Thanksgiving At Whitney Manor

Thanksgiving At Whitney Manor is the eleventh episode of the first season of At Home With Karen.

Summary
Karen and the gang go over to Whitney Manor to celebrate Thanksgiving with them.

Story
It was the day before Thanksgiving Starlet City. At the Jones/Burns/Blake residence, Daphne was hard at work in the kitchen making a pumpkin pie. Aviva had left to spend it with her parents and had taken Marshall with her, and Melody had gone as well. Fred, Steve, and Joe were out shopping, so currently, it was just Daphne, Karen, and Zuma at the house. While Daphne was making the pie, Karen and Zuma were playing Connect Four.

"Man, I sure love Thanksgiving." said Karen. "Apart from my birthday and Christmas, it's one of my favorite days of the whole year."

"I wike Thanksgiving, too." said Zuma. "There's awways wots and wots of good food to eat."

Karen giggled.

"What?" asked Zuma.

"You just love to eat, don't you?" Karen asked.

Zuma nodded. Just then, Fred, Steve, and Joe entered the house.

"We're home!" Joe announced.

"Great timing, you three." said Daphne as she came into the room from the kitchen. "I just took the pie out. Did you get the stuff on the list?"

"Yup." said Fred. "We got the turkey, the stuffing, the cranberry sauce, the sparkling grape juice, both the red and the white, and the eggnog."

"And we also picked up some of those sandwich cookies that look like maple leaves." said Steve.

"Yup, and some whipped cream to go with the pie." said Joe. "And two bags of Kings Hawaiian sweet rolls."

"Great." said Daphne.

"Oh, and we also got some snacks for when we watch the game." said Fred.

"Good call." said Daphne.

Just then, the telephone rang.

"I'll get it." said Fred.

Fred went over to the phone and answered.

"Hello, Jones/Burns/Blake residence." he said.

The caller turned out to be Steve and Joe's younger sister, Holly.

"Hi, Fred!" said Holly. "Can I speak to Steve and Joe, please?"

"Sure you can." said Fred.

Fred then put Holly on hold.

"Steve, Joe, it's for you." he said. "It's your sister."

"Oh, cool." said Steve.

"Hey, why don't you put her on speaker?" Joe asked. "That way, we can all say hi to her."

"Good call, bro." said Steve.

"Alright." said Fred.

Fred then activated the "Speaker Phone" feature.

"Hello?" Holly asked. "I'm still here."

"You're on speaker, sis." said Joe.

"Hey, Holly!" said Steve, Fred, Daphne, Karen, and Zuma.

"Oh, hi, guys!" said Holly. "I've got great news to share!"

"What is it?" asked Fred.

"Me, Mom, Dad, Blue, and Cousin Josh just got invited to Whitney Manor for Thanksgiving!" said Holly.

"Wow, that's great." said Steve.

"Yeah, and Mom thought that maybe you guys would like to come if you want." said Holly.

"Hmm...tell Mom we'll get back to her on that." said Steve.

"Okay." said Holly. "Well, I need to go brush my teeth, anyway."

"Alright." said Steve.

Holly then hung up, and the friends all discussed Holly's proposal.

"Should we go?" Steve asked.

"I guess it would be rude not to accept the invite." said Fred. "I mean, those Whitneys are nice people."

"I agree." said Joe. "Plus, since Holly, Mom, Dad, Blue, and Josh are gonna be there, it'll only make sense for us to be there with them."

"Well played." said Steve. "So, is that a yes?"

Everyone agreed.

"Alright, it's settled then." said Steve.

Steve then called his and Joe's mother, Olivia, who answered the minute she heard the phone ringing.

"Hello?" she asked as she picked up the handset.

"Hi, Mom, it's me." said Steve. "I'm calling to let you know that we'll be accepting your offer of coming with you, Dad, Holly, Blue, and Josh to the Whitneys' for Thanksgiving."

"Oh, that's wonderful!" said Olivia. "Holly'll be so pleased to see you!"

"And we'll be so please to see her." said Steve. "We'll see you there, Mom."

"You too." said Olivia.

Mother and son hung up, and while Daphne wrapped her pie up in tin foil, since it had completely cooled by then, Karen and Joe both went upstairs. Joe soon came back down, both having changed their outfits. Joe was wearing a rugby-style variant of his orange shirt.

"Nice shirt, Joe." said Daphne.

"Thanks." said Joe.

"Where's Karen?" Fred asked.

"Right here." said a voice.

It was Karen, wearing a totally different outfit. Instead of her usual pink t-shirt, jean shorts, and brown hiking sandals, she was now wearing a red dress with a white collar and cuffs, a yellow flower-shaped pin, white socks, and red Mary Jane shoes. She then noticed that Fred was looking at her funny.

"What?" Karen asked. "I just thought this dress would be good for the occasion."

"Yes, I know, but you really didn't have to get all dressed up like that." said Fred. "Usually when Rosalina invites people like us to Whitney Manor, it's a casual occasion."

"Then how come Joe changed his shirt?" asked Karen.

"She does have a point there, Fred." said Joe.

"Oh, okay." said Fred. "If you want to wear that dress, go ahead. It's not in my power to dictate what you wear."

"Thanks." said Karen.

Once that was sorted out, and after grabbing the turkey and everything else, everyone went out to Steve and Joe's 1974 Volkswagen Thing, but then they noticed something.

"Wait a minute." said Steve. "How are we all gonna fit in the Thing?"

"Yeah, there's six of us, and five's the seating capacity." said Joe.

"Don't worry, I made a call." said Daphne.

Just then, a black 2013 Mercedes Sprinter Limo Coach pulled up, and the driver, a young brown-haired man of twenty-eight wearing a yellow shirt, a brown vest with many pockets, blue jeans, a brown belt, and brown shoes, jumped out of the cab. The man's name was Woody Hanks, who just so happened to be the Whitney family butler and chauffeur.

"Hey, it's Woody!" said Steve.

"Hi, all." said Woody. "Need a lift?"

"Like you can't believe." said Steve.

Soon, everyone was boarded on the van and they drove off.

"I'm so excited!" Karen said. "My first visit to Whitney Manor!"

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