ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna komohana he ʻahaʻaina i hana ʻia e ka poʻe ʻAmelika, a he ʻahaʻaina hoʻi ia no nā ʻohana ʻAmelika.I ka wā mua, ʻaʻohe lā paʻa o ka Lā Hoʻomaikaʻi, i hoʻoholo ʻia no ka manawa pōkole e nā mokuʻāina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.ʻAʻole hiki i ka makahiki 1863 ma hope o ke kūʻokoʻa ʻana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i haʻi aku ai ʻo Pelekikena Lincoln i ka Hoʻomaikaʻi ma ke ʻano he lā hoʻomaha aupuni.I ka makahiki 1941, ua koho ka US Congress i ka Poaha ʻehā o Nowemapa i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ke ʻano he "lā hoʻomaikaʻi."ʻO ka lā hoʻomaha hoʻomaikaʻi maʻamau mai ka Pōʻalima a i ka Lāpule.I ka makahiki 1879, ua haʻi ka Pāremata ʻo Kanada ʻo ka lā 6 o Nowemapa he lā hoʻomaikaʻi a he lā hoʻomaha aupuni.I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua loli pinepine ka lā o ka Hoʻomaikaʻi, a hiki i ka lā 31 o Ianuali, 1957, ua haʻi aku ka Pāremata ʻo Kanada i ka lua o ka Pōʻakahi ma ʻOkakopa he Thanksgiving.

ʻO kēlā me kēia lā hoʻomaikaʻi, ʻai kēlā me kēia ʻohana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka pipi.ʻAi maʻamau lākou i kekahi mau kīʻaha kuʻuna, e like me ka zucchini, nā ʻaʻaka pata, ka ʻuala mashed, ka pai papaya a pēlā aku.E holo wikiwiki ana nā ʻohana no ka hoʻomaha ma nā wahi a pau.Ma ke ʻano o nā kuʻuna, ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada ke ʻano like.ʻO nā loina meaʻai, ʻo ia ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻuala ʻuala, ka pai ʻukena, ka moss jam, ka ʻuala, ke kulina;ʻO nā hana he: pāʻani hoʻokūkū cranberry, pāʻani kulina, heihei paukena;ʻO nā hana pūʻulu e like me nā parade, nā hana keaka a i ʻole nā ​​hoʻokūkū haʻuki, a aia nā hoʻomaha kūpono no nā lā 2, e hoʻi ka poʻe mamao e hui hou me ko lākou ʻohana.Aia kekahi mau maʻamau e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka turkey a me ke kūʻai ʻana ma ka Pōʻalima ʻeleʻele.Nui nā mea like ma waena o ka Thanksgiving ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada, e like me ka cornucopia a me ka paukena pie, i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā pua, nā huaʻai a me nā kīʻaha e hōʻailona ai i ka nui.ʻOkoʻa ka meaʻai ma ka papa ʻaina hoʻomaikaʻi Kanada mai ka ʻāina a me ka manawa.He ʻiʻo ʻiʻo a me ka moa wai kekahi, he ʻiole hihiu a me nā geese ʻāhiu kekahi, akā i kēia manawa he pipi a me ka ham ka nui.ʻO ka pāʻina hoʻomaikaʻi kahi meaʻai e hoʻokau nui ʻia e ka poʻe ʻAmelika i loko o ka makahiki.He waiwai nui kēia ʻai i ka meaʻai, a he mea nui ka pipi a me ka ʻukena ma ka papaʻaina.ʻO ka meaʻai no ka Thanksgiving ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā hiʻohiʻona kuʻuna.ʻO Turkey ka meaʻai nui o ka Thanksgiving.ʻO ka mea maʻamau, hoʻopiha ʻia ka pipi me nā mea ʻala like ʻole a me nā meaʻai hui ʻia, a laila kālua ʻia.Hoʻomoʻa ʻia ka ʻili moa i ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, a hoʻohana ka mea hoʻokipa i ka pahi e ʻoki i nā ʻāpana lahilahi.nā mea a pau.A laila ninini kēlā me kēia kanaka i kā lākou marinade ponoʻī a kāpīpī i ka paʻakai.ʻOno loa ka ʻono.Eia kekahi, ʻo nā meaʻai maʻamau o ka Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana, ʻo ia ka ʻuala, ke kulina, ka paukena pai, ka cranberry moss jam, ka berena i hana ʻia i ka home a me nā mea kanu like ʻole a me nā huaʻai.