Yes, it's Full of Nonsense, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Cherish Meghan's Holiday Special.

No concerned with the time of year, it's always hunting season for criticism on the Meghan Markle's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, both professional and armchair, have rarely been so united as when gleefully ripping the lifestyle show's earlier episodes apart. The general consensus was that a more egregious regal scandal had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous pretzel re-packaging incident.

Presently, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she makes a comeback once again with a "Festive Special" (also known as a holiday episode). However on this occasion, the dynamic has changed. The familiar ingredients audiences anticipate – meaningless jargon salads, overzealous entertaining – remain, but set of a yuletide episode, it all clicks into place. The elements have slid into place; it's a perfect snow storm.

By this point, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at the typical holiday get-together – providing random tips, 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 an interesting figure, but her aura is known and unexpectedly soothing. And she seems pleased; she's causing a bit of damage.

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

Perhaps this is the initial instance in history where that old chestnut – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – could actually be true. Since, let's face it, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels charming. Granted, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, silliness and extravagant – but isn't that precisely what Yuletide is about? And the advice she gives might be absurd, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Whatever she attempts, she accomplishes with flair. Her recipes looks scrumptious, the festive decoration she crafts is stunning, her presents are nearly too beautiful to tear into. Nothing is mediocre or visually unappealing – including the way she ties her apron is stylish and elegant. She doesn't throw a dish in the microwave, it "has a moment", and she creases wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself the entire time. How could any cynical observer not be convinced, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where broccoli is organized in the likeness of a Christmas ring?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, obviously, but despite that, after the intensity of attention she has weathered from the moment she became involved with Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of two legendary actresses would have difficulty behaving this authentically. Her decision to alter or even tone down her routine, regardless of it being so persistently, internationally ridiculed, is weirdly comforting. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can rely on: Meghan will stay true to form, come what may. We will forever know where we are with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her brand, a point that will undoubtedly come as a comfort: you don't have to. We don't have the draft anymore, and if there were, it would be doubtful to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you decide to tune in and are overcome with envy about her idyllic Christmas, you can take solace either. Be you a royal or a everyday person, no kid truly appreciates the dedication and labor their mother expends in the holiday season. So you can console yourself by picturing Archie and Lilibet's 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.