Yes, it's Brimming with Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Psychobabble. But I Do Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the season, it's always hunting season for scrutiny on the Meghan Markle's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when enthusiastically shredding the program's initial installments apart. The prevailing view held that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had seldom occurred than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Now, as a festive rebel, she has returned with a new offering with a "Christmas Special" (or a Christmas special). But this time, things have shifted. The standard components we've come to expect – psychobabble word salads, extreme hosting – remain, but within the context of a Christmas special, it all clicks into place. The puzzle has come perfectly; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

Now, Meghan is like the oddball family member at the typical holiday get-together – dispensing unasked-for guidance, and delivering the periodic peculiar declaration. ("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 understands her each tiny facial movement, utterance and glance will be dissected and criticised, but still appears relaxed and serenely untroubled.

Perhaps this is the only time in history where that clichéd phrase – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – might be true. Because, in all honesty, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels charming. Admittedly, it's all painfully excessive, nonsense and extravagant – but isn't that just what Christmas is all about? And the words she speaks might be laughable, but the example she sets genuinely looks shop-bought.

Anything she attempts, she pulls off with style. Her culinary efforts looks scrumptious, the festive decoration she crafts is breathtaking, her presents are practically too exquisite to open. Nothing is mediocre or visually unappealing – including the way she ties her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't throw a meal in the microwave, it "goes for a spin", and she folds wrapping paper like an craft master. She also seems to be completely savoring herself from start to finish. How could any cynical observer not be convinced, overcome by holiday spirit and left with a intense desire for handmade crackers or a crudites platter where greens is arranged in the form of a Christmas ring?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, naturally, but nonetheless, after the level of attention she has weathered since she started dating Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would have difficulty behaving this authentically. Her refusal to alter or even soften her shtick, regardless of it being so persistently, globally mocked, is oddly heartening. In our uncertain world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will be like this, no matter what. We will always know what to expect with her.

If you're still not buying her brand, a thought that will surely come as a relief: you don't have to. There isn't national service these days, and were it to return, it would be unlikely to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you choose to watch and are gripped with envy about her idyllic Christmas, all is not lost either. Be you a duchess or a office worker, few children truly appreciates the time and energy their parent puts in in the holiday season. So you can console yourself by picturing the young royals' faces when they unfold a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, rather than a sweet treat.