Yes, it's Brimming with Gibberish, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Adore Meghan's Festive Episode.

No matter the time of year, it's always open season for scrutiny 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 series' first and second seasons to pieces. The common opinion held that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous pretzel re-packaging incident.

Presently, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she makes a comeback once again with a "Festive Special" (aka a holiday episode). However on this occasion, the dynamic has changed. The standard components we've come to expect – vague self-help platitudes, overzealous entertaining – are still present, but framed of a holiday show, it all clicks into place. The puzzle has come into place; it's a perfect snow storm.

Now, Meghan is like the quirky relative at Christmas celebrations everywhere – providing random tips, 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 an interesting figure, but her aura is known and oddly reassuring. And she appears pleased; she's not doing a bit of damage.

She is aware her all subtle gestures, word and gaze will be dissected and scrutinized, but nonetheless looks unburdened and remarkably at ease.

It could be this is the initial instance in history where that clichéd phrase – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – might be true. Because, let's face it, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is delightful. Granted, it's all cringily ultra-extra, silliness and extravagant – but is that not precisely what Yuletide is all about? And the talk she's talking might be absurd, but the example she sets genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she executes with flair. Her recipes looks scrumptious, the festive decoration she crafts is stunning, her presents are almost too pretty to tear into. Nothing is mediocre or visually unappealing – including the way she fastens her kitchen garment is stylish and elegant. She doesn't throw a dish in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she folds wrapping paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself from start to finish. How could any skeptical viewer not be convinced, filled with festive joy and left with a intense desire for crafted festive snaps or a vegetable display where greens is positioned in the form of a wreath?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, of course, but despite that, after the level of attention she has faced from the moment she started dating Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of two legendary actresses would struggle to act this genuinely. Her decision to modify or even soften her persona, even though it being so persistently, globally mocked, is weirdly comforting. In our volatile world, here is one thing we can depend on: Meghan will remain herself, whatever happens. We will consistently know what to expect with her.

If you're still not buying her message, a thought that will undoubtedly come as a comfort: you are not obligated to. There isn't national service in this country, and should it be reinstated, it would be unlikely to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you decide to tune in and are overcome with jealousy about her picture-perfect Christmas, all is not lost either. Whether you're a duchess or a office worker, hardly any child completely grasps the dedication and labor their parent puts in in December. So you can take heart by imagining Archie and Lilibet's faces when they open a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, instead of a sweet treat.