Yes, it's Packed with Absurdity, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No concerned with the time of year, it's constantly hunting season for criticism on the Duchess of Sussex's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Critics, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have seldom found such common ground as when eagerly tearing the lifestyle show's earlier episodes to pieces. The prevailing view held that a more egregious regal scandal had never been witnessed than the notorious pretzel-bagging incident.

Now, like a merry renegade master, she makes a comeback once again with a "Christmas Special" (aka a Christmas special). However on this occasion, it's different. The standard components we've come to expect – meaningless jargon salads, overzealous entertaining – persist, but framed of a yuletide episode, suddenly it all makes sense. The puzzle has come into place; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

Now, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at Christmas celebrations everywhere – providing unasked-for guidance, and supplying the occasional strange exclamation. ("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 seems happy enough; she's inflicting the slightest hurt.

She understands her each tiny facial movement, syllable and glance will be dissected and scrutinized, but manages to seem unburdened and too blessed to be stressed.

Perhaps this is the initial instance in history where that old chestnut – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – could actually be true. Since, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is lovely. Granted, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, silliness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent just what Christmas is for? And the words she speaks might be ridiculous, but the example she sets appears to be shop-bought.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she pulls off with flair. Her recipes looks tasty, the holiday arrangement she creates is stunning, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to open. Not a single thing is average or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she fastens her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't throw a meal in the oven, it "takes a twirl", and she creases wrapping paper like an craft master. She also seems to be completely savoring herself throughout. How could any hate-watcher not be convinced, bursting with seasonal cheer and left with a powerful yearning for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where greens is positioned in the form of a Christmas ring?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but nonetheless, after the level of scrutiny she has weathered since she met Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of two legendary actresses would struggle to act this authentically. Her decision to alter or even moderate her shtick, despite it being so persistently, widely parodied, is weirdly comforting. In our volatile world, here is something we can depend on: Meghan will stay true to form, come what may. We will consistently know our position with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her brand, a thought that will certainly come as a relief: you aren't required to. We don't have mandatory conscription these days, and should it be reinstated, it would be unlikely to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you willingly check it out and are overcome with jealousy about her flawless Christmas, all is not lost either. Be you a royal or a everyday person, hardly any child completely grasps the effort and hard work their parent expends in the holiday season. So you can find comfort by picturing her children's faces when they reveal a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, in place of a candy.