Moral: there is more to Christmas than just a commercial value/there can be a good side in everyone
Short Synopsis: Based on the Dr. Suess story How The Grinch Stole Christmas, it is Christmas Eve on Sodor but Diesel 10 is the only engine who doesn't feel the holiday spirit whatsoever, so he devises a nasty scheme to stop Christmas from coming, but learns an important lesson about the holiday season and has a change of heart in the process. (with an original of mine called You're A Mean One, Diesel 10 featured within the story)
(An instrumental rendition of Welcome Christmas from How The Grinch Stole Christmas starts in B major. Scene starts with a Christmas tree at Knapford Station as it zooms out and children laugh and cheer around it. James pulls out of the station with a passenger train)
It was Christmas Eve on the Island of Sodor. It was around this time when people wanted to get home for their family and friends.
(Emily and Hiro pass each other with coaches and whistle)
The engines worked hard throughout the evening to bring their passengers home and Connor, Caitlan and Hiro even came over from the mainland to bring those who lived on their railway home as well.
(Thomas passes by Connor and Caitlan at Knapford Station and whistles. They whistle back)
All the engines were happy. All…except for one.
(Diesel 10 sulks in a siding nearby Knapford Station)
Diesel 10 was the only engine on Sodor who didn't feel the holiday spirit whatsoever. From a siding, he watched as all the other engines chuffed back and forth through Knapford Junction.
Diesel 10: They're all acting quite merrily, aren't they? They won't be laughing once I find a way to end this holiday season once and for all.
(Scene cuts to Percy pulling into Knapford Station with his mail train)
Percy was delivering the last of the holiday mail. Sir Topham Hatt was waiting for him on the platform.
Percy: (whistling) Good evening, sir.
Topham: Ah, Percy. You're here. Right on time. Splendid. Have you finished your mail run yet?
Percy: Yes, sir. This is my last stop. All I have left to do before going to the sheds is to shunt return these mail wagons to the Shunting Yards.
Topham: Good. And while you do that…(yawns while covering his mouth)…I'd better get home to bed. Have to be up bright and early you know. Tomorrow comes Christmas Day.
Percy: Yes, sir. I'm aware.
Topham: Merry Christmas Eve, Percy. And good night. (walks away)
Percy: (whistling) Merry Christmas Eve, sir. (chuffs out of the station but stops by Diesel 10, whistling and making him jump) Merry Christmas Eve, Diesel 10!
Diesel 10: Bah, humbug! What's there to merry about, Percy?
Percy: (chuckles) Well, tomorrow's Christmas Day of course.
Diesel 10: (sarcastically) Oh, really? I had no idea.
Percy: (chuckling) What, have you forgotten the time or something?
Diesel 10: No, Percy! I was being sarcastic! Can't you see? I know what tomorrow is.
Percy: Then why are you so unhappy, Diesel 10? Christmas is a time of year where you should be happy and be with your friends.
Diesel 10: (sighs and grunts) Out of my way, you silly steamie. It's not my fault that the commercial value is all you engines ever think about at Christmas. (honks and rolls away)
As Diesel 10 left, Percy felt most of the holiday spirit flow out of his funnel.
(Percy whistles and chuffs away with his mail wagons, a saddened expression on his face. Next scene cuts to the Knapford Shunting Yards with Rosie)
Percy brought his mail wagons back to Knapford Shunting Yards where Rosie was busily shunting. Percy was easily cheered up by her bustling nature.
Percy: (whistling as he shunts his wagons into a siding) Good evening, Rosie.
Rosie: (reversing from her trucks to face Percy) Good evening, Percy. Returning the mail wagons, are we?
Percy: Why, yes, I am. I can't wait to get back to Tidmouth Sheds and tell all my friends about my Christmas Eve experiences.
Rosie: That's nice, Percy. You engines must have been very busy with your passenger train and deliveries. All I've done is shunt trucks from yard to yard. It's alright, though. I don't mind that. As long as I'm with my friends on Christmas Eve, it's fine with me as long as everyone is happy.
After hearing what Rosie said, Percy remembered Diesel 10.
Percy: I guess so. Well, nearly everyone. There is one exception you see: Diesel 10…
Rosie: Oh, I'm sorry, Percy. I have no more time to chat right now. The sooner I get this shunting done, the sooner I can go back to the Yards and finish my work there. (whistles before backing up to her trucks) Merry Christmas, Percy!
Percy: (quietly) Merry Christmas, Rosie. (slowly chuffs away)
Percy wished there was something he could do to get Diesel 10 into the holiday spirit.
Percy: (as he chuffs along the line) If only Diesel 10 knew what the true spirit of Christmas really means. After all, no one should be this way at Christmas. It's a time for happiness and being with your friends.
(Scene cuts to the DieselWorks with Diesel 10 chuffing slowly in and grunting. He sees all the diesels laughing and cheering and is annoyed by all their racquet)
Meanwhile, Diesel 10 made his way back to the DieselWorks. He was in a really bad mood and the sight of the noisy diesels didn't cheer him up one bit.
Diesel 10: Attention, diesels! (all the diesels stop to look at him) I thought I asked you diesels to keep this DieselWorks tidy and now look at the place!
Norman: What's the matter, Diesel 10? I m-m-mean, boss?
Diesel 10 sneered.
Diesel 10: I didn't expect there to be all these decorations around the DieselWorks. After all, that's why we handed them all to those silly steamies, remember?
Sidney: But Diesel 10, we gave those decorations to the steamies because I thought I'd give Percy my gratitude for helping me get my new wheels.
Paxton: A new shipment for Christmas decorations comes every year. Where's your festive spirit, Diesel 10?
Diesel 10: (grunting) Just get this DieselWorks tidied up and clear of all this rubbish! NOW!
So all the diesels started to work on tidying up. Diesel 10 lurked slowly onto the turntable and waited until it was turned around before the platform went up and moved slowly into his shed.
Diesel: (lurking up beside the turntable and looking up at Diesel 10) Are you alright, Diesel 10?
Diesel 10: Oh, you just had to ask? What does it look like?! All these diesels and those silly steamies ever think about at Christmas is all the festivities! It's revolting!
Diesel: You know, Diesel 10. I felt the same way you did last year. But Thomas and his friends taught me some sense and showed me what Christmas is really all about and now I don't find it so bad after all.
Diesel 10: (grunting) Just give me some rest, will you?! Two more days and my waiting for the end of all this holiday trifle will finally pay off!
Diesel: But…but…
Diesel 10: (boomingly) GO!
(Startled, Diesel lurks slowly away, honking. Next scene cuts to Percy chuffing into his berth at Tidmouth Sheds with all the engines talking while the snow falls)
When Percy returned to Tidmouth Sheds, all the other engines shared their Christmas Eve experiences as the snow began to fall.
James: I think I took more passengers home than any other engine.
Gordon: I think I took the most important passengers home. Maybe even a few VIPs.
Edward: Oh, really? Was Father Christmas on board the train too? (chuckle)
(All the engines chuckle after Edward)
Percy: Delivering the holiday mail was a fun job for me. There is just one problem though.
Emily: What's that, Percy?
Percy: I know one engine who doesn't like the Christmas holiday season at all.
Thomas: Who, Percy?
Percy: Diesel 10.
All: (gasping) Diesel 10?
Percy: Tonight, I had just delivered the last of the holiday mail and as I returned to the yard, well, I wished him a merry Christmas and he just told me how much he hated the holiday season. I felt all the festive spirit fly out of me. But now that I'm back here, I guess I've found it once again.
Thomas: Don't worry, Percy. If Diesel 10 doesn't enjoy Christmas, then who cares? He doesn't have much a heart to him anyway.
Edward: Eh, Thomas. But inside every engine can be a heart of gold.
Henry: Even Diesel 10?
Edward: Yes, Henry. Even Diesel 10.
Thomas: I bet he's in the DieselWorks right now, trying to get all the festive visions out of his head.
Percy: Maybe even having a hard time with it too.
(All the engines laugh as the scene zooms out and the snow continues to fall. Next scene cuts back to the DieselWorks with all the diesels lined up in their sheds. Diesel 10 slowly opens the door his shed on the upper part of the building)
All the steam engines on Sodor liked Christmas a lot. But Diesel 10, who lived at the DieselWorks in Vicarstown, did not.
(Diesel 10 chuffs slowly onto the turntable, which takes him down to the bottom floor)
Diesel 10 hated Christmas; the whole Christmas season. Now it's not stated why; no engine quite knows the reason.
(The turntable stops on the bottom floor and Diesel 10 pauses for a moment)
Perhaps he thought that his wheels felt tight; or maybe he thought that his claw wasn't screwed on just right; but the most likely solution all could be that his heart was two sizes too small.
(Diesel 10 moves slowly off the turntable and races out of the DieselWorks, through the scrapyard to the entrance and beyond towards the Search And Rescue Center. He arrives there soon after)
Whatever the reason, his heart, his claw or his wheels, he roamed around every Christmas Eve, hating Christmas and it's commercial appeal.
(Diesel 10 stops on the track by the tide and looks out to sea at the Sodor towns)
He stared across from the Rescue Center with a sour, cringing frown at all the warm lighted windows from all the Sodor towns. For he knew that everyone down on Sodor were happy now that they were home, decorating their houses with lights and mistletoe.
Diesel 10: (tightening his claw before continuosuly opening and closing it) Tomorrow is Christmas! It's practically here!
Then he growled, with his steel claw nervously drumming…
Diesel 10: Pinchy! We MUST find a way to stop this Christmas from coming! Tomorrow for sure, all the girls and boys will wake up bright and early. They'll rush for their toys! And then, oh, the cringe-worthy thought of it, the noise! The noise! The noise, noise, NOISE! The one thing that I hate the most on Christmas! Then tomorrow night, the whole of Sodor would gather in the village square and right above the mistletoe wreath…oh, they'd feast! And they'd feast! And they'd FEAST, FEAST, FEAST! (drumming his claw) And then they'd do something that I can't stand and can't stand above all. They'd all gather in the town hall with engines big and small. Then standing close together with the Christmas bells ringing, oh, they'd stay side-by-side and oh, they'd start singing!
And the more Diesel 10 thought of it, the more he hated it.
Diesel 10: Pinchy! We must stop this whole thing! But how?
(Captain honks at Diesel 10)
Captain: You alright there, Diesel 10? This is a bit of an odd time to watch over the sea, don't you think?
Diesel 10: I just thought I needed a break from all this festive spirit.
Captain: (chuckling) Well, it's no good for that if you're looking at all those lovely decorations on the Sodor homes, is it, Diesel 10?
Diesel 10: (grunts after a short pause) On you go, Captain. Don't you have rescuing to do?
Captain was speechless. He motored slowly away as Diesel 10 continued to look out to sea. (a few moments with Diesel 10 thinking hard) Suddenly, he had an idea, a very awful idea.
Diesel 10: (grinning deviously) Hey, Pinchy, I believe I have myself an awful, AWFUL idea! (honking his horn and cackling as he rolls backwards towards Vicarstown)
As Diesel 10 returned to the DieselWorks, he had a scheme in mind.
Diesel 10: I don't need a reindeer. I don't even have to make one. I only need my claw and to shunt a few trucks one-by-one.
And that's exactly what Diesel 10 did. He headed to the scrap yard right away.
(A rendition of my own original You're A Mean One, Diesel 10 plays as Diesel 10 shunts some empty trucks into place)
You're a mean one, Diesel 10
You really are a fright
Oh, your claw is like a razor
And it's simply no delight
Diesel 10
You're a huge, cruel, giant schemer in sight
(Diesel 10 pulls more empty trucks out of a siding)
You're a monster, Diesel 10
Your heart's an empty fire
You go 'round on Christmas season
With no spirit to desire
Diesel 10
You are nothing more than a scheming, deceiving liar
(Diesel 10 shunts his trucks into a long line at the DieselWorks before reversing back into the scrapyard and changing lines)
Oh, the way you think of Christmas makes an engine want to shudder
We know you'll try and take Christmas from town
It's the way you act towards steam engines that gives us all a bother
So please steer clear with your claw until you've settled down
(The chorus written above to the song plays as Diesel 10 chuffs onto the turntable and it turns him around before he chuffs of it, the third verse starting)
You're a foul one, Diesel 10
Your mind is one big mess
You have all the personality
Of an engine who's possessed
Diesel 10
It's your appearance that leaves any engine speechless
(the song is put on hold as Diesel 10 changes lines again and chuffs backwards into the DieselWorks towards his trucks)
Diesel 10: (as he backs up to the trucks) Oh, what a devious scheming plan.
Shunter: (walking up) Good evening, Diesel 10. What are you doing with all these trucks?
Diesel 10: Oh, Sir Topham Hatt just put me on garbage duty for the night that's all.
Shunter: (confused) Garbage duty? But why?
Diesel 10: Oh, you know. So the Island can be nice and tidy for the festivities tomorrow?
Shunter: I believe you, Diesel 10, and that's why I'm going to couple you up. But, if I found out from Sir Topham Hatt that you're lying to me, I can't help you there. It's YOUR responsibility, Diesel 10.
Diesel 10: Thank you, sir.
So the shunter coupled Diesel 10 up to his trucks before heading home. Diesel 10 waited until he left in his car.
Diesel 10: (after the shunter's car drives away) Watch out, Sodor. Diesel 10 is coming to town. (honks and races away, laughing evilly)
By this time on Christmas Eve, all the people and the engines on the Island were fast asleep. Except for one of course.
(Diesel 10 races around Sodor to every house. An short instrumental rendition of You're A Mean One, Diesel 10 plays)
And so Diesel 10 raced around each Sodor home and picked up each and every Christmas item in each and every house. All the windows were dark but easy for Diesel 10 to open with his claw as quietly as he could while snow filled the air.
Diesel 10: (to himself) The stockings from every house are the first ones to go.
(the song continues as Diesel 10 picks up every last decoration from the Sodor houses)
You're a vile one, Diesel 10
You swing 'bout like a saw
You race at tremendous speeds
And you have a scary claw
Diesel 10
All of your intentions are restricted by law
(Diesel 10 picks up every Christmas tree from the Sodor houses as well before racing off to the next house after another)
Oh, the way you think of Christmas makes an engine want to shudder
We know you'll try and take Christmas from town
It's the way you act towards steam engines that gives us all a bother
So please steer clear with your claw until you've settled down
(the song raises up by a half step as Diesel 10 picks up the very last Christmas tree and decorations from the last Sodor house)
You're a mean one, Diesel 10
You have a devious smile
Any engine would shake and shudder
When sensing you from miles
Diesel 10 (Diesel 10)
Diesel 10 (Diesel 10)
Diesel 10 (Diesel 10)
Diesel 10 (Diesel 10)
Diesel 10
(Diesel 10 laughs quietly and races away as the song ends)
Without any notice, all the engines and people were dreaming sweet dreams as Diesel 10 traveled until he reached the other side of Sodor into the Shunting Yards.
(Diesel 10 picks up all the decorations from the Shunting Yards)
And around all the houses with a smile most unpleasant, he picked up every Christmas tree and every last Christmas present.
(Scene keeps shifting as Diesel 10 picks up decorations from different houses)
Then he turned his claw back around and raced towards the tree that stood front and center for all the engines to see.
(A view of the Shunting Yards' large Christmas tree zooms out)
The tree itself was beautiful with lights that twinkled and ornaments that glimmered and a huge gold star shone on the very top. It was all such a marvelous sight to see…except for one of course.
(Diesel 10 chuffs up to the tree and reaches his claw out as a cloud of steam rises up from behind.
As Diesel 10 was about to pick this giant tree, he heard a chuff so teeny that he looked over to his side and there stood Rosie. She was chuffing on her way back to her shed from a late night work shift in the yard and was surprised at what she was seeing.
Rosie: (gasping) Diesel 10?
Diesel 10: Oh, hello, Rosie. (charismatically) Still up late with all these extra cars, eh? There's a good engine.
Rosie: (shocked) Diesel 10, why? Why are you taking out Christmas tree? Why?
Diesel 10 knew he had been caught but he was so smart and so slick that he came up with a lie.
Diesel 10: Oh, Rosie, my dear engine. Sir Topham Hatt has put me on a late night check for decorations that don't work. And there seems to be a light on this tree that just won't light up. So I'm taking it and all these trucks back to the DieselWorks, my dear engine. I'll fix them up there and then I'll bring them back down here again. Do you understand, Rosie?
Rosie: (sighing) I guess so, Diesel 10. I just hope you're telling the truth.
Diesel 10: I am, Rosie. You'd find that we diesels are very good at fixing things that don't work. Off to the sheds you go now. Good night, Rosie.
Rosie: (whistling) Good night, Diesel 10. Merry Christmas.
And Rosie chuffed on her way back her the shed.
Diesel 10: (watching after her, sneering) Merry Christmas indeed. (laughs)
And with that, Diesel 10 sneered slyly away. He was glad that his trick on Rosie worked. And it wasn't long before he cleared Knapford and all the rest of the stations before entering the turntable Tidmouth Sheds and clearing the decorations, even all the diesels' old Christmas decorations. And so that was his last stop before reversing back on the line and by the time he reached the Rescue Center, it was a quarter past dawn.
(The rescue vehicles awake and chuff out of the Rescue Center with Captain chuffing out to sea towards the Sodor towns. The other diesels follow them)
As he hid in a siding and watched his fellow diesels and all the rescue vehicles wake. Then he sat back and watched as the whole of Sodor awoke.
Diesel 10: (chuffing forward towards the tide, looking at the Sodor towns) They're just waking up. I know just what they'll do. Their mouths will hang open for about a minute or maybe two. Then they'll cry, and cry and maybe shed a few tears. (grinning) Now that is one extraordinary noise that I simply MUST hear. Eh, Pinchy?
So he paused and kept his claw quiet until he did hear a sound rising over the snow. It started in low, and then it started to grow.
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
Where are your lovely branches?
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
Where are your lovely branches?
Your star and twinkling lights are all but gone
But still, we can have some Christmas fun
Without you, our dear Christmas tree
Without your lovely branches
This confused Diesel 10 a lot. He didn't expect all of Sodor to be happy. And even every engine, the big and the small were singing with the children. Without no presents at all! It seemed as though Diesel 10 hadn't stopped Christmas from coming after all.
Diesel 10: It came anyway! The whole Christmas day! Somehow or the other, it came just the same!
This puzzled Diesel 10 even more.
Diesel 10: It came without ribbons…(thinking)…and it came without tags! (thinking harder) It came packages OR BOXES OR BAGS! But how?!
Then Diesel 10 thought even harder until he thought of something that he hadn't before.
Diesel 10: Perhaps Christmas doesn't all come from a store. Maybe…Christmas…means a little bit more. (gasping with his eyes wide open)
Then suddenly, like magic, something came to a start. Something inside Diesel 10 that enlarged three sizes his heart.
Diesel 10: I must bring this all back to everyone on Sodor. I now realize what Christmas is: friendship or perhaps a bit more. Come on, Pinchy! Let's bring Christmas back to all our friends! (honks and rolls away)
(Next scene cuts and zooms in to Knapford Yard with all the engines)
Toby: What on earth has happened last night? I mean, Henrietta and I are still merry, but this morning all the decorations on my shed were gone. Also, the people in Arlesdale End were missing their Christmas decorations too.
Henrietta: Indeed. So then Toby and I took them to the town centre where we meet up with people from all over Sodor. Then they all started singing. It was wonderful and we were singing too but…this is all just weird.
James: Someone has taken Christmas from us!
Henry: But who could've done such a thing?
All the engines thought real hard. Then Percy had an idea.
Percy: (gasps) Diesel 10!
Gordon: (groans) Oh, why haven't I never thought of that before? That mean, cruel, heartless Grinch of an engine!
James: He's a monster!
Henry: He took Christmas from all of Sodor!
Rosie: And I thought he told me he was doing a routine check for broken decorations.
Thomas: What, Rosie?
Rosie: That's what he told me.
James: And you believed him?
Rosie: Well, you see, he sounded very convincing about it and…
Gordon: (groans) O the indignity! None of this is entirely your fault, Rosie, but you should know better then believe a diesel. I mean, you trusted him and now look what's happened? Aren't you ashamed?
Emily: Now, now, Gordon. It's no big deal. Rosie's had no experience with diesels before. She had no idea.
Edward: Precisely, Emily. Besides, it doesn't matter how many decorations he took. What matters is that we are all still together. Christmas may seem all about the commercial value to some of you engines, but if you think deeper into what the true meaning of this holiday is, you'd all realize that the best gift we have is each other.
Toby: I couldn't have put it better myself, Edward.
Henrietta: Me neither.
(All the engines whistle as Sir Topham Hatt comes before them)
Topham: (clearing his throat) Excellent speech, Edward! You are absolutely right. Still, I just got a call from a shunter in Vicarstown. It seems as if Diesel 10 has lied to him about using a line of trucks for a routine check for broken decorations. Wherever he is, he shall be severely punished for causing all this confusion.
Diesel 10: (honking as he chuffs in) Well then, you might as well punish me sir. I was the one who was wrong. (Sir Topham Hatt jumps and the engines gasp) I know now what is really all about. In fact, I have come to return all these decorations as a token of my appreciation.
And before Sir Topham Hatt could say anything else, Diesel 10 used his claw to scoop out all the decorations he took from Knapford and set them aside before continuing on.
Diesel 10: (honks as he rolls through Knapford Station) Merry Christmas!
All the engines were speechless and so was Sir Topham Hatt, who just turned towards the engines in wonder.
(Scene shifts as Diesel 10 travels from place to place)
And so one by one, he returned the decorations to every last home on the Island and then to every station. All the engines were so surprised that Thomas knew exactly what to say.
Thomas: (at Tidmouth Sheds) Diesel 10's heart grew three times larger this Christmas day.
(The engines all whistle in agreement as the scene zooms out over the shed)
Diesel 10 made his last stop to Tidmouth Sheds. All the engines were waiting there and Sir Topham Hatt looked sternly at him.
(Diesel 10 feels a bit uneasy)
Topham: I'm glad you've had a change of heart, Diesel 10, but that doesn't make this matter all right. Would you mind explaining yourself to me and my engines?
Diesel 10: No, sir. Not at all. As a matter of fact, you have my apologies, sir.
Topham: Your apology is accepted, Diesel 10. My family and I made the best of Christmas and so did the rest of Sodor, even without our presents. Now that you've redeemed yourself and delivered everything back, we are all very proud of you. But why would you want to steal everybody's Christmas decorations?
Diesel 10: Well, sir. I hated Christmas with a passion so I decided to stop it from coming. But I realize, now, sir, that the holiday season is more than just a commercial value and that changed something about my view on it. I hope I've like, actually, made up for my behavior, sir.
Topham: You sure have, Diesel 10. And that's why I am not willing to punish you for your actions. How would you like to join the village feast tonight? Everyone on Sodor will be there and so will all the engines.
Diesel 10: Oh, sir. I'd like that very much.
All of the engines whistled and Diesel 10 could do nothing more than gave a slight smile and crunch his claw a bit.
(Scene cuts to Knapford Station)
Sir Topham Hatt asked Diesel 10 to pick up the holiday roast from Farmer McColl's farm. This way, he really could make up for his sin. It made Diesel 10 feel important…and very proud.
(Diesel 10 picks up the holiday roast from the farm)
After picking up the holiday roast, Diesel 10 bought Farmer McColl to the feast. As soon as they arrived, everyone clapped and cheered for Diesel 10 and even the engines and diesels gave him a friendly welcome.
(The engines blow their whistles at Diesel 10 while the diesels honk their horns at him.)
Soon it was time for Sir Topham Hatt to cut the holiday roast. But first he wanted to make an announcement.
Topham: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, engines and diesels and coaches, I would like to give you a hearty cheer for all my hardworking engines who have made this occasion possible. Another special shout-out to a redeemed guest, or shall we say for now, huh? (everyone laughs) Diesel 10!
(The engines blow their whistles and the diesels honk their horns. Diesel 10 gave a bit of an uneasy smile)
Topham: While he may be a little rough around the edges, we have to admit that once you look closer into his heart, you will see a diligent, hard-working friend out of him. Cheers, everyone, and enjoy the feast. (jokingly) Diesel 10, will you do the honors? (knife towards the roast)
Diesel 10: I wish I could, sir, but I'm afraid Pinchy doesn't have that much strength to do such a noble honor.
All of the engines laughed and cheered as Sir Topham Hatt himself carved the holiday roast. Then everyone heard a sound and looked up. They saw a whirring from above.
Diesel 10: Who is that?
Diesel: Search me.
Percy: (gasps) Could it be…Santa Claus?
Thomas: (chuckling) No, Percy. It's Harold the helicopter.
Everyone cheered as Harold hovered below and landed on the station platform, bringing the greatest surprise of all.
(A man in a Santa Claus outfit walks out who looks like Sir Topham Hatt)
Lowham: Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!
Percy: (gasps) Sir Topham Hatt?
Lowham: (chuckles) Oh, no, Percy. It's me. His brother Lowham. Just decided to surprise everybody by dressing up as Santa Claus. (walking up to his brother) Merry Christmas, my brother Topham!
Topham: Merry Christmas, Lowham! Merry Christmas, everybody!
All the engines blew their whistles and honked their horns once more while Diesel 10 just smiled and quietly sniggered.
(Scene zooms up from Diesel 10 and out from all the engines and people gathered as a rendition of Welcome Christmas plays)
And so it seemed as Diesel 10 came to enjoy Christmas after all; and while he still had sort of a sinister side to him, Christmas would always be a time of year that he would look forward to.
Diesel 10: (sniggers) Merry Christmas, Pinchy.
(Scene circles in to black on Diesel 10 as the episode ends)