Admittedly, it's Packed with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Adore Meghan's Holiday Special.

No concerned with the season, it's always hunting season for scrutiny on the Meghan Markle's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Critics, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when gleefully ripping the lifestyle show's initial installments to pieces. The general consensus held that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the notorious pretzel-bagging incident.

Now, like a merry renegade master, she has returned with a new offering with a "Festive Special" (or a Christmas special). Yet now, things have shifted. The usual elements audiences anticipate – psychobabble word salads, intense hospitality – remain, but set of a holiday show, suddenly it all makes sense. The pieces have fallen into place; it's a perfect snow storm.

At this stage, Meghan has become the quirky relative at the typical holiday get-together – dispensing unasked-for guidance, and contributing 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 looks happy enough; she's not doing a bit of damage.

She knows her all subtle gestures, syllable and look will be dissected and judged, but still appears relaxed and remarkably at ease.

Perhaps this is the only time in history where that old chestnut – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – may well be true. Because, you know what?, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels delightful. Granted, it's all painfully excessive, nonsense and flamboyant – but is that not precisely what Christmas is about? And the talk she's talking might be absurd, but the life she leads seems authentically beautifully curated.

Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she executes with flair. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the wreath she makes is gorgeous, her gifts are almost too pretty to open. Nothing is average or aesthetically displeasing – even the way she secures her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't toss a meal in the oven, it "goes for a spin", and she creases gift paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be completely savoring herself the entire time. How could any hate-watcher not be won over, filled with festive joy and left with a powerful yearning for crafted festive snaps or a vegetable display where broccoli is organized in the likeness of a festive circle?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, of course, but even so, after the degree of scrutiny she has endured since she became involved with Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would struggle to act this authentically. Her refusal to alter or even soften her shtick, despite it being so relentlessly, internationally ridiculed, is oddly heartening. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can rely on: Meghan will stay true to form, no matter what. We will forever know what to expect with her.

If you're still not buying her message, a reminder that will undoubtedly come as a comfort: you don't have to. The UK has abolished the draft anymore, and if there were, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you willingly check it out and are gripped with longing about her picture-perfect Christmas, all is not lost either. Whether you're a royal or a office worker, hardly any child completely grasps the dedication and labor their mum expends in the holiday season. So you can take heart by imagining Archie and Lilibet's faces when they reveal a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, rather than a candy.