Thanks for that. I don't know why they are so secretive about the launch date. I have contacted an SA about pre-order a while ago but she hasn't gotten back to me so I am assuming it's not possible. Anyway I will be waking up fresh and early on 1st November! This will be my first limited edition purchase so hope it will be a success lol!
Preorder is not available for this year Christmas edition globally. I'm in Australia. I've reconfirmed with my CA this week whilst I was in the area.She showed me her email for upcoming releases from HQ with SKU numbers. On that attachment, they've highlighted Christmas edition "Available 1/11. No preorders allowed for anyone all networks" in big capitalised bold font

My CA said "told you so not that I didn't want to help you"

So, the best way to get it, is to leave it to trusted CA to hold the item and contact back once it's available.