Indeed, it's Brimming with Absurdity, Extreme Hosting and Psychobabble. But I Do Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the time of year, it's perpetually open season for commentary on the Meghan Markle's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, both professional and armchair, have seldom found such common ground as when eagerly tearing the series' initial installments apart. The common opinion was that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the notorious snack re-labeling incident.

Now, like a merry renegade master, she is back for another round with a "Festive Special" (also known as a yuletide episode). However on this occasion, the dynamic has changed. The usual elements we've come to expect – meaningless jargon salads, intense hospitality – remain, but framed of a Christmas special, suddenly it all makes sense. The puzzle has come into place; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

At this stage, Meghan has become the eccentric aunt at the typical holiday get-together – dispensing random tips, and supplying 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 seems happy enough; she's causing a bit of damage.

She understands her all subtle gestures, syllable and look will be dissected and judged, but manages to seem relaxed and serenely untroubled.

Maybe this is the initial instance in history where that old chestnut – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – may well be true. Because, let's face it, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels charming. Granted, it's all cringily ultra-extra, nonsense and extravagant – but isn't that just what the holiday season is for? And the words she speaks might be absurd, but the example she sets seems authentically shop-bought.

Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she pulls off with style. Her cooking looks scrumptious, the festive decoration she crafts is breathtaking, her presents are nearly too beautiful to open. Nothing is mediocre or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she secures her kitchen garment is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a dish in the microwave, it "has a moment", and she wraps wrapping paper like an craft master. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself throughout. How could any cynical observer not be convinced, bursting with seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where greens is arranged in the likeness of a Christmas ring?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, naturally, but nonetheless, after the intensity of scrutiny she has weathered since she became involved with Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of acting royalty would struggle to act this genuinely. Her decision to change or even soften her routine, regardless of it being so constantly, widely parodied, is weirdly comforting. In our uncertain world, here is something we can rely on: Meghan will remain herself, whatever happens. 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 reassurance: you are not obligated to. We don't have the draft these days, and if there were, it would be improbable to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are gripped with jealousy about her flawless Christmas, all is not lost either. Be you a duchess or a data administrator, few children fully understands the time and energy their mum does in the holiday season. So you can take heart by envisioning Archie and Lilibet's faces when they open a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, instead of a sweet treat.