I don't mind the weather in November; I've got very used to cycling with a full set of waterproofs on in recent weeks! It's the darkness early in the afternoon that many of us find depressing.
I often wonder whether this is why there are so many "events" crammed together at this time of year. Within three weeks we have, in quick succession: Halloween, Guy Fawkes night, my stepmother's birthday, Remembrance Sunday, Loughborough Fair, and Children in Need - oh, and Diwali should be somewhere in there.