Cleveland takes Junior to a turkey farm to get a Thanksgiving turkey but doesn't realize he's supposed to hug it. Junior then decides the turkey's must be set free.

Meanwhile, Rallo and Donna build a float for Stoolbend's Thanksgiving Day parade, but when it becomes a competition against Ariana, Donna gets serious.

Cleveland discovers that the food served at the local homeless shelter is much better than it is at home, so he pretends to be homeless to benefit from the meals. But when the community catches onto his ill-spirited scheme, they confront him and he must apologize to everyone.

Meanwhile, chauvinistic storeowner Harris Grundle hires Roberta as a Christmas elf but requires all of Santa's female helpers to don sexy costumes. Later, Kendra saves Christmas for the children of Stoolbend.