We don't want to consecrate it, because then we wouldn't be able to eat it.

We remember the leaving of Egypt and tell the story.

We make the bracha of Adama, we dip it in Charoset, and everyone must eat at least a k'zayit while leaning.

If you forget to lean for cups #1, #3, and #4, you don't have to lean again. You only make up the second cup if you forget to lean.

When we say Shema, we only remember it, but on Pesach, we have to tell the story and experience the things they were back then

We take a K'zayit of Karpas and dip it in a bitter substance, we make an Adama, and we don't make any Bracha Achrona.

You only re-lean for cups #1 and #2

Telling the story of leaving Egypt and reliving it gives us a desire to praise H'.

It causes children to ask questions, because they never have vegetables before the meal.

Our ancestors were idol worshippers. Before Avraham, everyone was worshipping idols.

We don't have a korban anymore, or a korban Pesach

We should tell our children that when we dip before the meal to increase our appetite we are behaving in a way of freedom.

אורח החיים, יורה דעה, חושן משפט, טובן העזר

On other nights we have roasted and cooked meat, but on this night we only have roasted

The Karpas resembles the Ketonet Hapasim that Ya'akov made for Yosef, and how the brothers dipped it in blood when they tried to fake Yosef's death.