Yes, it's Packed with Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Psychobabble. Yet I Truly Cherish Meghan's Christmas Special.
No concerned with the time of year, it's perpetually fair game for scrutiny on the Meghan Markle's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when enthusiastically shredding the lifestyle show's initial installments to shreds. The general consensus held that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous pretzel-bagging incident.
Now, like a merry renegade master, she is back for another round with a "Holiday Celebration" (also known as a yuletide episode). However on this occasion, it's different. The standard components we've come to expect – meaningless jargon salads, extreme hosting – remain, but within the context of a holiday show, the purpose becomes clear. The puzzle has come perfectly; it's a flawless festive blizzard.
Now, Meghan resembles the quirky relative at Christmas celebrations everywhere – offering unsolicited, unnecessary advice, and delivering the occasional strange exclamation. ("I love spinach!" … "A tradition has to have a beginning." … "A tree is part of my memory and love of the holiday season.") She's quite a personality, but her presence is familiar and unexpectedly soothing. And she appears content; she's not doing a bit of damage.
She understands her all subtle gestures, word and look will be analyzed and criticised, but nonetheless looks carefree and remarkably at ease.
It could be this is the first occasion in history where that well-worn saying – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – may well be true. Because, you know what?, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Granted, it's all cringily ultra-extra, silliness and flamboyant – but doesn't that represent just what Yuletide is about? And the talk she's talking might be absurd, but the example she sets appears to be beautifully curated.
Anything she sets her mind to, she executes with style. Her culinary efforts looks scrumptious, the festive decoration she creates is stunning, her presents are almost too pretty to tear into. Not a single thing is mediocre or ugly – including the way she ties her kitchen garment is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a meal in the microwave, it "goes for a spin", and she folds wrapping paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself the entire time. How could any cynical observer not be charmed, bursting with holiday spirit and left with a powerful yearning for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where greens is arranged in the likeness of a Christmas ring?
Meghan used to pretend for a living, of course, but even so, after the intensity of scrutiny she has weathered since she met Prince Harry, the love child of acting royalty would have difficulty behaving this naturally. Her decision to modify or even moderate her shtick, despite it being so persistently, widely parodied, is weirdly comforting. In our volatile world, here is one thing we can rely on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will always know our position with her.
If you're remaining skeptical of her brand, a reminder that will surely come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. The UK has abolished national service in this country, and if there were, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are consumed by longing about her flawless Christmas, there is hope either. Be you a royal or a office worker, few children fully understands the dedication and labor their parent does in the holiday season. So you can find comfort by imagining Archie and Lilibet's faces when they open a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, instead of a candy.
