Indeed, it's Packed with Absurdity, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Adore Meghan's Christmas Special.

No matter the season, it's perpetually open season for commentary on the Duchess of Sussex's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, expert and amateur alike, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when gleefully ripping the program's initial installments to shreds. The prevailing view was that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the much-discussed pretzel re-packaging incident.

Presently, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she makes a comeback with a new offering with a "Holiday Celebration" (also known as a yuletide episode). Yet now, it's different. The usual elements viewers are accustomed to – psychobabble word salads, overzealous entertaining – are still present, but set of a Christmas special, it all clicks into place. The pieces have fallen together; it's a perfect snow storm.

By this point, Meghan resembles the oddball family member at most festive family gatherings – providing unsolicited, unnecessary advice, and delivering 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 aura is known and oddly reassuring. And she looks pleased; she's not doing a bit of damage.

She understands her every micro expression, word and look will be analyzed and criticised, but still appears relaxed and serenely untroubled.

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that well-worn saying – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – may well be true. Because, let's face it, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels charming. Yes, it's all painfully excessive, foolishness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent exactly what the holiday season is all about? And the talk she's talking might be laughable, but the walk she's walking appears to be shop-bought.

Anything she sets her mind to, she accomplishes with style. Her cooking looks delicious, the festive decoration she crafts is gorgeous, her gifts are practically too exquisite to unwrap. Not a single thing is mediocre or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she fastens her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a meal in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she folds gift paper like an craft master. She also seems to be completely savoring herself throughout. How could any skeptical viewer not be convinced, filled with festive joy and left with a deep longing for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where greens is organized in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, obviously, but despite that, after the degree of scrutiny she has faced ever since she became involved with Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of acting royalty would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her unwillingness to modify or even moderate her routine, despite it being so persistently, globally mocked, is oddly heartening. In our volatile world, here is one thing we can rely on: Meghan will be like this, whatever happens. We will forever know our position with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her message, a point that will certainly come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. We don't have the draft these days, and if there were, it would be doubtful to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you willingly check it out and are gripped with envy about her picture-perfect Christmas, you can take solace either. If you are a duchess or a data administrator, few children completely grasps the effort and hard work their mum puts in in December. So you can take heart by picturing her children's faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, instead of a sweet treat.