In Matthew's Christmas story of the Magi travelling the road to Bethlehem the wisdom of the world comes and meets Jesus. As a result of this meeting the wise ones of the world return to their home country by another way. On the road to Easter all of us have a Palm Sunday - the day we get married, or have a birthday or receive a degree or are honoured. Even the one we love deeply and most intimately seems a total stranger to us.
Death comes about a little harder when brought about by friends.
Then, of course, we have the central day of mystery - Easter Sunday. In resurrection is the fullness of dying. Christianity does not teach firstly that there's a life after death. Don't worry about that. So many of us are trying to get first class tickets into an afterlife, business seats on the flight to the hereafter.