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

No matter the season, it's constantly hunting season for commentary on the Duchess of Sussex's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, both professional and armchair, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when gleefully ripping the series' earlier episodes to pieces. The common opinion was that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the notorious snack re-labeling incident.

Now, as a festive rebel, she makes a comeback with a new offering with a "Christmas Special" (or a Christmas special). However on this occasion, it's different. The usual elements audiences anticipate – meaningless jargon salads, extreme hosting – remain, but framed of a Christmas special, the purpose becomes clear. The elements have slid into place; it's a perfect snow storm.

Now, Meghan is like the oddball family member at Christmas celebrations everywhere – dispensing unasked-for guidance, and contributing 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 an interesting figure, but her presence is familiar and unexpectedly soothing. And she looks happy enough; she's causing any harm.

She understands her each tiny facial movement, utterance and glance will be picked apart and criticised, but manages to seem relaxed and too blessed to be stressed.

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that clichéd phrase – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – might be true. Since, let's face it, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is charming. Yes, it's all cringily ultra-extra, nonsense and flamboyant – but isn't that exactly what Yuletide is for? And the talk she's talking might be laughable, but the example she sets appears to be shop-bought.

Anything she sets her mind to, she accomplishes with panache. Her culinary efforts looks scrumptious, the wreath she creates is breathtaking, her presents are nearly too beautiful to unwrap. Nothing is average or visually unappealing – even the way she secures her apron is stylish and elegant. She doesn't toss a dish in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she folds wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be completely savoring herself the entire time. How could any hate-watcher not be charmed, overcome by seasonal cheer and left with a intense desire for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where broccoli is organized in the shape of a wreath?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but despite that, after the degree of attention she has faced since she started dating Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would struggle to act this authentically. Her decision to modify or even moderate her shtick, despite it being so relentlessly, globally mocked, is weirdly comforting. In our uncertain world, here is one thing we can rely on: Meghan will stay true to form, come what may. We will consistently know what to expect with her.

If you're still not buying what she's selling, a thought that will certainly come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. We don't have mandatory conscription in this country, and if there were, it would be unlikely to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you willingly check it out and are gripped with longing about her picture-perfect Christmas, all is not lost either. Whether you're a duchess or a office worker, hardly any child fully understands the dedication and labor their mother does in December. So you can find comfort by imagining her children's faces when they reveal a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, in place of a chocolate.