Yes, it's Brimming with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. However, I Honestly Adore Meghan's Festive Episode.

No concerned with the time of year, it's always fair game for criticism on the Duchess of Sussex's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have seldom found such common ground as when enthusiastically shredding the lifestyle show's earlier episodes to pieces. The common opinion was that a greater royal outrage had hardly ever taken place than the notorious pretzel-bagging incident.

Now, like a merry renegade master, she is back for another round with a "Festive Special" (also known as a Christmas special). Yet now, things have shifted. The standard components viewers are accustomed to – vague self-help platitudes, extreme hosting – are still present, but framed of a holiday show, suddenly it all makes sense. The pieces have fallen perfectly; it's a perfect snow storm.

By this point, Meghan is like the oddball family member at the typical holiday get-together – offering unasked-for guidance, and contributing 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 presence is familiar and oddly reassuring. And she seems pleased; she's causing the slightest hurt.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, utterance and gaze will be dissected and judged, but nonetheless looks carefree and serenely untroubled.

It could be this is the initial instance in history where that old chestnut – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – could actually be true. Because, let's face it, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is lovely. Yes, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, foolishness and flamboyant – but isn't that exactly what the holiday season is about? And the talk she's talking might be laughable, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Anything she attempts, she accomplishes with style. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the festive decoration she crafts is breathtaking, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to unwrap. Nothing is mediocre or visually unappealing – including the way she fastens her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a dish in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she folds wrapping paper like an craft master. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself from start to finish. How could any skeptical viewer not be charmed, filled with holiday spirit and left with a deep longing for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where greens is organized in the shape of a wreath?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, naturally, but despite that, after the intensity of examination she has faced ever since she started dating Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would find it hard to appear this naturally. Her decision to alter or even soften her routine, regardless of it being so relentlessly, globally mocked, is weirdly comforting. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can depend on: Meghan will stay true to form, no matter what. We will consistently know what to expect with her.

If you're not yet convinced by her brand, a point that will certainly come as a reassurance: you aren't required to. The UK has abolished national service anymore, and were it to return, it would be doubtful to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are consumed by envy about her flawless Christmas, you can take solace either. Whether you're a royal or a office worker, few children completely grasps the effort and hard work their mum expends in December. So you can take heart by picturing the young royals' faces when they reveal a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, instead of a sweet treat.