This episode of The American Tapestry Project begins a series exploring those things Americans love in common – holidays! How many holidays do Americans celebrate? Where did they originate? In Harvest  Festivals, we begin that exploration by examining Halloween’s roots in  the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, check out one or two Halloween songs and then ask “When was the first Thanksgiving”? What actually happened at Plymouth Plantation in 1622? Who were Sarah Josepha Hale, sometimes called the “Mother of Thanksgiving” and Lydia Maria Child –  two women who helped define how Americans celebrate? And concludes by asking “Why is Thanksgiving in late November?” and listening to a  reading of Child’s “Over the woods to grandfather’s house we go”. “All this and more” on Episode 16 of The American Tapestry Project.