My entire family gets together right after Thanksgiving to have a Tamale Making Party. Everyone gets involved; in-laws, children, friends and whoever wants to join in. The men do the cooking on portable camping stoves and the rest of us do the "spreading" on the husks. We start out with 80 lbs of "masa" and go from there. Being the oldest of 9, we do it in shifts until all the masa is used up. Of course, it's a party with music, potluck, libations, etc. We hold it in the backyard where we can line up 3 or 4 tables. This has been a tradition in my family for at least 70 years. We cook some and take some home for freezing to be cooked on Christmas day. It's a wonderful tradition in our family.