Christmas shopping??? Already???

It's only September, but my kids have Christmas on the brain. My two boys have informed me that they've already started their Christmas lists. My oldest son, who informs me that his "list is long," has even written his first letter to Santa. He was hunched over his desk last night busily writing. I got a warm fuzzy feeling. I'm not sure why we're so early this year but that's okay. At least we haven't seen Christmas decorations at the stores yet. Or have we?