Related Clues:

• Not stop at the door
• Herald
• Greet, as a new year
• Usher, perhaps
• Escort to the living room, say
• Welcome warmly
• Welcome at the door
• Take a coat and introduce, perhaps
• Herald, as a new year
• Usher to the parlor
• Herald, as a new era
• Receive as a guest
• Be a forerunner of
• Be a catalyst for
• Signal the coming of