Father Christmas (T&F)

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Father Christmas
Background Information
First Appearance	Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (1986)
Last Appearance	Last Train for Christmas (2014) Nia's Bright Idea (played by Sir Topham Hatt; 2020)
Voice Actors
UK/US Voice Actor	Keith Wickham
Character Overview
Name	Father Christmas Santa Claus
Gender	Male

Father Christmas (also known as Santa Claus) is a traditional figure associated with Christmas who is said to bring presents on the night of Christmas Eve, usually on a sleigh with his reindeer.

Sir Topham Hatt has been known to dress up as Father Christmas during Christmas time.

Appearances

• Television Series
• Other Media

Thomas & Friends Series 2 - Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (does not speak) Series 3 - Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure (mentioned in the UK, German, Japanese and Finnish narrations) Series 14 - Henry's Magic Box (mentioned) Series 15 - Percy the Snowman (mentioned) Series 16 - Salty's Surprise (mentioned) Series 17 - Santa's Little Engine (mentioned) Series 18 - Long Lost Friend (mentioned) and Last Train for Christmas Series 20 - Letters to Santa (mentioned) Series 22 - Kangaroo Christmas (mentioned) Series 24 - Nia's Bright Idea (mentioned) Music Videos Series 4 - Thomas' Christmas Song Series 6 - Winter Wonderland Series 18 - It's Christmas Time

Books 1993 - Learn with Thomas 1999 - Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree 2009 - Thomas and the Christmas Tree 2013 - Thomas' Night Before Christmas 2014 - Santa's Little Engine (mentioned) 2018 - Character Encyclopedia (mentioned) Ladybird Books 1987 - Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree Engine Adventures 2016 - The Last Train for Christmas Magazine Stories 1988 - The Missing Christmas Tree (mentioned) 2010 - Saving Santa! 2011 - Reindeer Rescue

Voice Actors

• Keith Wickham (UK/US; Last Train for Christmas)
• Kiyonobu Suzuki (Japan; Last Train for Christmas)
• Stan Limburg (The Netherlands; Last Train for Christmas)

Trivia

• Both of Father Christmas' models from the second series are reused from Sir Topham Hatt:
  • His close-up scale model is a heavily modified version of Sir Topham Hatt, with the addition of the current Father Christmas' clothes and beard.
  • His small scale figure is a repaint of Sir Topham Hatt's overalls figure previously used in the first series episode Coal, with an added hat and paper beard.
• It is unknown if the Father Christmas that came to Tidmouth is the actual Father Christmas, as it could be someone playing the role of him.

Merchandise

• Ertl Company (discontinued)
• Wooden Railway (discontinued)
• Take-n-Play (discontinued)
• TrackMaster (discontinued)
• Bachmann