Yes, it's Packed with Gibberish, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. However, I Honestly Love Meghan's Christmas Special.

No considering the time of year, it's perpetually fair game for criticism on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, both professional and armchair, have rarely been so united as when enthusiastically shredding the program's earlier episodes apart. The general consensus was that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had seldom occurred than the notorious pretzel re-packaging incident.

Currently, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she makes a comeback once again with a "Festive Special" (or a Christmas special). However on this occasion, it's different. The standard components audiences anticipate – 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 into place; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

By this point, Meghan resembles the quirky relative at the typical holiday get-together – providing unasked-for guidance, and supplying 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 company is customary and strangely comforting. And she seems pleased; she's causing any harm.

She knows her all subtle gestures, word and glance will be dissected and scrutinized, but manages to seem relaxed and serenely untroubled.

Maybe this is the only time in history where that old chestnut – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – may well 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 extravagant – but is that not exactly what the holiday season is for? And the words she speaks might be absurd, but the walk she's walking seems authentically impeccably styled.

Anything she attempts, she executes with style. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the wreath she makes is gorgeous, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to open. Nothing is mediocre or ugly – including the way she secures her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a meal in the oven, it "goes for a spin", and she creases gift paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself throughout. How could any cynical observer not be charmed, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a powerful yearning for handmade crackers or a crudites platter where broccoli is arranged in the form of a wreath?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, obviously, but despite that, after the intensity of scrutiny she has faced ever since she became involved with Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her refusal to modify or even soften her routine, regardless of it being so relentlessly, internationally ridiculed, is strangely reassuring. In our volatile world, here is one thing we can rely on: Meghan will remain herself, whatever happens. We will always know what to expect with her.

If you're still not buying what she's selling, a reminder that will undoubtedly come as a comfort: you are not obligated to. There isn't national service these days, and if there were, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are gripped with jealousy about her idyllic Christmas, there is hope either. Be you a duchess or a data administrator, few children fully understands the dedication and labor their mum does in December. So you can find comfort by envisioning Archie and Lilibet's faces when they reveal a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, rather than a candy.