Sending out hundreds of Easter cards this year? Attending way too many Easter parties? Doing some last-minute shopping for gifts to place under your Easter tree? Getting tired of all those Easter-themed specials on television? I didn’t think so. How does Easter resist the commercialism that has turned the Christmas season into a consumerist nightmare, and stubbornly maintain its identity as an actual religious holiday? Find out here: “Happy Crossmas!” James Martin, SJ

The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.