Actually, I could have written the same headline for two weeks ago, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. Our Cityshop (highly expensive expat grocery store where you can buy Cheerios and the like) has been carrying Christmas cookies, Advent calendars and the rest of the trimming since before Thanksgiving. But the big decorations are now moved out and the never-ending Christmas carol loop is playing in every department store.
Xintiandi is a fun place to bring kids to marvel at the big decorations in Shanghai. Many hotel lobbies too have large decorations, Santa houses selling treats and the like.
I was in Hong Kong last week and was surprised how they do it up - I witnessed a Frank Sinatra look-alike singing White Christmas in front of an enormous Christmas choo-choo train in the Landmark Building. It was quite a spectacle.
If you're in China, and you're in the Christmas spirit, you've got lots of company.
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Photo: a giant nutcracker stands guard in Shanghai's Xintiandi. © 2011 Sara Naumann, licensed to About.com.