Related Clues:

• Cusps
• Intros
• Lead-ins to holidays
• Times to get ready
• Some party dates
• ''__ Diary'' (Twain book)
• Impending times
• Two days in December
• You can't have big days without them
• After-dark times, in classifieds
• Periods right before
• Dec. 24 and 31
• December 31 et al.
• Times to celebrate
• Just-prior times