Admittedly, it's Brimming with Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Psychobabble. However, I Honestly Adore Meghan's Holiday Special.

No matter the time of year, it's constantly hunting season for criticism on the Meghan Markle's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when eagerly tearing the program's initial installments apart. The common opinion was that a greater royal outrage had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Now, like a merry renegade master, she is back once again with a "Festive Special" (aka a yuletide episode). But this time, it's different. The standard components audiences anticipate – meaningless jargon salads, intense hospitality – persist, but set of a holiday show, the purpose becomes clear. The elements have slid into place; it's a perfect snow storm.

By this point, Meghan resembles the quirky relative at most festive family gatherings – providing 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 presence is familiar and oddly reassuring. And she seems happy enough; she's causing the slightest hurt.

She is aware her every micro expression, syllable and look will be analyzed and judged, but still appears carefree and too blessed to be stressed.

Perhaps this is the first occasion in history where that clichéd phrase – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – could actually be true. Because, let's face it, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels delightful. Yes, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, silliness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent exactly what the holiday season is about? And the words she speaks might be ridiculous, but the life she leads appears to be impeccably styled.

Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she accomplishes with style. Her cooking looks tasty, the wreath she makes is breathtaking, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to open. Not a single thing is mediocre or ugly – including the way she secures her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't toss a dish in the microwave, it "has a moment", and she folds wrapping paper like an craft master. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself from start to finish. How could any cynical observer not be convinced, filled with holiday spirit and left with a intense desire for handmade crackers or a crudites platter where broccoli is arranged in the likeness of a wreath?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but nonetheless, after the level of scrutiny she has endured since she became involved with Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her refusal to alter or even moderate her routine, despite it being so relentlessly, widely parodied, is strangely reassuring. In our unpredictable world, here is one thing we can rely on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will always know our position with her.

If you're still not buying her brand, a thought that will certainly come as a comfort: you are not obligated to. The UK has abolished the draft anymore, and were it to return, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are consumed by envy about her picture-perfect Christmas, you can take solace either. Be you a duchess or a everyday person, few children completely grasps the time and energy their mother expends in December. So you can take heart by imagining the young royals' faces when they reveal a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, in place of a chocolate.