Admittedly, it's Brimming with Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No matter the time of year, it's perpetually open season for commentary on the Meghan Markle's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, both professional and armchair, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when gleefully ripping the lifestyle show's initial installments apart. The common opinion seemed to be 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 is back with a new offering with a "Festive Special" (or a yuletide episode). However on this occasion, things have shifted. The familiar ingredients viewers are accustomed to – meaningless jargon salads, intense hospitality – remain, but framed of a holiday show, it all clicks into place. The elements have slid into place; it's a perfect snow storm.

Now, Meghan has become the oddball family member at Christmas celebrations everywhere – dispensing unasked-for guidance, 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 a bit of a character, but her presence is familiar and strangely comforting. And she seems happy enough; she's inflicting a bit of damage.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, utterance and look will be analyzed and criticised, but manages to seem relaxed and remarkably at ease.

Maybe this is the first occasion in history where that old chestnut – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – may well be true. Since, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels lovely. Yes, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, foolishness and extravagant – but is that not just what Christmas is for? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the example she sets appears to be beautifully curated.

Whatever she attempts, she pulls off with panache. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the holiday arrangement she creates is breathtaking, her gifts are practically too exquisite to unwrap. Nothing is ordinary or visually unappealing – even the way she fastens her kitchen garment is creative and fashionable. She doesn't throw a meal in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she wraps gift paper like an craft master. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself the entire time. How could any hate-watcher not be convinced, bursting with festive joy and left with a deep longing for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where greens is organized in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, naturally, but even so, after the degree of examination she has faced ever since she started dating Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this authentically. Her refusal to modify or even tone down her routine, despite it being so persistently, widely parodied, is oddly heartening. In our uncertain world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will remain herself, come what may. We will forever know our position with her.

If you're still not buying her brand, a thought that will surely come as a reassurance: you aren't required to. We don't have mandatory conscription in this country, and if there were, it would be improbable to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you willingly check it out and are gripped with longing about her flawless Christmas, you can take solace either. If you are a duchess or a everyday person, no kid fully understands the dedication and labor their parent expends in December. So you can console yourself by imagining the young royals' faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, instead of a sweet treat.