Yes, it's Packed with Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Psychobabble. However, I Honestly Cherish Meghan's Christmas Special.

No considering the season, it's always open season for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have seldom found such common ground as when eagerly tearing the program's initial installments to shreds. The general consensus seemed to be a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Now, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she is back once again with a "Holiday Celebration" (or a holiday episode). But this time, things have shifted. The familiar ingredients audiences anticipate – vague self-help platitudes, intense hospitality – remain, but framed of a holiday show, it all clicks into place. The elements have slid perfectly; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

At this stage, Meghan resembles the quirky relative at Christmas celebrations everywhere – dispensing random tips, and delivering 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 a bit of a character, but her aura is known and unexpectedly soothing. And she looks pleased; she's causing a bit of damage.

She knows her all subtle gestures, syllable and glance will be dissected and scrutinized, but manages to seem carefree and too blessed to be stressed.

It could be this is the only time in history where that well-worn saying – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – could actually be true. The reason is, you know what?, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is delightful. Admittedly, it's all cringily ultra-extra, foolishness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent exactly what the holiday season is about? And the words she speaks might be absurd, but the walk she's walking appears to be impeccably styled.

Whatever she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she pulls off with flair. Her cooking looks tasty, the festive decoration she creates is stunning, her presents are nearly too beautiful to unwrap. Nothing is mediocre or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she fastens her apron is stylish and elegant. She doesn't throw a dish in the oven, it "has a moment", and she wraps gift paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself throughout. How could any skeptical viewer not be charmed, overcome by holiday spirit and left with a powerful yearning for personalized Christmas crackers or a crudites platter where greens is organized in the shape of a Christmas ring?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, obviously, but nonetheless, after the level of attention she has endured since she started dating Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her refusal to modify or even moderate her routine, even though it being so relentlessly, internationally ridiculed, is oddly heartening. In our uncertain world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will always know where we are with her.

If you're not yet convinced by what she's selling, a point that will certainly come as a comfort: you don't have to. There isn't national service anymore, and if there were, it would be doubtful to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you willingly check it out and are consumed by jealousy about her idyllic Christmas, you can take solace either. If you are a royal or a everyday person, hardly any child completely grasps the time and energy their mum puts in in the holiday season. So you can take heart by envisioning the young royals' faces when they reveal a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, rather than a chocolate.