The "Now, Why Didn't I Think Of That?" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Just opened my computer to what I thought was a page on children's Christmas books and found something I had never seen before.  There was a book cover titled "'Twas The Night Before Christmas in Pennsylvania."  

I began to search a bit more and found you can order the same story with a different title on it.  One had the title with New Jersey on it while another had Virginia as part of the title.  I didn't take the time to see how many states were listed, but I suspect that every state in the union was listed on the cover of the Christmas book.  Great advertisement for your State as well as being able to sell more books as gifts for the holiday!  You can follow Santa's journey in this magical retelling of the classic Christmas book starring the special place where you live.  A great idea for selling more books and a great stocking stuffer for just about anyone.  Can you imagine sitting next to your child on the edge of his or her bed and pulling out this book with the name of the state where you live and begin reading it to them as they try to get to sleep on Christmas Eve.  Will Santa visit your house?  You could almost assure them that he will be there when they hear you read the title with the name of your state in it.  Now why didn't I think of that?  Well, I did some more searching and found another Christmas book that featured a view of the nearby town of Manheim on it.

 Book was titled "T'was The Night Before Christmas" and featured one of the town's main thoroughfares behind the title of the book.  Then I found another Christmas book that featured the main street in the town of Ephrata on it's cover.  

I could have taken either photograph had I been asked.  I didn't take the time to do more research, but I suspect there are a few other Christmas books that probably feature a photograph of a downtown area on the cover.  Now...I think I'll wait until Easter arrives and see if I can't write a book with a picture of a nearby town on the cover which features photos of candy stores in them.  Story could be about the Easter bunny and how he more than likely will arrive in your town to hide Easter eggs in your backyard.  Story could tell how to boil and decorate Easter eggs as well as good places to hide them in your backyard.  I can't believe I didn't think of all the neat and unusual ways to sell books for the holidays before now!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy