Meghan Markle returns with ‘With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration’
Alright, people, it’s time to grab your cocoa, because Meghan Markle is back, and this time, she is ready to make your holidays glow with hot toddies and candlelight. Netflix has just announced With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration drops this December, and it looks like the inspiration you might need to bake something good, just in time for the holidays
Now, before you roll your eyes, we know what you are thinking. The last two specials were… fine. Aesthetically perfect, yes. But at times, they felt like scrolling through an expensive lifestyle catalogue, which is very pretty and polished but feels just a little bit distant.
This new one, though, is supposed to be warmer and more hands-on, and that’s also because it’s coming during the holidays. Oh, and it is set right in Meghan’s Montecito home. So maybe this is her chance to loosen up a little and remind everyone why she can be so likeable when she is not trying so hard to be “likeable”.
The concept is simple. Meghan gathers her close friends and family to decorate, cook, and swap stories about what makes the holidays special. There is a focus on togetherness and small, meaningful moments, like the kind of things that actually stick when the season ends. From what Netflix’s preview suggests, it is a guide and a hangout session, with Meghan walking us through her idea of a warm, intentional celebration.
Here is the thing: Meghan knows how to make something look good. The woman understands a frame, a mood, and a colour palette. But sometimes her shows have looked a little too good, like you could smell the production behind every shot. If this new special manages to feel real and not just curated, it could actually win people over again. Because when she is not delivering lines that sound rehearsed, Meghan can be warm and genuinely engaging. That’s what people liked about her back when she was still doing interviews, not orchestrating them.
And it’s not like Netflix doesn’t know what’s at stake here. The last season didn’t land the way it should have. Audiences didn’t hate it, but they didn’t exactly binge it either. The visuals were stunning, sure, but it lacked something… a little life. A little imperfection could go a long way this time. A spilt drink, a burnt cookie or anything to remind us she is human and not an algorithm for tastefully arranged table settings.
The nice part, though, is that this special doesn’t seem to be promising reinvention. It’s not “new Meghan”. It’s just Meghan doing her thing, which might actually be what people want. No palace or press drama, no oversharing. Just Meghan trying to make a house feel warm.
So, will With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration fix her reputation as Netflix’s least exciting brand ambassador? Probably not. But if it gives us even one unscripted laugh or a moment that feels real, or new memes. We’ll see.