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

No matter the season, it's constantly fair game for criticism on the Meghan Markle's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, both professional and armchair, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when eagerly tearing the series' first and second seasons apart. The prevailing view held that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the notorious pretzel re-packaging incident.

Currently, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she has returned with a new offering with a "Christmas Special" (aka a holiday episode). Yet now, it's different. The familiar ingredients we've come to expect – psychobabble word salads, overzealous entertaining – persist, but framed of a holiday show, suddenly it all makes sense. The elements have slid into place; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

Now, Meghan resembles the quirky relative at most festive family gatherings – providing random tips, and delivering 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 any harm.

She knows her every micro expression, syllable and gaze will be dissected and judged, but nonetheless looks carefree and serenely untroubled.

Maybe this is the initial instance in history where that clichéd phrase – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – might be true. The reason is, you know what?, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels charming. Granted, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, foolishness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent exactly what Yuletide is for? And the words she speaks might be absurd, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Whatever she attempts, she pulls off with panache. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the holiday arrangement she crafts is gorgeous, her gifts are almost too pretty to tear into. Not a single thing is ordinary or visually unappealing – including the way she secures her apron is stylish and elegant. She doesn't toss a dish in the oven, it "takes a twirl", and she wraps wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be completely savoring herself throughout. How could any skeptical viewer not be convinced, overcome by seasonal cheer and left with a powerful yearning for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where greens is organized in the shape of a festive circle?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, naturally, but nonetheless, after the level of attention she has endured since she started dating Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would struggle to act this naturally. Her unwillingness to modify or even tone down her routine, despite it being so persistently, widely parodied, is weirdly comforting. In our volatile world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will remain herself, come what may. We will forever know where we are with her.

If you're still not buying her message, a reminder that will undoubtedly come as a reassurance: you aren't required to. We don't have the draft anymore, and were it to return, it would be unlikely to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, 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, hardly any child truly appreciates the dedication and labor their mum puts in in the holiday season. So you can take heart by imagining Archie and Lilibet's faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, instead of a candy.