| Nights spent in anticipation | 28 |
| Expectant times | 15 |
| Days before | 11 |
| Arden et al. | 12 |
| You can't have big days without them | 40 |
| Times for celebrating | 21 |
| Preceding periods | 17 |
| Preceders of special days | 25 |
| Just-prior periods | 18 |
| Impending times | 15 |
| Holiday precursors | 18 |
| Final dates for holiday planning | 32 |
| Days before the big day | 23 |
| Anticipatory nights | 19 |
| When to call, in some ads | 25 |
| Times to party | 14 |
| Times in want ads | 17 |
| Some times to revel | 19 |
| Preceding times | 15 |
| Pre-holiday times | 17 |
| Pre-holiday periods | 19 |
| Party times, sometimes | 22 |
| Nighttimes, in want ads | 23 |
| Nights prior | 12 |
| Nights of anticipation | 22 |
| Miss Arden et al. | 17 |
| Holiday nights | 14 |
| Gloamings | 9 |
| Festive nights | 14 |
| Certain dates | 13 |
| Certain celebration times | 25 |
| Arden and Plumb | 15 |
| "--- Bayou" (1997) | 28 |
| "___ Bayou" (1997 film) | 33 |
| "__ Diary" (Twain short story) | 40 |
| Times to revel, maybe | 21 |
| Times to get ready | 18 |
| Times to call, in classifieds | 29 |
| Times of expectancy | 19 |
| Times of anticipation | 21 |
| Times for preparation | 21 |
| Some times for celebrating | 26 |
| Previous nights | 15 |
| Preparation times | 17 |
| Periods preceding big events | 28 |
| Nite times | 10 |
| Nights, in classifieds | 22 |
| Nights, in ads | 14 |
| Nights before? | 14 |
| Nights before the big day | 25 |
| Nights before big days | 22 |
| Lead-in periods | 15 |
| Holiday thresholds | 18 |
| Holiday party times | 19 |
| Festive antecedents | 19 |
| December 24th and 31st, e.g. | 28 |
| December 24th and 31st | 22 |
| Dec. 24 and others | 18 |
| Arden and Queler | 16 |
| After-dark times, in classifieds | 32 |
| When to call, in some want ads | 30 |
| Twilights of poesy | 18 |
| Twi-night game times | 20 |
| Times to revel | 14 |
| Times to celebrate | 18 |
| Times to call, in some want ads | 31 |
| Times prior to | 14 |
| Times of promise | 16 |
| Times like Halloween | 20 |
| Times for final holiday preparations | 36 |
| Times before holidays | 21 |
| Times before | 12 |
| They come before big days | 25 |
| Tempters | 8 |
| Sunset followers | 16 |
| Some party dates | 16 |
| Soiree times | 12 |
| Sleepless nights, at times | 26 |
| Second person's namesakes | 29 |
| Projecting rims | 15 |
| Presaging times | 15 |
| Preparatory times | 17 |
| Preliminary times | 17 |
| Preholiday periods | 18 |
| Preholiday nights | 17 |
| Prefeast hours | 14 |
| Planning times | 14 |
| Periods immediately before | 26 |
| Party nights | 12 |
| Ontario's Premier Ernie | 27 |
| Ontario's 23rd Premier | 26 |
| Nights before events | 20 |
| Nights before big things | 24 |
| Nightfalls | 10 |
| New Years' highlights | 25 |
| Namesakes ever since Eden | 25 |
| Morns' counterparts | 23 |
| Leading periods | 15 |
| Lead-ins to holidays | 20 |
| Lead-ins to big days | 20 |