This is what I went through at TSC. Hope it helps. I worried a lot before I received the card. It took two-three weeks longer this year than the past.
Received date: 11/3/06
Card production ordered: 12/4/06
EAD Card received: 12/9/06
Received date: 11/3/06
Card production ordered: 12/4/06
EAD Card received: 12/9/06