[.ca] Thomas The Tank Engine

From Amazon.com:
Thomas and his train-yard pals wouldn't pout if Christmases on the Island of Sodor were a little less white. In each of the six story stops that make up Thomas' Christmas Wonderland, snow stalls or otherwise threatens to sabotage the perky cargo pullers' holiday plans. Everybody's stuck in Snow, a new story narrated by Alec Baldwin, so Rusty lifts his fellow locomotives' spirits by relating the tale of the year Skarloey was sidelined by an avalanche. In "Thomas & the Missing Christmas Tree," Thomas is enlisted to pick up the village tree when severe snowdrifts leave him stranded on a remote stretch of track. The title character in the "Terence the Tractor" segment teaches a teary-eyed Thomas a thing or two about how his "ugly" Caterpillar wheels come in handy when the uncharacteristically arrogant engine sets off without his snowplow. And in "Special Funnel," Peter Sam is relieved of the other engines' constant ribbing when he's rewarded with a deluxe-model funnel after a monster icicle snaps his formerly wobbly one off. Rounding out this festive feature is "The Snow Song," a musical chug through decked-out village station stops that celebrates the title character's pluck: the little blue train finds his way "Whistle blowing / Yes, it's snowing." Fans of the series ought to waste no time climbing aboard, and newcomers will be relieved to discover a well-rounded introduction to a range of train-yard friends. Ages 3 to 6. --Tammy La Gorce

my son would give this 5 stars, but i give it 4.:
i give this video 4 stars only because of alec baldwin's vocalizations for james (i wrote about this in my thomas the tank engine "make someone happy" review)--it is distracting in this video, versus inappropriate in the other. the snow song is wonderful; really this is a delightful christmas or holiday time video. my son absolutely loves it.

One new episode doesn't quailfy for a new tape:
Snow is the only new episode one this video. It talked about a time where Skarloey got stuck in a snowstorm. The other two Christmas episodes are good but they sre on Thomas's Christmas Party. Also one of the episodes is really Thomas and Percy's Mountain Aventure not Christmas adventure considering it's about Thankgiving. Special Funnel is only on this one because there's snow on the ground in it. Terence the Tractor was in the first tape and it also was on just because snow was on the ground in it. I was very disappointed with this tape and if I were you I would just buy Thomas's Snowy Suprise.

I LOVE this video:
I think that this video has become one of my favorites. I like the characters in it, like Sir Handel (the Special Funnel story) and Terrence (in Terrence the Tractor). All these stories have to do with snow or Christmas. You'll love it too!

Ease into the Thomas Series with this video:
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.

Best Christmas Present Ever:
Thomas & his friends Have loads of adventures. Now, their favourite Christmas advenures Have been put on 1 tape! The stories include Snow, Terence The Tractor, Special funnel, Thomas & Percy's Christmas adventure, Thomas & The missing Christmas Tree & Thomas' Christmas party. There are also some really exciting special features Like The "Connect the dots" game.