Indeed, it's Full of Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Cherish Meghan's Festive Episode.

No matter the season, it's always fair game for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Critics, both professional and armchair, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when enthusiastically shredding the program's initial installments to shreds. The general consensus was that a greater royal outrage had never been witnessed than the notorious pretzel-bagging incident.

Currently, as a festive rebel, she is back once again with a "Festive Special" (also known as a yuletide episode). However on this occasion, things have shifted. The usual elements we've come to expect – meaningless jargon salads, extreme hosting – remain, but framed of a Christmas special, the purpose becomes clear. The elements have slid into place; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

Now, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at Christmas celebrations everywhere – offering 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 quite a personality, but her company is customary and oddly reassuring. And she appears happy enough; she's causing any harm.

She understands her all subtle gestures, syllable and gaze will be picked apart and scrutinized, but nonetheless looks unburdened and too blessed to be stressed.

Maybe this is the initial instance in history where that clichΓ©d phrase – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – may well be true. Because, let's face it, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is lovely. Granted, it's all painfully excessive, silliness and over the top – but doesn't that represent exactly what Yuletide is for? And the advice she gives might be laughable, but the life she leads appears to be impeccably styled.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she accomplishes with flair. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the holiday arrangement she creates is stunning, her gifts are practically too exquisite to tear into. Not a single thing is average or visually unappealing – 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 wraps wrapping paper like an craft master. She also seems to be completely savoring herself throughout. How could any skeptical viewer not be charmed, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a intense desire for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where greens is organized in the likeness of a wreath?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, naturally, but despite that, after the intensity of examination she has faced from the moment she became involved with Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would have difficulty behaving this naturally. Her decision to alter or even moderate her persona, even though it being so relentlessly, globally mocked, is strangely reassuring. In our unpredictable world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will consistently know where we are with her.

If you're still not buying her brand, a thought that will certainly come as a comfort: you are not obligated to. We don't have national service these days, and should it be reinstated, it would be doubtful to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you choose to watch and are consumed by envy about her idyllic Christmas, there is hope either. Whether you're a duchess or a data administrator, no kid fully understands the time and energy their parent does in the holiday season. So you can take heart by envisioning the young royals' faces when they open a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a sweet treat.

Cody Martin
Cody Martin

A passionate gamer and tech writer with over a decade of experience covering indie and AAA titles across multiple platforms.