Yes, it's Brimming with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Love Meghan's Christmas Special.

No matter the season, it's constantly fair game for scrutiny on the Meghan Markle's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Critics, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have seldom found such common ground as when gleefully ripping the program's earlier episodes to pieces. The general consensus was that a greater royal outrage had never been witnessed than the now-infamous pretzel re-packaging incident.

Presently, as a festive rebel, she makes a comeback for another round with a "Christmas Special" (or a holiday episode). However on this occasion, things have shifted. The standard components viewers are accustomed to – psychobabble word salads, intense hospitality – are still present, but framed of a yuletide episode, the purpose becomes clear. The pieces have fallen into place; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

Now, Meghan has become the quirky relative at Christmas celebrations everywhere – providing unasked-for guidance, 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 strangely comforting. And she seems pleased; she's causing the slightest hurt.

She knows her all subtle gestures, word and look will be analyzed and scrutinized, but still appears carefree and serenely untroubled.

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that old chestnut – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – could actually be true. Since, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels lovely. Yes, it's all cringily ultra-extra, nonsense and over the top – but isn't that just what Christmas is for? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the life she leads appears to be impeccably styled.

Whatever she attempts, she executes with style. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the wreath she makes is gorgeous, her gifts are practically too exquisite to open. Nothing is average or ugly – including the way she fastens her apron is stylish and elegant. She doesn't bung a dish in the microwave, it "goes for a spin", and she folds wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself the entire time. How could any hate-watcher not be convinced, bursting with seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where broccoli is arranged in the shape of a festive circle?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, naturally, but despite that, after the intensity of scrutiny she has endured since she started dating Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her unwillingness to modify or even moderate her shtick, regardless of it being so relentlessly, widely parodied, is strangely reassuring. In our volatile world, here is something we can depend on: Meghan will remain herself, come what may. We will forever know what to expect with her.

If you're still not buying her brand, a point that will undoubtedly come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. The UK has abolished national service these days, and if there were, it would be unlikely to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you decide to tune in and are gripped with longing about her picture-perfect Christmas, you can take solace either. If you are a royal or a data administrator, hardly any child fully understands the effort and hard work their mother expends in the holiday season. So you can console yourself by imagining Archie and Lilibet's faces when they open a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, rather than a sweet treat.