Indeed, it's Packed with Gibberish, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No concerned with the time of year, it's always fair game for scrutiny on the Meghan Markle's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when enthusiastically shredding the program's first and second seasons to pieces. The general consensus seemed to be a greater royal outrage had seldom occurred than the now-infamous pretzel-bagging incident.

Currently, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she has returned once again with a "Christmas Special" (aka a holiday episode). But this time, things have shifted. The familiar ingredients we've come to expect – psychobabble word salads, extreme hosting – persist, but within the context of a Christmas special, the purpose becomes clear. The puzzle has come into place; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

At this stage, Meghan resembles the eccentric aunt at the typical holiday get-together – dispensing unasked-for guidance, and delivering the odd random outburst. ("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 unexpectedly soothing. And she seems happy enough; she's inflicting any harm.

She is aware her all subtle gestures, utterance and look will be dissected and judged, but still appears unburdened and serenely untroubled.

Perhaps this is the only time in history where that well-worn saying – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – may well be true. Because, you know what?, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is charming. Yes, it's all painfully excessive, foolishness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent precisely what Yuletide is for? And the words she speaks might be ridiculous, but the walk she's walking seems authentically impeccably styled.

Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she pulls off with panache. Her recipes looks delicious, the wreath she crafts is gorgeous, her presents are nearly too beautiful to unwrap. Nothing is average or ugly – including the way she ties her kitchen garment is creative and fashionable. She doesn't toss a dish in the microwave, it "has a moment", and she wraps wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself from start to finish. How could any cynical observer not be charmed, overcome by holiday spirit and left with a deep longing for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where broccoli is positioned in the likeness of a festive circle?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, naturally, but even so, after the intensity of attention she has endured since she met Prince Harry, the love child of acting royalty would struggle to act this naturally. Her unwillingness to alter or even tone down her persona, despite it being so relentlessly, internationally ridiculed, is weirdly comforting. In our volatile world, here is something we can depend on: Meghan will stay true to form, come what may. We will consistently know what to expect with her.

If you're still not buying her message, a point that will certainly come as a relief: you aren't required to. There isn't the draft anymore, and should it be reinstated, it would be doubtful to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you choose to watch and are consumed by jealousy about her flawless Christmas, all is not lost either. If you are a duchess or a data administrator, no kid completely grasps the dedication and labor their mum does in the holiday season. So you can take heart by envisioning the young royals' faces when they open a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, in place of a candy.