Henry's Magic Box

"Henry, you are an old and kind engine - but you worry too much!"

- Sir Topham Hatt

Henry's Magic Box is the thirteenth episode of the fourteenth season.

Plot
It is Christmas time on Sodor and Henry is alone in the sheds. He is not happy; he wants to be busy like all of the other engines. Soon, the Fat Controller arrives and gives Henry a special special. Henry has to take a special box from the docks to Farmer McColl's field and then tell the other engines to go to the field at teatime. The Fat Controller also tells Henry to take special care of the box. Henry soon collects the box and takes it to Farmer McColl's field. When the box is unloaded, Henry is worried about leaving the box all on its own in the field, but he knows he must tell the other engines to go to the field. So he chuffs off instead.

He first meets Gordon at a junction, but is too worried about the box to tell Gordon to go to the field. Instead, he hurries back to the field to check on his box only to find that it is gone. In its place are five Christmas trees. Henry worries that the Fat Controller will be displeased, so goes to find the missing box. While looking for the box, he meets Toby and James at a junction, but he is so distracted about his box, he does not tell them to go to the field at teatime. When Henry arrives back at the field, he sees even more Christmas trees - but no box. At a junction, Henry meets up with Thomas and Percy, but he does not tell them to go to the field at teatime because he is still too distracted by the missing box.

Henry continues looking for his box at the Fenland Track, Maithwaite, and sidings, but he cannot see his box anywhere. Henry sadly steams back to the field, where he sees an entire field of Christmas trees. The Fat Controller is there and explains that the trees were inside the box. Henry feels silly and knows that he must tell the engines to go to the field at once. He soon tells all the engines and, later that night, they all gather at Farmer McColl's field. However, the Fat Controller is absent. Suddenly, the Christmas trees are lit up by colourful festive lights and out from the forest comes the Fat Controller, dressed as Father Christmas.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Cranky
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward (does not speak)
 * Gordon (does not speak)
 * Emily (does not speak)
 * The Knapford stationmaster (does not speak)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * The Maithwaite stationmaster (cameo)
 * The Ginger-haired Boy (cameo)
 * Farmer McColl (mentioned)
 * Father Christmas (mentioned)

Locations

 * McColl Farm
 * Brendam Docks
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Knapford
 * Maithwaite
 * The Fenland Track
 * Kirk Ronan Junction
 * Town Square

UK

 * Ben Small as Thomas and Toby
 * Keith Wickham as Henry, James, Percy and the Fat Controller
 * Matt Wilkinson as Cranky

US

 * Martin Sherman as Thomas and Percy
 * William Hope as Toby
 * Kerry Shale as Henry, James and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Glenn Wrage as Cranky

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the second episode of the season, but was supposedly held back to air during the Christmas season.
 * The episode was re-narrated for UK DVDs to replace the "Winter Holidays" lines with "Christmas Holidays" in 2011 due to Hilary Fortnam's negative complaint to HiT Entertainment over the episodes from the UK DVD, Little Engines, Big Days Out saying "Winter Holidays" instead of "Christmas."
 * In the UK version, the narrator says "Father Christmas," and in the US version, the narrator says "Santa Claus" when the Fat Controller steps out dressed as Santa Claus.

Goofs

 * Toby is at Farmer McColl's field before Henry, despite the fact that Henry left before Toby and Toby needed to take on water.
 * In the end, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, and Emily should have had head lamps.

Merchandise

 * Books - Henry's Magic Box (China only)

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Merry Winter Wish (DVD)
 * The Complete Series 14

DVD Boxsets

 * 10 DVD Boxset (2015)
 * Ultimate Christmas Gift Set
 * Festive Favourites

US

 * Merry Winter Wish (Direct-to-Home Video)

DVD Boxsets

 * Holiday Favorites

AUS/CHN/FIN/DK/NOR/SWE/ITA

 * Merry Winter Wish

BRA

 * Holiday Express

THA

 * Thomas' Tall Friend (Thai DVD)
 * Merry Winter Wish

JPN

 * Thomas and Scruff (Japanese DVD)

GER
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 * Thomas and His Snowman-Party