Indeed, it's Full of Nonsense, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. But I Do Cherish Meghan's Festive Episode.

No concerned with the season, it's always open season for commentary on the Duchess of Sussex's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, both professional and armchair, have seldom found such common ground as when gleefully ripping the program's initial installments apart. The common opinion seemed to be a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the notorious pretzel re-packaging incident.

Currently, like a merry renegade master, she is back for another round with a "Christmas Special" (also known as a yuletide episode). However on this occasion, the dynamic has changed. The familiar ingredients we've come to expect – vague self-help platitudes, intense hospitality – persist, but within the context of a Christmas special, suddenly it all makes sense. The pieces have fallen perfectly; it's a perfect snow storm.

At this stage, Meghan has become the quirky relative at most festive family gatherings – providing unasked-for guidance, and supplying 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 an interesting figure, but her company is customary and unexpectedly soothing. And she seems pleased; she's inflicting the slightest hurt.

She is aware her each tiny facial movement, syllable and gaze will be dissected and criticised, but still appears carefree and remarkably at ease.

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that well-worn saying – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – may well be true. Because, let's face it, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is lovely. Yes, it's all painfully excessive, nonsense and flamboyant – but is that not precisely what the holiday season is about? And the advice she gives might be laughable, but the walk she's walking seems authentically shop-bought.

Anything she sets her mind to, she executes with flair. Her cooking looks tasty, the wreath she makes is breathtaking, her gifts are practically too exquisite to open. Nothing is mediocre or ugly – even the way she fastens her kitchen garment is stylish and elegant. She doesn't throw a dish in the oven, it "goes for a spin", and she folds wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself throughout. How could any cynical observer not be won over, overcome by holiday spirit and left with a powerful yearning for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where greens is organized in the shape of a Christmas ring?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, of course, but nonetheless, after the intensity of attention she has weathered from the moment she started dating Prince Harry, the love child of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would find it hard to appear this authentically. Her decision to modify or even soften her routine, regardless of it being so relentlessly, internationally ridiculed, is strangely reassuring. In our uncertain world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will be like this, whatever happens. We will forever know what to expect with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her message, a reminder that will certainly come as a comfort: you don't have to. The UK has abolished the draft in this country, and should it be reinstated, it would be unlikely to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you choose to watch and are overcome with jealousy about her idyllic Christmas, all is not lost either. If you are a royal or a everyday person, hardly any child fully understands the time and energy their mother does in December. So you can console yourself by picturing her children's faces when they open a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, in place of a chocolate.