Admittedly, it's Packed with Gibberish, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Cherish Meghan's Festive Episode.

No concerned with the season, it's perpetually open season for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have seldom found such common ground as when enthusiastically shredding the program's first and second seasons apart. The common opinion was that a more egregious regal scandal had never been witnessed than the now-infamous pretzel re-packaging incident.

Currently, as a festive rebel, she makes a comeback once again with a "Christmas Special" (also known as a Christmas special). Yet now, it's different. The familiar ingredients viewers are accustomed to – vague self-help platitudes, intense hospitality – persist, but framed of a holiday show, the purpose becomes clear. The pieces have fallen together; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

By this point, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at the typical holiday get-together – offering unasked-for guidance, and contributing 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 quite a personality, but her presence is familiar and oddly reassuring. And she appears pleased; she's not doing a bit of damage.

She understands her each tiny facial movement, word and glance will be picked apart and criticised, but still appears carefree and remarkably at ease.

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that clichéd phrase – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – may well be true. Since, let's face it, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is charming. Yes, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, silliness and flamboyant – but is that not just what Christmas is all about? And the talk she's talking might be ridiculous, but the life she leads genuinely looks impeccably styled.

Anything she attempts, she executes with panache. Her culinary efforts looks scrumptious, the holiday arrangement she makes is breathtaking, her presents are practically too exquisite to unwrap. Nothing is average or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she ties her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't throw a meal in the microwave, it "goes for a spin", and she creases wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be completely savoring herself throughout. How could any cynical observer not be won over, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where broccoli is arranged in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, of course, but even so, after the intensity of examination she has endured from the moment she met Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of two legendary actresses would have difficulty behaving this authentically. Her unwillingness to change or even tone down her shtick, even though it being so constantly, widely parodied, is strangely reassuring. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will be like this, no matter what. We will always know our position with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of what she's selling, a reminder that will certainly come as a comfort: you don't have to. We don't have mandatory conscription these days, and were it to return, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you willingly check it out and are consumed by jealousy about her flawless Christmas, there is hope either. If you are a duchess or a data administrator, hardly any child completely grasps the effort and hard work their parent does in December. So you can console yourself by envisioning her children's faces when they reveal a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a sweet treat.