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Christmas tradition at The Old Home Place

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Since the 1950s, The Cookin' has been a holiday tradition for the Faulk family. The meat is smoked for 8-10 hours in the pit. - photo by Photos by REBEKAH FAULK LINGENFELSER/special

hams — Since the 1950s, The Cookin' has been a holiday tradition for the Faulk family. The meat is smoked for 8-10 hours in the pit. - photo by Photos by REBEKAH FAULK LINGENFELSER/special

At the end of a long dirt driveway lined by 29-year-old pine trees in Middle Georgia sits The Old Home Place, where my family has celebrated “The Cookin’” each Christmas for more than 30 years.

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