That's nothing - I've got tulip bulbs sprouting in Michigan! I went to Florida at Christmas and was surprised how brown the grass was throughout most of the south. I think it's mostly Bermuda grass that turns brown as soon as it gets cold. Up here in Michigan its been so warm (except for the weeks before Christmas)our grass is much greener. The weeping willow trees are all turning yellow from early buds.
Global warming? Bring it on!
"I think it's mostly Bermuda grass that turns brown as soon as it gets cold."
Fescue doesn't do well with the hot summer sun, so it's a choice between brown grass in the winter with bermuda, or brown grass in summer with fescue. Or, you can be a real lawn freak and overseed with fescue to conceal the brown bermuda grass during the winter, lol.