Thought I would participate..
I'm in denmark, and I ordered my 27" iMac on January 2. in the danish online Apple Store. It was paid for immediately with CC. It is still in the Processing Items phase. I hope it will change soon, but I do expect it will be a few weeks..
Looking forward to hear when yours get shipped. As I ordered mine on January 3. Also from the Danish Apple Store. On the processing page mine still says "Ships January"