Holiday shopping at the mall is it crowded already?

Holiday shopping at the mall is it crowded already? I've been meaning to get some holiday shopping done, and as usual, I've been putting it off. I hate crowds, and some things I prefer to shop for in the store instead of online. So on your last trip to the mall for some x-mass shopping, were there a lot of people or was it fairly empty?

I wouldn't know--I get almost all my christmas shopping done starting January 1st and finishing up by August--good luck