Jack, Pesach is a time for teshuva ma’ahavah. RH and Yom Kippur are times for Teshuva Mi’yirah. as you mentioned, the themes of the selichos, tefilos, are trepidation and awe of Din.
The kotzker rebbe used to say that yiras Hashem without ahava is missing in shlaimus, wholeness, but ahavah without yirah is nothing.
Just hippie santa claus god worship.