Ngo-1863, uMongameli uLincoln wenza i-Thanksgiving ibe iholide elisemthethweni. Ngo-1941, iCongress of the United States yayisiphasise umthetho obeka i-Thanksgiving njengoLwesine wesine ngoNovemba. Njalo ngoSuku Lokubonga e-United States, izwe lonke limatasatasa, abantu ngokwesiko lokuya esontweni (esontweni) bayobonga, idolobha nedolobhana yonke indawo kunezingubo, imidlalo noma imidlalo yezemidlalo. Amalungu omndeni ahlukene unyaka wonke nawo azobuya evela emhlabeni wonke ukuze ahlangane ndawonye futhi ajabulele i-Thanksgiving Turkey emnandi.
Ukudla kokubonga kugcwele izici zendabuko. Izitsha ezikhangayo kakhulu yi-turkey eyosiwe kanye nophaya wethanga. I-Roast Turkey iyinkambo evamile ye-Thanksgiving. Ivamise ukugcwaliswa ngezinongo ezinhlobonhlobo nokudla okuxutshwe, bese yosiwe iphelele, bese isikwe umninikhaya ngommese. I-Turkey ibhakwa ngokugxusha isinkwa ukuze imunce amajusi amnandi aphuma kuyo, kodwa izindlela zokupheka zivame ukuhluka kusuka ekhaya kuya ekhaya nasezifundeni, futhi kunzima ukuvumelana ngokuthi yikuphi ukugxusha okumele kusetshenziswe. I-apula, iwolintshi, i-chestnut, i-walnut namagilebhisi nayo inikezwa etafuleni, kanye nophaya we-mince, isoso ye-cranberry nokunye. Ngemuva kwesidlo sakusihlwa se-Thanksgiving, abantu ngezinye izikhathi badlala imidlalo yendabuko. Isibonelo, umjaho wamathanga umjaho lapho ithanga liphushwa ngesipuni. Umthetho awuthinti ithanga ngezandla zakho. Uma isipuni sincane, umdlalo uba mnandi kakhulu.
Phakathi neminyaka edlule, i-Thanksgiving ibigujwa cishe ngendlela efanayo ogwini oluseNtshonalanga olunamadwala njengoba kunjalo ezindaweni ezinhle zaseHawaii. I-Thanksgiving iholidi lendabuko eligujwa abantu baseMelika bazo zonke izinkolo nezinhlanga.

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