TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JORDANE BERTRAND
A producer from the Perigord region checks her ripe strawberries, due to the unusual warm temperatures, on December 29, 2015 in Cendrieux, southwestern France. 
Strawberries from the Perigord and aspargus from Alsace harvested for Christmas, Mimosa flowers of the French Riviera blooming for New Year's Eve: the exceptionally mild temperatures of the year-end disoriented nature. / AFP / NICOLAS TUCAT        (Photo credit should read NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)