Indeed, it's Brimming with Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Cherish Meghan's Christmas Special.

No considering the season, it's perpetually fair game for criticism 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 lifestyle show's earlier episodes to shreds. The prevailing view held that a more egregious regal scandal had seldom occurred than the notorious pretzel re-packaging incident.

Currently, as a festive rebel, she is back for another round with a "Holiday Celebration" (also known as a Christmas special). However on this occasion, it's different. The standard components audiences anticipate – vague self-help platitudes, overzealous entertaining – persist, but set of a holiday show, suddenly it all makes sense. The elements have slid into place; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

By this point, Meghan is like the oddball family member at the typical holiday get-together – offering 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 quite a personality, but her company is customary and strangely comforting. And she seems pleased; she's causing the slightest hurt.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, syllable and gaze will be analyzed and scrutinized, but nonetheless looks relaxed and too blessed to be stressed.

Perhaps this is the only time in history where that clichéd phrase – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – could actually be true. The reason is, you know what?, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Admittedly, it's all cringily ultra-extra, foolishness and extravagant – but is that not just what Christmas is for? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the walk she's walking seems authentically beautifully curated.

Anything she attempts, she pulls off with style. Her culinary efforts looks scrumptious, the holiday arrangement she crafts is breathtaking, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to unwrap. Not a single thing is mediocre or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she ties her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a dish in the oven, it "takes a twirl", and she creases gift paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be completely savoring herself throughout. How could any cynical observer not be convinced, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a powerful yearning for personalized Christmas crackers or a crudites platter where broccoli is positioned in the shape of a wreath?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, naturally, but even so, after the level of scrutiny she has endured from the moment she met Prince Harry, the love child of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would struggle to act this naturally. Her decision to modify or even soften her persona, even though it being so constantly, internationally ridiculed, is strangely reassuring. In our volatile world, here is something we can depend on: Meghan will stay true to form, come what may. We will forever know where we are with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of what she's selling, a point that will undoubtedly come as a relief: you don't have to. There isn't the draft in this country, and if there were, it would be improbable to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you choose to watch and are gripped with envy about her idyllic Christmas, all is not lost either. Whether you're a duchess or a everyday person, few children fully understands the dedication and labor their mother does in December. So you can take heart by envisioning her children's faces when they reveal a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a candy.