Yes, it's Full of Nonsense, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. But I Do Cherish Meghan's Holiday Special.

No considering the time of year, it's constantly fair game for commentary on the Duchess of Sussex's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, both professional and armchair, have seldom found such common ground as when eagerly tearing the lifestyle show's earlier episodes to pieces. The prevailing view seemed to be a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had seldom occurred than the much-discussed snack re-labeling incident.

Currently, as a festive rebel, she makes a comeback once again with a "Holiday Celebration" (aka a yuletide episode). Yet now, things have shifted. The usual elements we've come to expect – vague self-help platitudes, overzealous entertaining – are still present, but within the context of a yuletide episode, the purpose becomes clear. The puzzle has come perfectly; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

Now, Meghan has become the oddball family member at the typical holiday get-together – offering unsolicited, unnecessary advice, and delivering 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 an interesting figure, but her aura is known and strangely comforting. And she seems happy enough; she's inflicting any harm.

She knows her every micro expression, syllable and gaze will be dissected and scrutinized, but still appears relaxed and serenely untroubled.

Maybe this is the first occasion in history where that well-worn saying – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – might be true. Because, you know what?, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is charming. Granted, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, silliness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent exactly what the holiday season is all about? And the talk she's talking might be ridiculous, but the example she sets appears to be shop-bought.

Whatever she attempts, she accomplishes with panache. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the holiday arrangement she makes is stunning, her presents are almost too pretty to tear into. Not a single thing is mediocre or ugly – including the way she fastens her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't toss a dish in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she wraps gift paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself throughout. How could any hate-watcher not be charmed, filled with holiday spirit and left with a powerful yearning for personalized Christmas crackers or a crudites platter where broccoli is arranged in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, naturally, but even so, after the degree of attention she has faced ever since she became involved with Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of acting royalty would struggle to act this genuinely. Her unwillingness to alter or even tone down her shtick, regardless of it being so persistently, widely parodied, is oddly heartening. In our uncertain world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will stay true to form, come what may. We will forever know where we are with her.

If you're not yet convinced by her brand, a reminder that will undoubtedly come as a relief: you are not obligated to. We don't have national service anymore, and if there were, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you choose to watch and are overcome with envy about her flawless Christmas, there is hope either. Be you a royal or a everyday person, few children truly appreciates the effort and hard work their mother puts in in December. So you can console yourself by picturing her children's faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, rather than a candy.