Christmas had arrived and the engines were feeling the brunt of the workload. The quarries and mines had been closed, but not the other industries with trying to sell their products to people wanting to get gives for loved ones before Christmas day arrived. Edward's branch line was at its usual.

The China Clay pits had closed for the month and products from the ships only arrived to replace the ships who would come for the China clay. Needless to say, Donald and Douglas weren't needed on the line and BoCo would occasionally leave to help the mainline. This left Edward and Jinty (when he wasn't needed as a banker) to run the line together.

Both engines enjoyed, with Jinty taking push-pull trains, whilst Edward would take the goods. One evening, Jinty arrived back at the sheds quite puzzled.

"Hullo," called Edward cheerfully, "what's up with you?"

"There's something strange happening in the orchard," said Jinty, "they were collecting snow and making snowmen, but out of all of them, their was this one snowman who looked very... unsnowy."

"Unsnowy?" chortled Edward, "what do you mean by that?"

"It looked like an enflatable snowman," Jinty explained, "I don't like it."

"It isn't causing much harm," said Edward, "I'm sure it's just for fun! For the festival in two days time."

Jinty huffed and went crossly to sleep, Edward just chuckled.

The next morning, Edward woke to find that the wind was now blowing fiercely, bare trees branches were swashing around the place and the air was chillier. "Best take care," advised the driver, "don't want a branch to fall on us!"

Edward hummed in agreement, later that day, the blue engine came to a stop at a signal next to the orchard. Trevor the Traction Engine was busy cutting up logs to be used as bonfire for the Vicar's annual Christmas festival, a week before Christmas day.

"Hullo Edward!" he called politely.

"Hullo Trevor," whistled Edward to his friend, he then noticed something big and white near Trevor. "Is that your inflatable snowman then?"

Trevor looked over to see a snowman, being hung on a piece of rope, twice the size of the little traction engine. "Ahhh, yes!" he replied joyfully, "the vicar wanted it so to give more of a festive and more jollier feel to the festival. Looks like something from those cartoons!"

Edward chuckled, then a gush of wind came through, it tugged at the ropes of the snowman, making it jolting back a bit. "Make sure you secure it properly," advised the blue engine, concerned, "who knows what the winds plan today."

"Indeed," said Trevor, "I'll warn the men to keep an eye on it."

The signal then dropped and Edward puffed away, whistling goodbye to his good friend.

He soon arrived at the docks, where Salty and the China clay twins were busily shunting trucks around the area. "Arrrr, morning Eddie!" the dockside diesel called, as he shunted some vans into place, "how's ya trip been?"

"Very well, thank you," Edward replied, "not eventful, but pleasant all the same. Got any trucks for me to take back."

"Got some, but they aren't ready matey," Salty replied, "ya might have to come back later!"

"That's fine," smiled Edward, "if I hurry back, I could take Jinty's passenger service at Wellsworth."

"Best hurry mate then!" Salty said, as Edward quickly moved off to the turntable.

Once Edward had turned, he puffed quickly back to his station -- obliging to the speed limit of course.

Meanwhile, at the orchard, the winds were getting stronger, Trevor was worried, the ropes were beginning to look unstable for the snowman and it was beginning to float up into the air. Trevor then heard Edward's whistle and that's when it happened. The wind gave a mighty force against the snowman, and the pegs broke lose.

Edward was just puffing past, concentrating on getting to Wellsworth on time. He didn't notice the snowman being set free and floating straight towards him. Then, one of the giant hole that were made for the pegs, caught behind Edward's buffer, the snowman than started to follow Edward, unbeknownst to either he and his crew. Men waved, Trevor blew his whistle, but the blue engine didn't stop. He kept going, with the inflatable snowman tailing behind.

Unfortunately, Edward and even his crew didn't notice the snowman until passing a group of children pointing and waving at them. "Goodness! Gracious!" cried the driver, stumbling a bit as he saw the snowman.

"Is everything alright back back there?" Edward called.

"Well..." said the fireman, "we do seem to have some admirers, but this one admirers you most!" He then explained to Edward about the snowman, the blue engine was surprised.

"Should we stop?" he asked, "it could be dangerous!"

"The station isn't too far now," replied the driver, "we should be safe if we take precaution."

Jinty the Shunting Engine, was resting at the station, heating the coaches up for his passenger, when he saw the moving snowman come into the distance. "What the--" he exclaimed, but stop and then laughed as Edward came to view, tugging the inflatable snowman along.

"Well, well, well!" Jinty cried, as Edward came to a careful stop, "never thought something like that would be your passenger! I bet it had a pleasant run?"

"I think it did," Edward replied, "don't know how it got onto me though..."

His driver and fireman checked. "Seemed one of the rope's hole got onto one of your buffers," said the fireman, "probably flew itself over to you once it got lose!"

"The wind was quite strong when we went past the orchard," the driver added, "thank goodness it has quieten down."

So, with quick and precise monument, Edward and Jinty's crew quickly moved the snowman and a few workmen got some pegs to hold it into place. Edward offered to take Jinty's passenger run, which the shunting engine accepted. So quickly, the blue engine turned around, his water gauges were checked, coupled up to the train and headed off back down the branch line.

He managed to have a smooth run and tooted gayly to the workmen at the vicarage orchard and waved and cheered in return. Edward soon returned to the yards properly that evening. He backed up next to Jinty, who's crew had gone home already and waited patiently for his old friend to arrive back safely.

"Had any eventful trips?" the shunting engine teased.

Edward chuckled. "No," he replied, "but I see that the snowman has gone."

"Yes it did," Jinty smiled, "Trevor came in frantically a few minutes after you left to see whether the snowman was safe and was frilled to see it in one piece. He in fact, got inspired by you with how to take it back, the attached the ropes to him and he pulled it along whilst the snowman just bobbed behind him!"

Edward grinned. "Glad to see that it was taken back safely," he said, "but I intend to not have this sort of thing occur on my branch line again!"

Jinty smirked. "And why's that hmmm?"

"Well, if it's all to me," Edward said, "I wouldn't like to have a flatterable snowman, following me whilst staring creepily down at me whilst I do my work for the rest of the day!"