This story is a sequel to Thomas and Friends: Return to Sodor
It is Christmas 2023, and Sunny and her friends are keen to celebrate. The only problem is they are all required to be in different bits of Britain at different times, which makes planning difficult. What initially seems like a simple solution- travelling between places to experience different traditions- soon turns into a chaotic transport matter as a bad winter rears its ugly head... again.
Loosely based on the Winter Wishday special.
Chapters (7)
Christmas Misty, it's Christmas.
Sure is odd though.
She was still singing it the way it should be.
Damn!
My only question so far in this story is who's Steven? Is it a town or someone who'll appear in the story?
Feeks weird at the same time too as that's the name of my main character in book I'm writing. 
great chapter mate keep it up can't wait for the next chapter
awesome start mate keep it up
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Glad you like it.
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1. Who is Christmas Misty?
2. Yup.
3. I am alluding to the fact that in the opening of the Winter Wishday special Sunny is slightly out of tune when singing the carol medley (it was almost certainly an intentional directing decision given Jenna Warren is a trained singer).
4. Indeed.
The Feast of Steven is an archaic name for the Christmas season. St. Stephen's Day is marked in Western Christianity on the 26th December, or Boxing Day to use the secular name.
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1. I was just saying that Misty said Merry but not Merry Christmas.
3. I see
And thx for the Steven explanation.
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1. I was making a grammar joke referencing how British and American writers use commas differently.
3. Indeed.
No problem. Hard to believe it's only 21 days away at time of writing.
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oh...
And yes, 21 days left til Christmas. And while I'd normally be excited, this year for Christmas is gonna be a nightmare for what my family has planned.
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That doesn't sound too good. I presume it involves lots of travelling.
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That and rushing home.
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Not really. My grandma lives 2 hours away from where I live. But traffic there and back is obviously not gonna be pretty.
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I know the feeling.
So far, this is grand so far. And I honestly can't blame Pipp for singing those songs. I can't help but do it myself all the time. I even got a new Christmas CD to listen to this year.
And I see Charles has his own "(insert type engines) don't shunt" philosophy. I guess many engines will have their own thing on that. I mean Farnsworth from The Little Engine that Could believes switching engines are not real engines.
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Given we only have about a month every year to listen to them, it's an entirely understandable reaction to have.
Charles' mindset is a combination of that and Jeremy Clarkson's insistence that officers do not work in many episodes of Top Gear. Whilst the sentiment of not shunting is understandable for an engine like Gordon owing to his long wheelbase, it's absurd in the case of Charles as Class 33s have short wheelbases.
aweome chapter mate keep it up cant wait for the next chapter
Wait, they still have steam heated equipment!!! I thought just about passenger cars that had that were a thing of the past or had the new modifications to use electricity!?!
ETH?
https://m.Can't argue there.
Sure are.
Huh. I actually didn't know that.
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Thanks for reading.
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1. MK1 coach sets in railtour service are often equipped with steam heating, as MK1 coaches are exempt from ETH requirements.
2. Electric Train Heating. It functions very similarly to HEP.
3. Glad to educate.
4. It beats having to yell down the train.
5. Yup.
6. What makes this even more interesting is that an early fantheory speculated Opaline was from the same part of the world as Mistmane owing to the curved horn. Mistmane was, of course, voiced by Hennessey!
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True.
A good point. And there are plenty of tender engines that do switching jobs.
That’s a reference to Top Gear’s episode with the caravan train, isn’t it?
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Tank engines, for instance, were very rare in the US, as tender locos with short wheelbases were preferred.
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Yes. Yes it is. Though Richard, hilariously, is wrong in his assertion the steward does the announcements; the individuals on a UK passenger service who are permitted to address the passengers over the PA system are the driver and the guard. Stewards were responsible for managing the catering staff on long distance passenger trains, and as such lacked any authority to give instructions to passengers beyond a polite request to let them through.
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That's right. I even have a few OCs that are tender engine switchers.
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Well, the Guard is in charge of the train, so it makes sense why he would be in charge of announcements. Moreover, the driver has to make sure the train is a comfortable ride. Both are in charge of the train.
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interesting and thx.
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Np.
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1. Indeed.
2. Both are, after all, in charge of safety.
It's points like this that make wonder who carries more random gear on themselves, Izzy or Pipp?
And I honestly had no idea with the fact with how cold weather is near the sea, moreover, this is the first I heard of "Frosty Shivers".
And I caught the tiny bit at the end.
great chapter mate keep it up cant wait for the next chapter
right dog's leg?
Interesting.
Like that's gonna happen again at a time like now.
Huh?
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Why wouldn't they?
It's a fascinating meteorological phenomenon, no?
Dramatic irony 101.
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Cheers.
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1. To describe a route as a 'dog's leg' denotes a difficult journey.
2. Indeed.
3. Always be prepared. Just not scared.
4. The intented implication is that he recognises the ornament as Misty's handiwork.
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Thx and got it.
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Each girl has their own reason for it.
Izzy - for any opportunity to use her craftsmanship to good use or unicycling.
Pipp - To keep herself prettied up for her live streams or just to look fabulous.
Yes. A very good one at that.
To a full extend.
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Np.
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In the latter case very important given her habit of starting impromptu streams in all sorts of strange places.
You are driving a spamcan. They're cabs have poor visibility.
You're so gonna regret it later Hitch.
Another electric train roared*
Ok?
Nope!
You can say that again.
Indeed.
cool chapter mate keep it up cant wait for the next chapter my godsister and I love to drink swiss miss hot chocolate after a hard week at school to boast our morale
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Quite right.
What an amazing chapter!
But, I have to ask, didn't Rebecca have any sand available?
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1. That they do.
2. Indeed.
3. That would have been quite shocking.
4. It's a play on the expression 'babysitter'.
5. Not at all.
6. That was quite the tongue twister.
7. You can most certainly observe that.
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Or getting covered in mud. Bridlewood really hates for some reason.
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The Light Pacifics do have sanding gear, but it's of minimal use against black ice.
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Glad you enjoyed.
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Oh...
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thx
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All the more reason proper de-icing units are needed on the rails.
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Np.
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True that.
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Indeed. Glad to hlp.