Mu 1863, Pulezidenti Lincoln anapanga Thanksgiving kukhala holide yovomerezeka. Pofika mu 1941, Congress of the United States idakhazikitsa lamulo lokhazikitsa Thanksgiving ngati Lachinayi lachinayi mu Novembala. Tsiku lililonse lakuthokoza ku United States, dziko lonseli limakhala lotanganidwa kwambiri, anthu malinga ndi mwambo wopita ku tchalitchi (tchalitchi) kukapereka chiyamiko, m’tauni ndi m’tauni kulikonse kumakhala zovala, masewero kapena masewera. Achibale omwe akhala akusiyana kwa chaka chimodzi adzabwereranso kuchokera ku dziko lonse lapansi kuti adzasonkhane pamodzi ndikusangalala ndi zokoma za Thanksgiving Turkey.
Chakudya cha Thanksgiving chimakhala ndi zinthu zachikhalidwe. Zakudya zopatsa chidwi kwambiri ndi Turkey wowotcha ndi chitumbuwa cha dzungu. Kuwotcha Turkey ndiye mwambo waukulu wa Thanksgiving. Nthawi zambiri amathira zonunkhira zosiyanasiyana ndi zakudya zosakanizika, kenako amawotcha yonse, ndikudula ndi mpeni. Turkey amawotcha ndi mkate stuffing kuti kuyamwa madzi okoma amene amachokera mmenemo, koma njira kuphika nthawi zambiri amasiyana kunyumba ndi nyumba ndi dera, ndipo n'zovuta kuvomereza zimene stuffing ntchito. apulo, lalanje, chestnut, mtedza ndi mphesa zimaperekedwanso patebulo, pamodzi ndi mince pie, cranberry msuzi ndi zina. Pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo cha Thanksgiving, nthawi zina anthu amachita masewera achikhalidwe. Mwachitsanzo, mpikisano wa dzungu ndi mpikisano umene dzungu limakankhidwa ndi supuni. Lamulo silikhudza dzungu ndi manja anu. Supuni yaying'ono, masewerawa amakhala osangalatsa kwambiri.
Kwa zaka zambiri, Thanksgiving yakhala ikukondwerera pafupifupi mofanana pamphepete mwa nyanja ya West Coast monga momwe zilili m'malo okongola a Hawaii. Thanksgiving ndi tchuthi chachikhalidwe chokondweretsedwa ndi anthu aku America azipembedzo ndi mafuko onse.

Anthu amabadwa ndi chinthu chimodzi - ndiko kuyamikira.
Anthu, sangathe kusowa chinthu chimodzi - ndi woyamikira.
Ine, ndine munthu, ndiyenera kuphunzira kukhala woyamikira.
Inu, bola muli munthu, mudzakhala othokoza.
Anthu onse padziko lapansi ayenera kukhala ndi mtima woyamikira.
Tiyeni tikhale anthu oyamikira pamodzi,
Dziko lapansi, lidzakhala lofunda!