Admittedly, it's Brimming with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. Yet I Truly Cherish Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the season, it's always fair game for commentary on the Meghan Markle's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have seldom found such common ground as when enthusiastically shredding the lifestyle show's first and second seasons to shreds. The common opinion was that a greater royal outrage had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Now, as a festive rebel, she has returned once again with a "Holiday Celebration" (also known as a Christmas special). However on this occasion, things have shifted. The usual elements viewers are accustomed to – vague self-help platitudes, overzealous entertaining – are still present, but within the context of a holiday show, suddenly it all makes sense. The elements have slid into place; it's a perfect snow storm.

Now, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at the typical holiday get-together – providing unasked-for guidance, and delivering 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 an interesting figure, but her presence is familiar and oddly reassuring. And she looks content; she's inflicting any harm.

She knows her every micro expression, word and glance will be analyzed and scrutinized, but manages to seem unburdened and remarkably at ease.

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, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Yes, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, foolishness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent just what Yuletide is about? And the words she speaks might be laughable, but the example she sets seems authentically beautifully curated.

Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she executes with style. Her culinary efforts looks tasty, the holiday arrangement she crafts is stunning, her gifts are practically too exquisite to open. Nothing is mediocre or aesthetically displeasing – even the way she ties her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a dish in the oven, it "has a moment", and she creases gift paper like an craft master. She also seems to be completely savoring herself the entire time. How could any cynical observer not be charmed, filled with festive joy and left with a intense desire for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where greens is arranged in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, of course, but even so, after the intensity of scrutiny she has endured since she started dating Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would have difficulty behaving this genuinely. Her unwillingness to alter or even tone down her persona, regardless of it being so relentlessly, globally mocked, is weirdly comforting. In our volatile world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will stay true to form, whatever happens. We will always know what to expect with her.

If you're not yet convinced by what she's selling, a thought that will undoubtedly come as a comfort: you aren't required to. There isn't national service these days, and if there were, it would be doubtful to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you willingly check it out and are gripped with envy about her idyllic Christmas, there is hope either. Whether you're a royal or a everyday person, few children truly appreciates the time and energy their parent puts in in December. So you can console yourself by imagining her children's faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, instead of a candy.