All Holiday gatherings in our Family took place at my "Mama's" house. She was the matriarch of our family and everyone was sure to be there, even when we kids grew up and had families of our own. We would also have extended family and friends who would want to be at our dinner. We could have as many as 30 people at Mama's for Thanksgiving dinner, all spread out through out the house in Satalite tables that needed to be set up for lack of room at the head table!

Mama was extremely...