Are you a Christian, by chance?  Do you believe that Jesus is actually the Son of God?  
I am not a 'Christian' except in the sense I have been raised in the Judeo Christian traditions
Yeah, I was also raised that way. Christianity, after all, has played a huge role in how Western civilization was shaped.  The Romans were Christianized, and then inevitably, the rest of the West.
Yes, Christianity also made some inroads in the East, but not nearly to the extent in Western areas
This is true.  In fact, Christianity is so engrained in our culture, that not only have festivals like Christmas and Easter been earmarked as public holidays, but our sense of time itself -- our calendar -- is measured from the date of the Jesus' birth.
It's true!  The Jewish holidays though are based on their old calendar.
Gregorian calendar.
The present Hebrew calendar is the product of evolution, including a Babylonian influence. Until the Tannaitic period (approximately 10–220 CE), the calendar employed a new crescent moon, with an additional month normally added every two or three years to correct for the difference between twelve lunar months and the solar year. The year in which it was added was based on observation of natural agriculture-related events in ancient Israel. Through the Amoraic period (200–500 CE) and into the Geonic period, this system was
Pilate. According to his followers, three days later, "God raised him from the dead". Forty days after his resurrection (Ascension), the Christian Gospels narrate that Jesus instructed His disciples thus: "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with