Ah, winter is not depressing for me. For some people the lack of light might have a depressing effect, but luckily I've always been fine with that. And for me, a proper crisp freezing winter is much more enjoyable than a kind of prolonged dark wet autumn we just had. When I was kid, there were autumn rains in September, and in October the weather usually turned into dry and clear, temperatures falling below freezing. But last year it was all damp, cloudy and rainy all the way to end of December. I didn't find that very inspiring =)