Yes, it's Full of Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Love Meghan's Christmas Special.

No considering the season, it's always hunting season for criticism on the Meghan Markle's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, expert and amateur alike, have seldom found such common ground as when enthusiastically shredding the series' earlier episodes to shreds. The prevailing view held that a more egregious regal scandal had seldom occurred than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Now, like a merry renegade master, she makes a comeback with a new offering with a "Christmas Special" (aka a holiday episode). But this time, things have shifted. The usual elements viewers are accustomed to – meaningless jargon salads, intense hospitality – persist, but framed of a yuletide episode, suddenly it all makes sense. The pieces have fallen together; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

Now, Meghan resembles the oddball family member at Christmas celebrations everywhere – offering unasked-for guidance, and contributing the occasional strange exclamation. ("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 unexpectedly soothing. And she appears pleased; she's not doing the slightest hurt.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, syllable and look will be dissected and criticised, but nonetheless looks unburdened and too blessed to be stressed.

Maybe this is the only time in history where that old chestnut – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – could actually be true. The reason is, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is charming. Admittedly, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, foolishness and over the top – but doesn't that represent exactly what Christmas is for? And the words she speaks might be absurd, but the life she leads genuinely looks impeccably styled.

Whatever she attempts, she pulls off with panache. Her recipes looks scrumptious, the festive decoration she creates is gorgeous, her presents are almost too pretty to unwrap. Not a single thing is mediocre or visually unappealing – even the way she ties her apron is stylish and elegant. She doesn't throw a dish in the microwave, it "has a moment", and she creases wrapping paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself from start to finish. How could any skeptical viewer not be convinced, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for crafted festive snaps or a vegetable display where greens is positioned in the shape of a wreath?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, of course, but despite that, after the intensity of scrutiny she has endured since she met Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would struggle to act this authentically. Her unwillingness to alter or even moderate her shtick, despite it being so relentlessly, globally mocked, is oddly heartening. In our uncertain world, here is something we can rely on: Meghan will be like this, no matter what. We will always know our position with her.

If you're still not buying what she's selling, a thought that will surely come as a relief: you are not obligated to. We don't have national service anymore, and should it be reinstated, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you choose to watch and are consumed by jealousy about her idyllic Christmas, all is not lost either. If you are a royal or a everyday person, hardly any child completely grasps the effort and hard work their parent expends in the holiday season. So you can console yourself by imagining Archie and Lilibet's faces when they open a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a candy.