🔗 Share this article Admittedly, it's Full of Nonsense, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. Yet I Truly Love Meghan's Festive Episode. No considering the season, it's always fair game for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when enthusiastically shredding the program's first and second seasons apart. The common opinion held that a greater royal outrage had hardly ever taken place than the much-discussed pretzel-bagging incident. Now, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she has returned for another round with a "Holiday Celebration" (also known as a holiday episode). Yet now, things have shifted. The standard components we've come to expect – psychobabble word salads, intense hospitality – are still present, but set of a Christmas special, suddenly it all makes sense. The pieces have fallen into place; it's a flawless festive blizzard. By this point, Meghan has become the eccentric aunt at Christmas celebrations everywhere – dispensing random tips, and contributing the odd random outburst. ("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 an interesting figure, but her aura is known and oddly reassuring. And she seems content; she's inflicting any harm. She understands her every micro expression, utterance and glance will be dissected and criticised, but nonetheless looks unburdened and serenely untroubled. Perhaps this is the only time in history where that well-worn saying – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – may well be true. Because, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Admittedly, it's all cringily ultra-extra, foolishness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent just what the holiday season is for? And the words she speaks might be ridiculous, but the example she sets genuinely looks shop-bought. Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she pulls off with flair. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the holiday arrangement she crafts is stunning, her presents are almost too pretty to unwrap. Not a single thing is average or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she ties her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't throw a dish in the oven, it "has a moment", and she wraps wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself throughout. How could any hate-watcher not be convinced, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a intense desire for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where greens is arranged in the shape of a festive circle? Meghan used to pretend for a living, obviously, but nonetheless, after the degree of attention she has weathered ever since she became involved with Prince Harry, the love child of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would have difficulty behaving this authentically. Her refusal to alter or even soften her routine, despite it being so persistently, internationally ridiculed, is weirdly comforting. In our unpredictable world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will forever know our position with her. If you're not yet convinced by her message, a reminder that will undoubtedly come as a reassurance: you don't have to. The UK has abolished national service in this country, and were it to return, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you choose to watch and are overcome with jealousy about her idyllic Christmas, all is not lost either. If you are a duchess or a office worker, hardly any child truly appreciates the dedication and labor their parent puts in in the holiday season. So you can find comfort by picturing her children's faces when they open a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, in place of a chocolate.