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It’s late September, which means it’s time to talk about Christmas gifts.

Wait, come back! OK, we admit it, you’re right: Christmas is literally three months away. And it’s downright ridiculous that Christmas Creep has gotten so, well, creepy that a full quarter of the year is now given over to the holiday shopping season.

But don’t blame us. Blame the retailers, whose never-ending arms race has pushed the start of the season earlier and earlier every year. Case in point: Over the last couple of weeks, Walmart (WMT), Toys R Us and Kmart (SHLD) have all released their lists of what they predict will be the most popular toys this winter. This despite the fact that — and we really can’t emphasize this enough — Christmas morning is three months away. They don’t even have the excuse of an early Hanukkah this year.

Still, if you’ve got kids, you might as well know in advance which toys they’ll be begging for. So we’ve pored through the retailers’ lists, checked them twice, and picked out the seven toys that everyone agrees will be popular this year.

Now, it’s up to you whether you want to until December to buy them, or get it over with now and avoid a “Jingle All the Way”-style debacle on Christmas Eve.

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