The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I really don't want to jinx the early spring-like weather we're having across the country, but based on the fact the next week and a half here in central Ohio is supposed to be in the 50s and 60s, I'd like to believe that spring is here and the groundhog was wrong yet again. As a child, I didn't really think a great deal about holiday traditions. However, the older I get, while I love spending time with family, friends, and loved ones over the major holidays, the more I think about some of these traditions, the more I have to roll my eyes, and mumble to myself, "Wow, we've really celebrated that for all these years?" On Christmas, we celebrate Jesus' birthday by placing a bunch of wrapped gifts under a tree and exchanging them while listening to music about a big jolly old man named Santa Claus and his reindeer, even though Jesus wasn't actually born on December 25th. On Easter, we celebrate Jesus' supposed rise from the dead by filling bas...