(1) Hospital department amongst the media (9)
(2) Sounds as if it belongs to one of the Marx family (6)
(3)Chants the sound of the clock (9)
(4) About the man, sounds negative (7)
(5) Shoots up from Belgium (7)
(6) Plant starts to rise even earlier (4)
(7) The man came on horseback but dropped a note (5)
(8) A goat with spirit (6,6)
All the answers are Christmas related