Umkhosi wendabuko wasentshonalanga umkhosi owenziwe abantu baseMelika, futhi ungumkhosi wemindeni yaseMelika.Ekuqaleni, uSuku Lokubonga lwalungenalo usuku olunqunyiwe, olwanqunywa okwesikhashana yizifunda zase-United States.Kwaze kwaba ngo-1863 ngemva kokuthola inkululeko ye-United States lapho uMongameli uLincoln ememezela i-Thanksgiving njengeholide lezwe.Ngo-1941, iCongress yaseMelika yaqoka ngokusemthethweni uLwesine lwesine lukaNovemba minyaka yonke njengo“Suku Lokubonga.”Iholidi Lokubonga ngokuvamile liqala ngoLwesine kuya ngeSonto.Ngo-1879, iPhalamende laseCanada lamemezela ukuthi uNovemba 6 kwakuyi-Thanksgiving kanye neholide likazwelonke.Eminyakeni eyalandela, usuku lokubonga lwashintsha izikhathi eziningi, kwaze kwaba ngoJanuwari 31, 1957, iPhalamende laseCanada lamemezela uMsombuluko wesibili ngo-Okthoba njenge-Thanksgiving.

Njalo ngoSuku Lokubonga, yonke imindeni yase-United States idla i-turkey.Ngokuvamile badla izitsha zesintu ezifana nezucchini, u-anyanisi ofakwe ibhotela, amazambane abondiwe, uphaya we-papaya nokunye.Amalungu omndeni azophuthuma ekhaya ngamaholide noma kuphi lapho ekhona.Ngokwamasiko, i-United States neCanada iyafana.Amasiko okudla ahlanganisa: ukudla i-turkey egazingiwe, uphaya wethanga, ujamu we-cranberry moss, ubhatata, ummbila;imisebenzi ihlanganisa: ukudlala umncintiswano we-cranberry, umdlalo wommbila, umjaho wamathanga;Imisebenzi yeqembu efana nama-parade, imidlalo yaseshashalazini noma imiqhudelwano yezemidlalo, futhi kukhona amaholide ahambisanayo wezinsuku ezi-2, abantu abakude bazogoduka bayohlangana nezihlobo zabo.Kukhona futhi imikhuba efana nokukhulula i-turkey nokuthenga ngo-Black Friday.Kukhona ukufana okuningi phakathi kwe-Thanksgiving e-United States naseCanada, njenge-cornucopia ne-pumpkin pie, egcwele izimbali, izithelo nezinhlamvu ezifanekisela ukuchichima.Ukudla etafuleni laseCanada lokubonga i-Thanksgiving ngokuvamile kuyahluka esifundeni nesikhathi.Amanye amanyamazane kanye nezinyoni zasemanzini, amanye amadada asendle namahansi asendle, kodwa okwamanje ama-turkey kanye ne-ham.I-Thanksgiving dinner iyisidlo abantu baseMelika ababaluleke kakhulu kuso unyaka wonke.Lesi sidlo sicebile kakhulu ngokudla, futhi i-turkey ne-ithanga ibalulekile etafuleni.Ukudla kwe-Thanksgiving e-United States kucebile ngezici zendabuko.I-Turkey iyisidlo esivamile se-Thanksgiving.Imvamisa, i-turkey igcwele izinongo ezihlukahlukene nokudla okuxubile, bese yosiwe iphelele.Isikhumba senkukhu sithosiwe sibe nsundu ngokumnyama, futhi umninikhaya usebenzisa ummese ukuze asike sibe izingcezu ezincane.wonke umuntu.Khona-ke wonke umuntu wathela i-marinade yakhe futhi wafafaza ngosawoti.Ukunambitheka kumnandi kakhulu.Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukudla okuvamile kwe-Thanksgiving kufaka phakathi ubhatata, ummbila, uphaya wethanga, ujamu we-cranberry moss, isinkwa esenziwe ekhaya nemifino nezithelo ezihlukahlukene.