I always wondered if Lt JG Picard got to glimpse the Captain's life in the same way that the Captain glimpsed his. Poor guy got reverse Christmas Caroled.

Maybe RealHeartPicard was able to have a full life that PicardPrime (with kung fu grip) couldn't have. He could have gotten married, had a bunch of cute kids, saved his brother and nephew and celebrated an old fashioned Joyeux Noël, with everyone dressed in natural fabrics and big hair ribbons. No Blazin' Bev, but still, it could have been the best outcome.