Indeed, it's Brimming with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. However, I Honestly Adore Meghan's Holiday Special.

No matter the season, it's perpetually hunting season for commentary on the Meghan Markle's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have rarely been so united as when eagerly tearing the program's first and second seasons apart. The common opinion held that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had seldom occurred than the notorious pretzel re-packaging incident.

Presently, as a festive rebel, she has returned for another round with a "Festive Special" (also known as a holiday episode). However on this occasion, it's different. The familiar ingredients audiences anticipate – psychobabble word salads, intense hospitality – are still present, but framed of a Christmas special, it all clicks into place. The puzzle has come together; it's a perfect snow storm.

Now, Meghan is like the quirky relative at Christmas celebrations everywhere – providing unsolicited, unnecessary advice, 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 an interesting figure, but her presence is familiar and strangely comforting. And she seems happy enough; she's not doing the slightest hurt.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, utterance and glance will be dissected and criticised, but still appears unburdened and serenely untroubled.

Maybe this is the only time in history where that clichéd phrase – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – could actually be true. The reason is, let's face it, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is charming. Granted, it's all cringily ultra-extra, silliness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent exactly what the holiday season is about? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she pulls off with flair. Her culinary efforts looks tasty, the holiday arrangement she crafts is breathtaking, her gifts are practically too exquisite to open. Nothing is ordinary or ugly – including the way she secures her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't toss a dish in the oven, it "has a moment", and she wraps wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself the entire time. How could any cynical observer not be won over, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for personalized Christmas crackers or a crudites platter where broccoli is positioned in the likeness of a Christmas ring?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, of course, but even so, after the intensity of scrutiny she has faced ever since she became involved with Prince Harry, the love child of acting royalty would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her decision to change or even tone down her routine, even though it being so constantly, globally mocked, is strangely reassuring. In our unpredictable world, here is one thing we can depend on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will always know where we are with her.

If you're still not buying what she's selling, a point that will surely come as a comfort: you don't have to. We don't have the draft in this country, and were it to return, it would be doubtful to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you decide to tune in and are gripped with jealousy about her idyllic Christmas, all is not lost either. If you are a royal or a everyday person, no kid completely grasps the dedication and labor their parent expends in the holiday season. So you can find comfort by envisioning her children's faces when they reveal a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a candy.