My absolute favorite family cooking tradition is gathering at my mother's house the day before Thanksgiving with my brothers & sisters, and more recently my niece and nephew, to tear up the bread for the stuffing. We may be coming right from work, and some of us may only be able to stay for 1/2 an hour or so, but with my mom determined to do all the cooking for the meal every year, our job as the "kids" hasn't changed. She usually does 2 birds, each over 20 pounds, so that's alot of bread to tear up for stuffing!