Frank Potter cannot afford to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving. He conceives the idea of pawning his dress suit, and at the same time his wife decides to pawn her ring, both keeping silent as to their plans. Each returns home with a turkey. Frank, feeling selfish with two turkeys, secretly gives one to charity. His wife, feeling likewise, gives one to their poverty-stricken neighbors. Upon discovering they have given away both of the fowls, they start to quarrel. While in the midst of their argument, the expressman arrives with a turkey from Frank's mother-in-law.