Today is one of those days we can pull a Royce and insert a chagrined “IF ONLY”. Today I present three such opportunities for NBCD.

SNOW ANGEL DAY

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NATIONAL FRUITCAKE DAY

With Pi a large part of season 6, how big of a stretch would it have been, really? After all he was around for Thanksgiving, what would another month been?

Of course, it would have been classic for Castle to pull the ultimate Faux Pax when gifting Capt. Gates

NATIONAL ZOO DAY

How does Castle NOT find his way to the zoo? Possibilities are endless. Murder, Mayhem and the Master of the Macabre? Shaking my head here thinking “ IF ONLY”. Took to season 8 when E.S.L student is murdered and fed to the snakes when he was a part time zoo-keeper.

Then after her suspension, They could have done this…