Related Clues:
- Tense times, maybe
- Days of anticipation
- Big day preceders
- Pre-holiday observances
- Extremely gregarious dogs still at home when light fades?
- 12/24 and 12/31, e.g
- Days before big holidays
- Times for some vigils
- ''__ Diary'' (Twain book with an apple on the cover)
- They're ahead of their time
- Nights before the big days
- Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, e.g
- Days before festivals
- Dec. 25 and 31
- The days before Greaves lost rag