Indeed, it's Brimming with Nonsense, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. But I Do Adore Meghan's Christmas Special.

No matter the season, it's constantly fair game for scrutiny on the Meghan Markle's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Critics, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have seldom found such common ground as when enthusiastically shredding the series' initial installments apart. The general consensus held that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Presently, as a festive rebel, she makes a comeback for another round with a "Festive Special" (also known as a yuletide episode). Yet now, it's different. The familiar ingredients audiences anticipate – vague self-help platitudes, intense hospitality – remain, but framed of a Christmas special, the purpose becomes clear. The puzzle has come together; it's a perfect snow storm.

Now, Meghan has become the quirky relative at most festive family gatherings – dispensing random tips, 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 oddly reassuring. And she appears content; she's inflicting any harm.

She understands her every micro expression, word and gaze will be picked apart and criticised, but nonetheless looks unburdened and too blessed to be stressed.

It could be this is the initial instance in history where that clichéd phrase – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – may well be true. Because, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is charming. Admittedly, it's all cringily ultra-extra, foolishness and over the top – but doesn't that represent just what Yuletide is all about? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the walk she's walking seems authentically shop-bought.

Anything she attempts, she pulls off with flair. Her recipes looks tasty, the festive decoration she creates is gorgeous, her presents are nearly too beautiful to open. Nothing is ordinary or ugly – even the way she secures her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a dish in the oven, it "goes for a spin", and she wraps gift paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself throughout. How could any skeptical viewer not be charmed, overcome by seasonal cheer and left with a intense desire for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where broccoli is organized in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but even so, after the degree of scrutiny she has faced from the moment she became involved with Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would struggle to act this genuinely. Her decision to modify or even soften her shtick, despite it being so relentlessly, widely parodied, is weirdly comforting. In our uncertain world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will stay true to form, whatever happens. We will forever know our position with her.

If you're not yet convinced by what she's selling, a reminder that will certainly come as a relief: you are not obligated to. The UK has abolished the draft anymore, and if there were, it would be improbable to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you willingly check it out and are gripped with jealousy about her picture-perfect Christmas, you can take solace 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 take heart by picturing the young royals' faces when they unfold a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, rather than a candy.