"Sounds pretty big to me." Even if they was cousins and nephews and all that. If they all got together all the time, then it was 'big'.

"It was just me and Merle, our daddy, and if we were lucky, Uncle Jess for the holidays." Daryl wasn't about to get into the details of how bad that was sometimes, but general family talk... well, that was kind of the thing that went on at Thanksgiving. It was easier to fall into it with the current surroundings and none of it had to be deep to be good. "Daddy and Uncle Jess had different momma's so we never really kept up with his side of the family after Gran-daddy died, but he liked to come over and spend time with his brother when he could. The cozy sorta gatherings."