Thomas' Christmas Party

"Thomas and Toby are all friends, and now, Percy, you are my friend too!"

- Mrs. Kyndley

Thomas' Christmas Party is the twenty-sixth episode of the first season. In the US, this episode first aired on Shining Time Station's 1990 Christmas special "'Tis a Gift".

Plot
It's Christmas time and Thomas wants to throw Mrs. Kyndley a party to thank her for saving him from a landslide the year before. The Fat Controller agrees with him, but first Thomas, Toby and Terence have to rescue her from her snowed-in house. Thomas and Toby arrive home to find the sheds in darkness, but then a switch is thrown and the sheds are covered in lights.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Mrs. Kyndley
 * Terence (does not speak)
 * Bertie (cameo)
 * Henrietta (cameo)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Mrs. Kyndley's Cottage
 * The Viaduct (deleted scene)
 * Knapford (deleted scene)

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the story of the same name, released alongside the series in 1984. It also features a flashback from the story Mrs Kyndley's Christmas from The Railway Series book, Toby the Tram Engine.
 * Stock footage from Thomas' Train and Thomas, Terence and the Snow is used.
 * The platform Sir Topham Hatt stands on is made out of LEGOs.
 * The Christmas lights are real Christmas tree lights.
 * The end credits are red in the original version.
 * The German title of this episode is "The Christmas Party".

Goofs

 * Clarabel is facing the wrong way in the opening shot.
 * When the workmen fit Thomas' snowplough, blu-tak is on one of the men's legs.
 * Throughout the episode, Toby keeps losing his brakevan.
 * When the engines whistle, only Thomas, Edward, and Henry's whistles can be heard.
 * At the Christmas party, Henry is in his old shape.
 * When George Carlin provides the narration, Ringo Starr can be heard in the background when the engines sing at the end.
 * In the PBS Kids Sprout version, around the time the engines save Mrs. Kyndley and the time Thomas gets back to the sheds, the narration is dramatically out of sync.
 * Gordon's tender is missing in a close-up.
 * The Christmas tree at Tidmouth is far too tall compared to the engine shed.
 * In a deleted scene, Thomas' eyes are wonky.