay periods. So if you have ten people to buy for, you can buy one or two presents each every two weeks or whenever you can afford to. Instead of going out and spending a lot of money to buy them all at once, you can save money by buying them at different periods of time.

2. You won't stress about what to buy.

You have more time to figure out what to buy someone when you buy them ahead of time than you would if you spent December trying to buy them. So instead of stressing about what you're going to buy someone two weeks or even a few days before Christmas, you have that problem solved.

3. You can relax more and enjoy the moments.

You don't have to waste precious time asking what someone wants or looking through stores to find the perfect present. You can just enjoy the moments you have with the ones you care about. And instead of running out to stores, you can relax at home more often.

So even though it's only the middle of October, go out and start buying those Christmas presents. It'll be worth it when it comes time.