Indeed, it's Full of Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. However, I Honestly Cherish Meghan's Festive Episode.

No matter the time of year, it's constantly open season for commentary on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Critics, expert and amateur alike, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when eagerly tearing the series' initial installments apart. The general consensus held that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had seldom occurred than the much-discussed pretzel-bagging incident.

Presently, like a merry renegade master, she makes a comeback once again with a "Christmas Special" (or a Christmas special). However on this occasion, it's different. The familiar ingredients audiences anticipate – meaningless jargon salads, overzealous entertaining – are still present, but framed of a yuletide episode, it all clicks into place. The pieces have fallen together; it's a perfect snow storm.

Now, Meghan is like the quirky relative at Christmas celebrations everywhere – dispensing 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 aura is known and strangely comforting. And she seems pleased; she's causing a bit of damage.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, syllable and glance will be analyzed and criticised, but nonetheless looks carefree and serenely untroubled.

Perhaps this is the initial instance in history where that clichéd phrase – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – may well be true. Because, you know what?, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels lovely. Granted, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, foolishness and flamboyant – but isn't that precisely what the holiday season is all about? And the talk she's talking might be laughable, but the example she sets seems authentically impeccably styled.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she pulls off with style. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the wreath she crafts is breathtaking, her gifts are practically too exquisite to unwrap. Not a single thing is ordinary or ugly – including the way she secures her kitchen garment is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a meal in the oven, it "goes for a spin", and she wraps wrapping paper like an craft master. She also seems to be completely savoring herself throughout. How could any skeptical viewer not be charmed, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a intense desire for handmade crackers or a crudites platter where greens is arranged in the likeness of a Christmas ring?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, obviously, but despite that, after the degree of scrutiny she has faced ever since she started dating Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her unwillingness to modify or even tone down her routine, despite it being so relentlessly, globally mocked, is strangely reassuring. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can depend on: Meghan will stay true to form, no matter what. We will consistently know what to expect with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her brand, a reminder that will surely come as a reassurance: you aren't required to. We don't have mandatory conscription anymore, and if there were, it would be unlikely to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you decide to tune in and are consumed by jealousy about her picture-perfect Christmas, all is not lost either. If you are a royal or a data administrator, few children fully understands the dedication and labor their parent expends in December. So you can take heart by imagining Archie and Lilibet's faces when they reveal a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, rather than a chocolate.