10 across (8) Period description of Scrooge's Christmas before his conversion? *E*N****
24 across (5) Catch part of a carol at Christmas *A*C*
31 across (6) Ecstatic when surrounded with Christmas paper , say *D***T
8 down (6) Skidded when we got in the sleigh S*****
Many thanks in anticipation.
Merry Christmas to all - and good puzzling in 2011.