Admittedly, it's Brimming with Gibberish, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. But I Do Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the time of year, it's always open season for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when eagerly tearing the lifestyle show's first and second seasons apart. The common opinion seemed to be a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the much-discussed pretzel re-packaging 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 viewers are accustomed to – vague self-help platitudes, extreme hosting – persist, but set of a yuletide episode, the purpose becomes clear. The elements have slid together; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

Now, Meghan has become the oddball family member at most festive family gatherings – dispensing unsolicited, unnecessary advice, and supplying the periodic peculiar declaration. ("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 a bit of a character, but her company is customary and oddly reassuring. And she appears pleased; she's inflicting the slightest hurt.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, utterance and look will be dissected and scrutinized, but still appears unburdened and remarkably at ease.

Maybe this is the only time in history where that well-worn saying – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – might be true. Because, you know what?, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Admittedly, it's all painfully excessive, foolishness and over the top – but isn't that exactly what Christmas is all about? And the advice she gives might be absurd, but the example she sets appears to be impeccably styled.

Anything she attempts, she executes with flair. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the holiday arrangement she makes is gorgeous, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to tear into. Not a single thing is ordinary or ugly – including the way she fastens her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a meal in the oven, it "has a moment", and she wraps gift paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be completely savoring herself from start to finish. How could any skeptical viewer not be convinced, bursting with holiday spirit and left with a intense desire for personalized Christmas crackers or a crudites platter where broccoli is organized in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, obviously, but even so, after the intensity of scrutiny she has endured since she met Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would struggle to act this naturally. Her unwillingness to alter or even tone down her routine, despite it being so constantly, globally mocked, is strangely reassuring. In our unpredictable world, here is one thing we can depend on: Meghan will remain herself, no matter what. We will consistently know what to expect with her.

If you're still not buying her brand, a thought that will undoubtedly come as a relief: you are not obligated to. We don't have national service these days, and were it to return, it would be unlikely to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are gripped with envy about her idyllic Christmas, there is hope either. If you are a royal or a office worker, few children fully understands the effort and hard work their parent does in December. So you can find comfort by envisioning the young royals' faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, instead of a chocolate.

Joshua Griffith
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