Yes, it's Brimming with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. However, I Honestly Love Meghan's Christmas Special.

No matter the season, it's perpetually fair game for criticism on the Meghan Markle's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, both professional and armchair, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when gleefully ripping the series' first and second seasons to pieces. The prevailing view was that a more egregious regal scandal had seldom occurred than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Currently, as a festive rebel, she has returned for another round with a "Christmas Special" (also known as a Christmas special). But this time, things have shifted. The familiar ingredients we've come to expect – psychobabble word salads, overzealous entertaining – are still present, but framed of a holiday show, the purpose becomes clear. The elements have slid together; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

Now, Meghan is like the oddball family member at the typical holiday get-together – dispensing unsolicited, unnecessary advice, and contributing 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 presence is familiar and unexpectedly soothing. And she seems pleased; she's inflicting the slightest hurt.

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

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that clichéd phrase – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – may well be true. Since, you know what?, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is lovely. Yes, it's all painfully excessive, foolishness and extravagant – but is that not just what Yuletide is about? And the talk she's talking might be absurd, but the walk she's walking appears to be shop-bought.

Anything she sets her mind to, she executes with style. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the wreath she creates is gorgeous, her presents are nearly too beautiful to open. Not a single thing is mediocre or aesthetically displeasing – even the way she secures her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't toss a meal in the microwave, it "goes for a spin", and she creases gift paper like an craft master. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself from start to finish. How could any cynical observer not be convinced, bursting with seasonal cheer and left with a powerful yearning for crafted festive snaps or a vegetable display where broccoli is positioned in the likeness of a Christmas ring?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, of course, but despite that, after the level of examination she has endured from the moment she started dating Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would have difficulty behaving this genuinely. Her unwillingness to alter or even soften her shtick, despite it being so relentlessly, internationally ridiculed, is oddly heartening. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can depend on: Meghan will stay true to form, whatever happens. We will consistently know what to expect with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her message, a reminder that will surely come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. We don't have the draft in this country, and should it be reinstated, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you decide to tune in and are overcome with envy about her picture-perfect Christmas, you can take solace either. Whether you're a duchess or a everyday person, no kid completely grasps the time and energy their parent puts in in December. So you can find comfort by envisioning Archie and Lilibet's faces when they unfold a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, instead of a chocolate.