Indeed, it's Packed with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Adore Meghan's Festive Episode.

No concerned with the time of year, it's always open season for criticism on the Duchess of Sussex's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Critics, expert and amateur alike, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when eagerly tearing the program's first and second seasons to pieces. The prevailing view held that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had hardly ever taken place than the notorious pretzel re-packaging incident.

Currently, like a merry renegade master, she is back with a new offering with a "Christmas Special" (or a yuletide episode). However on this occasion, it's different. The familiar ingredients audiences anticipate – psychobabble word salads, intense hospitality – are still present, but framed of a Christmas special, the purpose becomes clear. The puzzle has come perfectly; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

At this stage, Meghan is like the oddball family member at most festive family gatherings – offering 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 quite a personality, but her presence is familiar and unexpectedly soothing. And she seems pleased; she's not doing a bit of damage.

She understands her every micro expression, word and look will be picked apart and scrutinized, but still appears carefree and serenely untroubled.

Perhaps this is the only time in history where that clichéd phrase – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – might be true. The reason is, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is charming. Granted, it's all cringily ultra-extra, nonsense and flamboyant – but doesn't that represent precisely what the holiday season is about? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks impeccably styled.

Anything she attempts, she pulls off with flair. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the wreath she creates is breathtaking, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to tear into. Not a single thing is average or visually unappealing – including the way she secures her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't throw a dish in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she creases gift paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself from start to finish. How could any hate-watcher not be convinced, overcome by holiday spirit and left with a deep longing for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where greens is arranged in the likeness of a Christmas ring?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but even so, after the level of scrutiny she has weathered ever since she became involved with Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of acting royalty would find it hard to appear this authentically. Her unwillingness to change or even moderate her routine, even though it being so persistently, internationally ridiculed, is strangely reassuring. In our uncertain world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will stay true to form, no matter what. We will consistently know our position with her.

If you're not yet convinced by what she's selling, a reminder that will certainly come as a relief: you don't have to. We don't have national service anymore, and should it be reinstated, it would be improbable to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are gripped with longing about her picture-perfect Christmas, you can take solace either. Whether you're a royal or a everyday person, hardly any child completely grasps the dedication and labor their mum does in the holiday season. So you can console yourself by picturing her children's faces when they open a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, rather than a candy.