I thought the point of having a pre-order was to avoid delays during the holiday...
Personally, I'm ever more confused by the fact people who ordered off retailers got it before people who ordered directly from SquareEnix.

Didn't want to include the seller I bought it from because I suspected there must've been some rule against solicitation when posting on these forums, but since somebody else mentioned Play-Asia, I ordered my copy from YesAsia.