Admittedly, it's Packed with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Love Meghan's Festive Episode.
No considering the season, it's constantly open season for commentary on the Meghan Markle's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when eagerly tearing the program's earlier episodes to shreds. The common opinion was that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had hardly ever taken place than the notorious snack re-labeling incident.
Currently, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she is back with a new offering with a "Festive Special" (also known as a holiday episode). However on this occasion, it's different. The standard components we've come to expect – vague self-help platitudes, overzealous entertaining – persist, but within the context of a Christmas special, suddenly it all makes sense. The puzzle has come into place; it's a flawless festive blizzard.
Now, Meghan has become the eccentric aunt at Christmas celebrations everywhere – offering unasked-for guidance, and delivering 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 a bit of a character, but her company is customary and unexpectedly soothing. And she looks happy enough; she's inflicting the slightest hurt.
She knows her all subtle gestures, word and gaze will be analyzed and judged, but still appears unburdened and remarkably at ease.
It could be this is the first occasion in history where that well-worn saying – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – might be true. Since, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is charming. Yes, it's all painfully excessive, nonsense and extravagant – but is that not precisely what Yuletide is for? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks impeccably styled.
Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she accomplishes with flair. Her recipes looks tasty, the festive decoration she crafts is stunning, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to unwrap. Not a single thing is mediocre or ugly – even the way she ties her apron is stylish and elegant. She doesn't toss a meal in the oven, it "has a moment", and she wraps wrapping paper like an craft master. She also seems to be completely savoring herself the entire time. How could any skeptical viewer not be won over, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for crafted festive snaps or a vegetable display where broccoli is organized in the likeness of a festive circle?
Meghan had a career in acting for a living, obviously, but despite that, after the intensity of attention she has faced ever since she started dating Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of acting royalty would find it hard to appear this authentically. Her unwillingness to modify or even soften her shtick, even though it being so constantly, globally mocked, is strangely reassuring. In our uncertain world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will remain herself, come what may. We will forever know our position with her.
If you're remaining skeptical of her message, a point that will undoubtedly come as a comfort: you are not obligated to. The UK has abolished national service in this country, and should it be reinstated, it would be improbable to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are overcome with jealousy about her flawless Christmas, you can take solace either. Be you a royal or a everyday person, few children completely grasps the dedication and labor their mum expends in the holiday season. So you can console yourself by imagining the young royals' faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a sweet treat.
