Admittedly, it's Packed with Absurdity, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. However, I Honestly Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No matter the time of year, it's always open season for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have seldom found such common ground as when gleefully ripping the program's first and second seasons to pieces. The general consensus seemed to be a more egregious regal scandal had never been witnessed than the now-infamous pretzel-bagging incident.

Now, as a festive rebel, she makes a comeback with a new offering with a "Festive Special" (aka a holiday episode). But this time, it's different. The familiar ingredients audiences anticipate – meaningless jargon salads, intense hospitality – are still present, but framed of a yuletide episode, it all clicks into place. The elements have slid perfectly; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

Now, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at Christmas celebrations everywhere – offering random tips, and delivering 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 company is customary and unexpectedly soothing. And she looks content; she's inflicting the slightest hurt.

She understands her each tiny facial movement, word and look will be analyzed and criticised, but nonetheless looks relaxed and serenely untroubled.

Maybe 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, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Granted, it's all painfully excessive, foolishness and flamboyant – but doesn't that represent just what Yuletide is about? And the advice she gives might be laughable, but the example she sets seems authentically beautifully curated.

Whatever she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she pulls off with panache. Her recipes looks tasty, the wreath she makes is breathtaking, her presents are nearly too beautiful to open. Not a single thing is average or ugly – even the way she ties her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a dish in the oven, it "takes a twirl", and she folds wrapping paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself the entire time. 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 positioned in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but nonetheless, after the degree of scrutiny she has faced from the moment she met Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her refusal to alter or even tone down her persona, regardless of it being so persistently, widely parodied, is weirdly comforting. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will remain herself, whatever happens. We will forever know where we are with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her brand, a point that will undoubtedly come as a comfort: you aren't required to. The UK has abolished mandatory conscription anymore, and if there were, it would be improbable to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you decide to tune in and are gripped with longing about her idyllic Christmas, all is not lost either. Be you a royal or a data administrator, hardly any child fully understands the time and energy their mother puts in in December. So you can find comfort by imagining the young royals' faces when they open a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a chocolate.