Just received my first Christmas Card of 2009, is this a record?

It’s 72 days until Christmas and I’ve just received my first Christmas card.  I guess that with the prospect of a postal strike people will be posting early but I can’t recall ever receiving a Christmas card in October before.  So my question for today is, have you received a Christmas card yet or have you sent them yet?  If you have sent them why are you sending them this early in the year?