At the end of a long dirt driveway lined by 26-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. Since the mid-1950s, the Faulks have gathered in Twiggs County during Christmas week to eat, drink and be merry - and to slow roast hog meat in an outdoor, handmade fire pit. "The Cookin'" began as a prerequisite to Christmas Day, when the pork would be the main event at the Faulk family Christmas party.