Yes, it's Packed with Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Cherish Meghan's Holiday Special.

No considering the season, it's always fair game for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Critics, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when gleefully ripping the program's first and second seasons to shreds. The general consensus held that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous pretzel re-packaging incident.

Presently, like a merry renegade master, she has returned for another round with a "Holiday Celebration" (aka a Christmas special). Yet now, it's different. The standard components viewers are accustomed to – psychobabble word salads, intense hospitality – remain, but framed of a yuletide episode, suddenly it all makes sense. The puzzle has come into place; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

By this point, Meghan resembles the oddball family member at the typical holiday get-together – offering random tips, 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 company is customary and strangely comforting. And she appears pleased; she's not doing any harm.

She is aware her each tiny facial movement, syllable and gaze will be analyzed and judged, but still appears relaxed and too blessed to be stressed.

It could be this is the initial instance in history where that old chestnut – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – may well be true. The reason is, you know what?, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is charming. Admittedly, it's all cringily ultra-extra, silliness and flamboyant – but is that not exactly what Yuletide is all about? And the talk she's talking might be laughable, but the example she sets seems authentically beautifully curated.

Anything she attempts, she accomplishes with flair. Her recipes looks delicious, the holiday arrangement she creates is gorgeous, her presents are practically too exquisite to tear into. Not a single thing is ordinary or aesthetically displeasing – even the way she fastens her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't toss a meal in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she creases gift paper like an craft master. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself the entire time. How could any cynical observer not be charmed, bursting with festive joy and left with a intense desire for handmade crackers or a crudites platter where broccoli is arranged in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, naturally, but even so, after the intensity of scrutiny she has faced since she met Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would struggle to act this naturally. Her decision to alter or even tone down her persona, regardless of it being so persistently, internationally ridiculed, is strangely reassuring. In our volatile world, here is one thing we can rely on: Meghan will stay true to form, no matter what. We will consistently know where we are with her.

If you're not yet convinced by what she's selling, a thought that will surely come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. We don't have mandatory conscription in this country, and should it be reinstated, it would be improbable to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are consumed by longing about her flawless Christmas, you can take solace either. Be you a duchess or a office worker, few children completely grasps the dedication and labor their mother expends in December. So you can console yourself by imagining the young royals' faces when they reveal a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, instead of a chocolate.