Country ham is baked whole, usually with a glaze, sometimes studded with cloves, and served as the centerpiece of Christmas and Easter feasts.

Ham is undoubtedly one of the most universally beloved of meats, at least in those parts of the world where it's not prohibited.

Anything my sister cooked was good. On Christmas morning, she always served ham and fried apples, with the most delicious seasoning.

My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes.

There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.

Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.