Tempers flare when Marie accuses Debra of not returning a borrowed canister that holds sentimental value, while Debra insists that she has already returned it. Debra is then horrified to discover that she does still have the canister in her possession, and with Ray and Robert's reluctant assistance, she concocts an elaborate scheme to get rid of the evidence, rather than admit to Marie that she was right all along.

Robert has decided to teach traffic school for the NYPD for a little extra money. But when he gets his first evaluations, the feedback is not pleasant. So he decides to practice on his family. During the practice session, Ray, Debra, Frank, and even Marie all make jokes and laugh at Robert. After being told to loosen up, Robert comes back to the practice session with a ventriloquist dummy named "Traffic Cop Timmy". Hoping it'll liven up the session, it only makes things worse.

The "Everyone Loves Raymond" stuffing/turkey storyline centers around Season 3, Episode 10, "No Fat," where Marie tries to cook a healthy, cholesterol-free Thanksgiving with a tofu turkey, which horrifies Ray and the family, leading to hilarious chaos as they crave real turkey and stuffing, making it a classic moment of family food conflict

Ray lies to Debra about getting her a great Christmas present. He goes to Amy and Robert for help and Robert suggests the book "To Kill a Mockingbird". But when Ray gets all the credit, Robert snaps.

It's Christmas time, and Ray has the idea of giving engraved toasters to everyone. Being the pessimist he is, Ray is worried that everyone will think it's a dumb idea. But when Debra's parents, Warren and Lois, loved the gift, Ray began to feel better about himself. Later, Ray finds out that Frank and Marie exchanged their toaster for a coffeemaker without even opening it.

Debra complains about how Ray dresses for the PTA meetings and Ray makes up a lie that the other women at the PTA say Debra dresses "trampy". Hurt by this, Debra decides to have revenge on the PTA.