Admittedly, it's Packed with Absurdity, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. However, I Honestly Love Meghan's Christmas Special.

No matter the season, it's always open season for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, both professional and armchair, have seldom found such common ground as when eagerly tearing the program's initial installments to shreds. The prevailing view was that a more egregious regal scandal had seldom occurred than the much-discussed pretzel-bagging incident.

Currently, as a festive rebel, she makes a comeback once again with a "Christmas Special" (also known as a Christmas special). However on this occasion, things have shifted. The standard components audiences anticipate – vague self-help platitudes, extreme hosting – are still present, but within the context of a Christmas special, it all clicks into place. The elements have slid perfectly; it's a perfect snow storm.

At this stage, Meghan is like the oddball family member at Christmas celebrations everywhere – offering unasked-for guidance, and contributing 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 a bit of a character, but her aura is known and strangely comforting. And she appears pleased; she's not doing any harm.

She knows her all subtle gestures, syllable and glance will be picked apart and scrutinized, but still appears relaxed and remarkably at ease.

Maybe this is the first occasion in history where that well-worn saying – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – could actually be true. Since, you know what?, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels delightful. Admittedly, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, foolishness and flamboyant – but is that not just what the holiday season is about? And the words she speaks might be ridiculous, but the example she sets seems authentically shop-bought.

Whatever she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she executes with flair. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the holiday arrangement she crafts is stunning, her presents are nearly too beautiful to open. Not a single thing is average or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she secures her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a meal in the oven, it "takes a twirl", and she creases gift paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be completely savoring herself from start to finish. How could any cynical observer not be won over, bursting with holiday spirit and left with a deep longing for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where greens is organized in the likeness of a Christmas ring?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, obviously, but despite that, after the intensity of scrutiny she has faced from the moment she started dating Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would struggle to act this genuinely. Her unwillingness to modify or even moderate her shtick, regardless of it being so relentlessly, widely parodied, is weirdly comforting. In our uncertain world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will be like this, whatever happens. We will always know where we are with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of what she's selling, a reminder that will certainly come as a comfort: you aren't required to. The UK has abolished mandatory conscription these days, and if there were, it would be improbable to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you decide to tune in and are gripped with envy about her idyllic Christmas, you can take solace either. Be you a royal or a everyday person, few children fully understands the dedication and labor their mum puts in in December. So you can find comfort by envisioning Archie and Lilibet's faces when they reveal a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, rather than a chocolate.