Your glove caught fire because you put it in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes, when leather will readily burn at 210 degrees. I don't know how other people are pulling it off, as googling around pulls up the same instructions you apparently followed.
I never believed them, because I feared it would catch fire.
Seems like you knew better, which must make this more frustrating. Nothing stings quite like a self-inflicted wound.
As for the Easter stuff, that's really all about your personal situation and your belief system.