Christmas' consumerism gets the buzz, but to me Easter is the real thing, celebrating Jesus' dying for our sins and his glorious rebirth. Easter is linked spiritually and on most calendars with Passover. Christ came to Jerusalem where he died and rose again to celebrate the Jewish escape from exile, Passover. This year the Muslim holy month of Ramadan ended shortly before Passover and Easter, recalling Pope John Paul II's teachings on the commonalities of the Abrahamic faiths: For us Christians, Jews are our elder brothers and Muslims are our younger brothers. When Ramadan occurs alongside Passover and Easter, I...