The Special Christmas Tree

The Special Christmas Tree is a magazine story.

Plot
It is nearly Christmas and Thomas is taking fir trees from a nursery to be sold as Christmas trees in Elsbridge. Thomas cannot wait to see them decorated. To his surprise, the main station already has a well decorated tree on the platform. The Fat Controller states that every station on the railway is to have a Christmas tree and Thomas soon sets off delivering more trees across his branch line.

Along the way, Thomas passes Mrs. Kyndley's cottage where the old woman is cutting holly. Unfortunately, she cannot afford a Christmas tree this year and a fir tree growing near the cottage is too tall to fit inside.

As Thomas watches stations across the railway receive decorations, Duck states there are still some spare lights left behind and this gives Thomas and The Fat Controller an idea. Engineers are brought to Mrs. Kyndley's cottage and the fir tree outside is decorated with the spare lights. Mrs. Kyndley is delighted and thanks everyone.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Duck
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Mrs. Kyndley
 * Annie