Yes, it's Brimming with Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Psychobabble. But I Do Adore Meghan's Christmas Special.

No concerned with the season, it's perpetually open season for commentary on the Duchess of Sussex's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Critics, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when gleefully ripping the series' first and second seasons apart. The general consensus held that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous pretzel-bagging incident.

Presently, as a festive rebel, she has returned once again with a "Festive Special" (or a holiday episode). But this time, the dynamic has changed. The usual elements viewers are accustomed to – vague self-help platitudes, overzealous entertaining – persist, but within the context of a Christmas special, the purpose becomes clear. The elements have slid together; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

At this stage, Meghan resembles the eccentric aunt at most festive family gatherings – providing unsolicited, unnecessary advice, and supplying 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 aura is known and strangely comforting. And she seems pleased; she's not doing any harm.

She is aware her each tiny facial movement, utterance and glance will be picked apart and scrutinized, but still appears relaxed and serenely untroubled.

It could be this is the only time in history where that clichéd phrase – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – might be true. Because, you know what?, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is lovely. Admittedly, it's all cringily ultra-extra, foolishness and over the top – but doesn't that represent precisely what the holiday season is about? And the words she speaks might be laughable, but the example she sets genuinely looks shop-bought.

Whatever she attempts, she accomplishes with flair. Her cooking looks delicious, the holiday arrangement she crafts is breathtaking, her gifts are practically too exquisite to tear into. Not a single thing is average or aesthetically displeasing – even the way she ties her kitchen garment is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a meal in the oven, it "goes for a spin", and she wraps wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself from start to finish. How could any skeptical viewer not be convinced, bursting with holiday spirit and left with a deep longing for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where greens is organized in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but even so, after the degree of scrutiny she has endured ever since she started dating Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would struggle to act this naturally. Her unwillingness to change or even tone down her persona, even though it being so persistently, internationally ridiculed, is oddly heartening. In our unpredictable world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will remain herself, whatever happens. We will forever know our position with her.

If you're not yet convinced by her message, a point that will surely come as a reassurance: you aren't required to. We don't have mandatory conscription these days, and were it to return, it would be improbable to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you choose to watch and are overcome with jealousy about her picture-perfect Christmas, all is not lost either. Be you a royal or a everyday person, no kid completely grasps the time and energy their mother puts in in December. So you can take heart by envisioning her children's faces when they reveal a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, instead of a candy.