| For other uses, see Thomas' Christmas Party (disambiguation). |
Thomas' Christmas Wonderland, lengthened to Thomas' Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures, is a US and Canadian VHS/DVD release featuring two first series episodes, one second series episode, one third series episode and one fourth series episode narrated by George Carlin and one fifth series episode narrated by Alec Baldwin, followed by a song. It was released on VHS by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2000 and on DVD with a bonus sampler CD in 2002.
It was released on DVD in Latin America in 2008 under the title Thomas' Christmas Party (Spanish: La Fiesta de Navidad de Thomas) with episodes narrated by Diego Brizzi. It was also released on DVD in Brazil in 2009 under the title Christmas in the Wonderful Land of Thomas (Portuguese: O Natal na maravilhosa terra de Thomas) with episodes narrated by Tatá Guarnieri and Dário de Castro. The Latin American and Brazilian DVD releases do not feature any songs.
Description
PEEP! PEEP! ALL ABOARD!!! Thomas and his friends would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. In this special collection of both new stories and seasonal favorites, you'll experience first hand the joy and magic the holiday series brings to the Island of Sodor. In the all-new story "Snow," join in on the fun as Rusty tells the story of when Skarloey was up to his funnel in snow. Cheer on Thomas, Harold, Percy and Terence as they shovel out stranded villagers just in time for Christmas, and help the engines find Thomas just in the nick of time for the big Yuletide celebration. Happy Holidays!!!
Episodes
- Snow
- Thomas' Christmas Party
- Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
- Terence the Tractor
- Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure
- Special Funnel*
*Followed by a song on VHS
Song
- The Snow Song (Separate from main feature on DVD, not included on Latin American or Brazilian DVDs)
Bonus Features
- Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree read-along
- Connect-the-Dots game
- Character Gallery (Christmas Edition)
- Web Fun
Trivia
- The filedates of the DVD show that it was finished on August 7, 2002.
- In some advertisements, the video is called A Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures.
- This marks a few things:
- The first US release to feature more than one narrator.
- The last US VHS released with a blue cassette.
- The final US VHS release to be individually issued by The Britt Allcroft Company. The company changed to its official name, Gullane Entertainment, earlier in the month of its release. The original name logo would still continue to be used as a copyright ident on both print and the opening to releases in spite of this.
- The last release to feature Peter Sam's nameboard, excluding Ultimate Christmas.
- The only mainstream Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD release of Thomas & Friends that was not re-released by Lionsgate.
- This DVD was the first to feature the shed style main menu.
- The back cover refers to Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure by its UK title.
- While other stories on this release had uppercase letters in the titles as per tradition like previous releases, Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure is the only story in the whole release to have a title that is not all uppercase letters.
- Canadian copies of the VHS do not feature the Anchor Bay logo but simply start off with the Britt Allcroft logo.
- Some copies of the DVD came with a bonus CD sampler of Thomas' Songs & Roundhouse Rhythms. It featured the following songs:
- Other copies of the DVD included a CD sampler of Thomas' Train Yard Tracks with different material. It featured the following songs:
- There are no known copies of the US/Canadian DVD release without a CD sampler. This is likely because, in October 2003, Anchor Bay Entertainment released Thomas' Snowy Surprise and Other Adventures and choose at that time to discontinue further production of this release.
- The opening theme tune is heard in the nameboard sequence after Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree on this release, not on Ultimate Christmas.
Goofs
- Alec Baldwin is not credited on the back cover despite only narrating Snow.
- The back cover of the VHS states there are two new stories, but Snow was the only new episode. This is likely because Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure was released under its UK title, Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure, on the back cover of this release. This happened on the next VHS release, Thomas' Trackside Tunes and Other Thomas Adventures, in which Trucks was released under its UK title and was marketed as a new episode.
- The description says that Thomas, Percy and Terence shoveled out villagers just in time for Christmas but the holiday being celebrated was Thanksgiving and not Christmas.
- On the front cover, Thomas' eyes are slightly wonky.
- On the DVD booklet, Fun and Games Station is mistaken as Fun and Games Shed.
