Indeed, it's Packed with Absurdity, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Cherish Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the time of year, it's perpetually fair game for commentary on the Meghan Markle's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when gleefully ripping the lifestyle show's earlier episodes to pieces. The common opinion held that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Now, like a merry renegade master, she has returned with a new offering with a "Holiday Celebration" (or a Christmas special). However on this occasion, the dynamic has changed. The familiar ingredients we've come to expect – psychobabble word salads, intense hospitality – remain, but set of a Christmas special, the purpose becomes clear. The elements have slid perfectly; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

By this point, Meghan resembles the quirky relative at the typical holiday get-together – offering unasked-for guidance, and supplying 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 an interesting figure, but her aura is known and oddly reassuring. And she looks content; she's not doing the slightest hurt.

She is aware her every micro expression, utterance and look will be analyzed and judged, but still appears carefree and serenely untroubled.

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that clichéd phrase – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – could actually be true. Because, in all honesty, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels charming. Admittedly, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, nonsense and over the top – but doesn't that represent just what Christmas is about? And the advice she gives might be absurd, but the walk she's walking seems authentically shop-bought.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she executes with flair. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the wreath she makes is stunning, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to unwrap. Not a single thing is average or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she ties her kitchen garment is stylish and elegant. She doesn't throw a dish in the oven, it "goes for a spin", and she creases wrapping paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself throughout. How could any skeptical viewer not be won over, overcome by festive joy and left with a intense desire for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where broccoli is organized in the likeness of a festive circle?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, naturally, but even so, after the intensity of scrutiny she has weathered 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 alter or even soften her shtick, despite it being so constantly, internationally ridiculed, is oddly heartening. In our volatile world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will be like this, whatever happens. We will consistently know where we are with her.

If you're not yet convinced by her message, a point that will surely come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. The UK has abolished mandatory conscription these days, and were it to return, it would be unlikely to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you decide to tune in and are consumed by envy about her picture-perfect Christmas, all is not lost either. If you are a royal or a office worker, no kid truly appreciates the time and energy their mother does in the holiday season. So you can take heart by imagining Archie and Lilibet's faces when they open a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a chocolate.