Yes, it's Packed with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. But I Do Cherish Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the season, it's always hunting season for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when gleefully ripping the lifestyle show's initial installments apart. The prevailing view was that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had never been witnessed than the notorious pretzel re-packaging incident.

Now, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she is back with a new offering with a "Festive Special" (or a Christmas special). But this time, it's different. The standard components audiences anticipate – vague self-help platitudes, intense hospitality – are still present, but set of a yuletide episode, the purpose becomes clear. The puzzle has come perfectly; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

Now, Meghan has become the quirky relative at Christmas celebrations everywhere – providing unsolicited, unnecessary advice, 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 quite a personality, but her presence is familiar and oddly reassuring. And she looks pleased; she's inflicting the slightest hurt.

She understands her each tiny facial movement, syllable and gaze will be analyzed and judged, but nonetheless looks unburdened and serenely untroubled.

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that old chestnut – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – might be true. The reason is, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is lovely. Yes, it's all painfully excessive, nonsense and flamboyant – but doesn't that represent exactly what Yuletide is about? And the words she speaks might be ridiculous, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Anything she sets her mind to, she pulls off with flair. Her culinary efforts looks scrumptious, the holiday arrangement she crafts is stunning, her presents are almost too pretty to open. Not a single thing is ordinary or visually unappealing – even the way she secures her kitchen garment is artful and chic. She doesn't throw a meal in the oven, it "goes for a spin", and she wraps wrapping paper like an craft master. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself the entire time. How could any skeptical viewer not be convinced, bursting with festive joy and left with a intense desire for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where greens is arranged in the shape of a Christmas ring?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, of course, but nonetheless, after the level of attention she has weathered from the moment she started dating Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would struggle to act this authentically. Her refusal to modify or even moderate her persona, even though it being so persistently, widely parodied, is strangely reassuring. In our unpredictable world, here is one thing we can rely on: Meghan will remain herself, no matter what. We will consistently know where we are with her.

If you're not yet convinced by her message, a thought that will certainly come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. There isn't the draft these days, and were it to return, it would be doubtful to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you choose to watch and are overcome with envy about her flawless Christmas, there is hope either. If you are a duchess or a everyday person, no kid fully understands the time and energy their mother does in December. So you can find comfort by imagining the young royals' faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a chocolate.