The Perfect Gift

"It's a bit dark and gloomy around here. Isn't it Reg?" "Not really, Percy. It's no different from usual." "Exactly! And this is a special time of year, when the rest of the island does look different from usual. All twinkly, and lovely, and magical."

- Percy and Reg

The Perfect Gift is the twentieth (fourteenth in Australia) episode of the eighteenth season.

Plot
The whole island is celebrating Christmas and there are decorations everywhere. But it does not look very festive at the scrap yard. Percy starts to worry that Reg is missing out and he tries to find something to give Reg to cheer him up. But Reg only seems happy about scrap. Percy discovers that Reg is celebrating Christmas in his own way and has been making decorations from the scrap‏.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Reg
 * The Teacher
 * The Bird Watcher
 * Two Schoolgirls
 * Sir Topham Hatt (does not speak)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Emily (cameo)
 * One of Dowager Hatt's Friends (cameo)
 * The Blond-haired Boy (cameo)
 * The Ginger-haired Boy (cameo)
 * The Welsh Bird Watcher (cameo)
 * The Grumpy Passenger (cameo)
 * The Lady with the Big Hat (cameo)
 * The Postman (cameo)
 * The Great Railway Show Judge (cameo)
 * The Knapford Stationmaster (cameo)
 * The Wellsworth Stationmaster (cameo)

Some children and passengers also speak. The children are voiced by Teresa Gallagher while some of the passengers are voiced by Keith Wickham and Gallagher.

Locations

 * Town Square
 * Knapford
 * Crocks Scrap Yard
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Wellsworth

Trivia

 * This is the last episode produced by Robert Anderson, and the first produced by Brian Lynch.
 * In Australia, this episode was first available to view on the ABC iView online service on December 21st before its television broadcast.
 * The traditional song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is heard instrumentally three times throughout the episode.
 * Going by production order, this is the fourteenth episode of the eighteenth season.

Goofs

 * The flatbed in front of Percy at the scrapyard seems to appear out of nowhere.

Merchandise

 * Take-n-Play
 * Magazine Stories - Percy's Perfect Gift

UK

 * The Christmas Engines

DVD Boxsets

 * Festive Favourites

AUS

 * The Christmas Engines

US

 * The Christmas Engines
 * Season 18 (Digital Download)

Thailand

 * Last Train for Christmas

China

 * Marion and the Pipe