Product Details

• Actors: Michael Angelis, Michael Brandon, Alec Baldwin, Ringo Starr, George Carlin
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: September 26, 2000
• Run Time: 67 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630597246X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,990 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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 season 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas At The Island of Sodor, November 30, 2004

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Janet Boyer "Author, Blogger, Radio Host" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - Thomas' Christmas Wonderland (With Bonus CD Sampler) (DVD)

I bought this DVD 2 years ago, and my son really enjoys it. We didn't have any holiday episodes on his other videos, so this was all new to him.

The storyteller is George Carlin and features these stories:

*Snow
*Thomas' Christmas Party
*Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
*Terence the Tractor
*Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure
*Special Funnel

The bonus features are:

*Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree Read Along Story (I often put this on repeat since the story is so short. My son really enjoys it.)
*Connect-the-dots Christmas gaem
*Bios of the characters
*The Snow Song sing-along
*Links to a website
*Bonus CD sampler (very short)

The run-time is about 42 minutes for everything.

My son doesn't play the games, but he enjoys the read-along-story and episodes.

This is a good holiday DVD for fans of Thomas and friends, in my opinion, but if you own the other holiday stories (except for "Snow"), you may not find much new in this DVD.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Little engines covered with snow in a winter wonderland, December 9, 2000

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This review is from: Thomas & Friends - Christmas Wonderland [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is another great children's film in the Thomas series. The title is a little misleading because the stories don't have a lot to do with Christmas, although there are allusions to the holidays throughout. It has more to do with winter, and more specifically snow.

The little engines have to deal with snowdrifts and avalanches, and in typical fashion, they are frequently buried by snow and crash into it with frowns and rolling eyes. The sets are beautifully decorated for winter and the snow looks very realistic. The narration by Alec Baldwin and George Carlin (now that's an interesting pair) is first rate.

This is a wonderful addition to your child's Thomas collection. If he/she doesn't have a Thomas collection, it is a good place to start.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ease into the Thomas Series with this video, January 26, 2001

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J. Katz (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas & Friends - Christmas Wonderland [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you have a child who is easily frightened by anything even remotely scary, this a good choice. The video is composed of about 5-6 short stories, none of which rises to the level of scary (which is not the case with many of the other Thomas videos).

The theme here is snow, snow, snow. There are brief allusions to Christmas, but probably don't total more than 2 minutes of the 34 minutes of running time.

For my kids, this is the most popular Thomas video. I can't begin to estimate how many times they have watched it. They particularly like singing to the "music video" that concludes the tape.

We have five Thomas videos, this is by far my 3 and 4 year-olds' favorite.