Thomas' Christmas Party

Thomas' Christmas Party is the first season finale. 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.

Officially introduced

 * Mrs. Kyndley

Starring

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

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Thomas, Terence and the Snow is used.

Goofs

 * 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.
 * The platform Sir Topham Hatt stands on is made out of Legos.
 * The lights seem very big compared to the engines.
 * 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 US restored version shown on PBS Kids Sprout, 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 closeup.