I wanted to share a short radio talk on Litha/Summer Solstice because it's given by my good friend and High Priestess when she lived a couple of miles from me here in the Atlanta area. She's now moved up to Arch High Priestess of The Aquarian Tabernacle Church in Index, Washington. I give you Lady Belladonna Laveau: http://kuow.org/post/pagan-primer-evolution-solstice-celebrations
I'd probably feel the same if I had all the cold weather you have there. Here we love the slide into colder weather. It's so hot and humid here for so long.