| Cusps |
| Dusks |
| Brinks |
| Tempters |
| Eventides |
| Twilights |
| Gloamings |
| Thresholds |
| Day enders |
| Party days |
| Big nights |
| Nightfalls |
| Nite times |
| Night times |
| Party times |
| Days before |
| Times of day |
| Arden et al. |
| 12/24 and 31 |
| 12/31 et al. |
| Lead-in days |
| Party nights |
| Soiree times |
| Times before |
| Nights & ... |
| Plumb et al. |
| Nights prior |
| Prior nights |
| Holiday times |
| Before nights |
| Festive times |
| Certain dates |
| Twilight times |
| Eventful times |
| Planning times |
| Prefeast hours |
| Times prior to |
| Nights, in ads |
| Nights before? |
| Festive nights |
| Special nights |
| Holiday nights |
| Times to party |
| Times to revel |
| Dec. 24 and 31 |
| 12/24 and 12/31 |
| Holiday heralds |
| Leading periods |
| Projecting rims |
| Presaging times |
| Holiday periods |
| Important times |
| Lead-in periods |
| Preceding times |
| Previous nights |
| Arden and Plumb |
| Impending times |
| Expectant times |
| Temporal brinks |
| Big day lead-ins |
| Big party nights |
| Busy travel days |
| Halloween et al. |
| Holiday preludes |
| Holidays, almost |
| Important nights |
| Just-prior times |
| Nights preceding |
| Preholiday times |
| Some party times |
| Sunset followers |
| Times to prepare |
| Arden and Queler |
| Some party dates |
| Times of promise |
| Holiday kickoffs |
| Preceding nights |
| Memorable nights |
| Holiday lead-ins |
| Prime time times |
| Times in want ads |
| Festive occasions |
| Anticipatory days |
| Arden and others |
| Arden and Merriam |
| Auspicious nights |
| Celebratory times |
| Dec. 24, 31, etc. |
| Plumb and Brenner |
| Preliminary times |
| Preparatory times |
| Pre-event periods |
| Times for vespers |
| Miss Arden et al. |
| Preholiday nights |
| Preparation times |
| Preceding periods |
| Pre-holiday times |
| Holiday preceders |
| Some party nights |
| Two December days |
| ___ Diary": Twain |
| Days called nights |
| December 31 et al. |
| Festive harbingers |
| Holiday beginnings |
| Holiday highlights |
| Holiday percursors |
| Intros to holidays |
| Nights just before |
| Party times, often |
| Pre-revelry nights |
| Preholiday periods |
| Times to celebrate |
| Twilights of poesy |
| Celebratory nights |
| Women, in general. |
| Dec. 24 and others |
| Holiday thresholds |
| Just-prior periods |
| Times to get ready |
| Holiday precursors |
| Twain's "___ Diary |
| Pre-holiday nights |
| Anticipatory times |
| December 24 and 31 |
| Morns' counterparts |
| Arden and namesakes |
| Arden and Christmas |
| Deadline precursors |
| Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 |
| Festive days, often |
| Frequent party days |
| Gift-wrapping times |
| Holiday antecedents |
| Preparation periods |
| Festive antecedents |
| Times of expectancy |
| Holiday party times |
| Pre-holiday periods |
| Preparatory periods |
| Anticipatory nights |
| Some times to revel |
| Holiday forerunners |
| Real estate ad abbr. |
| Times in classifieds |
| ''___ Bayou'' (1997) |
| After 6 p.m., in ads |
| Anticipatory periods |
| Big-event thresholds |
| Days before big days |
| Evenings, to Emerson |
| Evenings, poetically |
| Holiday predecessors |
| Kickoffs to holidays |
| Nights before events |
| Party times for many |
| Times like Halloween |
| Twi-night game times |
| Lead-ins to big days |
| Dec. 24 and 31, e.g. |
| Lead-ins to holidays |
| Two days in December |
| Chronological brinks |
| Days before holidays |
| Times to call, in ads |
| 12/24 and 12/31, e.g. |
| Actress Arden et al. |
| Festive nights, often |
| Nervous nights, maybe |
| New Year's highlights |
| Times before holidays |
| Times for preparation |
| Times of anticipation |
| Times to revel, maybe |
| Times for celebrating |
| Anxious times for some |
| Anticipatory occasions |
| Dec. 24, Dec. 31, etc. |
| Ontario's 23rd Premier |
| Periods before events. |
| Days before big events |
| December 31 and others |
| ___ Bayou" (1997 film) |
| December 24th and 31st |
| Nights before big days |
| Party times, sometimes |
| Nights, in classifieds |
| Nights of anticipation |
| Nights before holidays |
| Festive nights, perhaps |
| Ontario's Premier Ernie |
| Periods of anticipation |
| Special holiday periods |
| Times in Craigslist ads |
| Times in classified ads |
| Twilight times, briefly |
| Nighttimes, in want ads |
| Days before the big day |
| After-dark times, in ads |
| Days before special days |
| Dec. 24 and 31, famously |
| Festive December twosome |
| First mother's namesakes |
| Nights before big events |
| Nights before big things |
| Nights prior to holidays |
| Times before observances |
| December 24 and 31, e.g. |
| ''__ Diary'' (Twain book) |
| A couple of December days |
| Actresses Arden and Plumb |
| December has two big ones |
| Namesakes ever since Eden |
| Second person's namesakes |
| Some are spent decorating |
| They come before big days |
| Certain celebration times |
| Nights before the big day |
| Preceders of special days |
| When to call, in some ads |
| ''___ Bayou'' (1997 movie) |
| Day followers, in want ads |
| Periods immediately before |
| Sleepless nights, at times |
| Two big nights in December |
| Some times for celebrating |
| December 24 and 31, notably |
| Night times, in classifieds |
| Premier Mcguinty's preceder |
| Times of fitful sleep, maybe |
| December 24th and 31st, e.g. |
| Periods preceding big events |
| Nights spent in anticipation |
| __ Diary" (Twain short story) |
| Times to call, in classifieds |
| Nights of anticipatory revelry |
| Times for some holiday parties |
| When to call, in some want ads |
| __ Diary" (Twain Biblical tale) |
| December 24 and 31, for example |
| Times to call, in some want ads |
| ___ Diary (Mark Twain story) |
| After-dark times, in classifieds |
| After-work times, in classifieds |
| Final dates for holiday planning |
| Christmas and New Year's lead-ins |
| Days that may be spent decorating |
| . . . flies on summer ___": Keats |
| Abbr. after some telephone numbers |
| ___ Bayou" (Samuel L. Jackson film) |
| ___ Diary" (Mark Twain short story) |
| Typical after-work times, for short |
| December 24 and December 31, notably |
| Times for final holiday preparations |
| You can't have big days without them |
| Typical party times during the holidays |
| ___ Bayou" (1997 Samuel L. Jackson film) |
| December 24 and December 31, for example |
| Times when you might have trouble sleeping |
| Nights before Christmas and New Year's Day |
| Two important ones are a week apart in December |