Indeed, it's Brimming with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. However, I Honestly Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the season, it's perpetually hunting season for commentary on the Meghan Markle's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, both professional and armchair, have rarely been so united as when gleefully ripping the program's earlier episodes apart. The common opinion seemed to be a greater royal outrage had seldom occurred than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Currently, like a merry renegade master, she has returned once again with a "Festive Special" (also known as a holiday episode). But this time, the dynamic has changed. The familiar ingredients we've come to expect – vague self-help platitudes, intense hospitality – are still present, but set of a yuletide episode, suddenly it all makes sense. The elements have slid together; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

By this point, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at the typical holiday get-together – providing random tips, 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 quite a personality, but her aura is known and oddly reassuring. And she appears happy enough; she's not doing the slightest hurt.

She is aware her each tiny facial movement, syllable and look will be dissected and judged, but still appears carefree and too blessed to be stressed.

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that old chestnut – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – could actually be true. The reason is, let's face it, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Granted, it's all cringily ultra-extra, silliness and extravagant – but is that not precisely what Christmas is for? And the talk she's talking might be absurd, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she executes with panache. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the festive decoration she creates is stunning, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to tear into. Nothing is ordinary or visually unappealing – even the way she secures her kitchen garment is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a dish in the microwave, it "goes for a spin", and she folds gift paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself from start to finish. How could any hate-watcher not be charmed, overcome by seasonal cheer and left with a powerful yearning for personalized Christmas crackers or a crudites platter where broccoli is organized in the shape of a wreath?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but even so, after the degree of attention she has weathered from the moment she met Prince Harry, the love child of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would struggle to act this genuinely. Her decision to modify or even moderate her persona, despite it being so constantly, globally mocked, is strangely reassuring. In our volatile world, here is one thing we can depend on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will always know what to expect with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of what she's selling, a reminder that will undoubtedly come as a comfort: you aren't required to. The UK has abolished national service anymore, and were it to return, it would be doubtful to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you decide to tune in and are gripped with jealousy about her idyllic Christmas, there is hope either. Whether you're a duchess or a data administrator, few children completely grasps the dedication and labor their mum puts in in December. So you can console yourself by picturing Archie and Lilibet'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 candy.