Dancers are numbered anticlockwise from the top: dancer 1 at the top, etc.
1-8
4 All advance, join nearer hands & raise them (Christmas tree) & retire.
5-12
8 All advance then pull RSh back to cast one place clockwise, & pivot once round on the spot on last bar (ornaments). Dancer 2 is now at the top.
9-16
All dance RH across & LH back (star). “Bottom dancers” finish nearer hands joined facing up & “top dancer” finishes facing down.
17-24
20 All set. Bottom dancers make an arch, dance up, turn towards each other & face down, while top dancer dances down under the arch & turns about, pulling right shoulder back, to face up (Santa going down the chimney).
21-28
24 All set. Top dancers make an arch, dance down, turn towards each other & face up, while bottom dancer dances up under the arch & turns about, pulling right shoulder back, to face down (Santa going up the chimney).
25-32
All circle 3H round & back (reindeer flying).