Yes, it's Brimming with Nonsense, Extreme Hosting and Psychobabble. Yet I Truly Cherish Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the season, it's perpetually hunting season for criticism on the Meghan Markle's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when eagerly tearing the series' earlier episodes to pieces. The general consensus seemed to be a more egregious regal scandal had never been witnessed than the much-discussed pretzel-bagging incident.

Now, as a festive rebel, she has returned with a new offering with a "Holiday Celebration" (also known as a holiday episode). But this time, it's different. The familiar ingredients we've come to expect – meaningless jargon salads, overzealous entertaining – persist, but framed of a holiday show, it all clicks into place. The puzzle has come together; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

By this point, Meghan resembles the eccentric aunt at the typical holiday get-together – offering random tips, 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 a bit of a character, but her aura is known and strangely comforting. And she looks happy enough; she's causing any harm.

She is aware her all subtle gestures, utterance and glance will be picked apart and judged, but manages to seem carefree and serenely untroubled.

Maybe this is the first occasion in history where that old chestnut – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – could actually be true. The reason is, you know what?, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels delightful. Yes, it's all painfully excessive, foolishness and over the top – but isn't that precisely what Yuletide is for? And the words she speaks might be laughable, but the life she leads appears to be beautifully curated.

Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she accomplishes with flair. Her culinary efforts looks tasty, the holiday arrangement she crafts is breathtaking, her gifts are practically too exquisite to unwrap. Nothing is ordinary or ugly – including the way she fastens her apron is stylish and elegant. She doesn't throw a meal in the oven, it "has a moment", and she wraps wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be completely savoring herself from start to finish. How could any cynical observer not be convinced, overcome by seasonal cheer and left with a powerful yearning for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where greens is positioned in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but nonetheless, after the degree of examination she has weathered from the moment she became involved with Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this authentically. Her refusal to alter or even moderate her shtick, despite it being so constantly, globally mocked, is oddly heartening. In our uncertain world, here is something we can rely on: Meghan will remain herself, whatever happens. We will consistently know where we are with her.

If you're still not buying her message, a reminder that will certainly come as a comfort: you are not obligated to. The UK has abolished the draft anymore, and should it be reinstated, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you willingly check it out and are overcome with jealousy about her idyllic Christmas, all is not lost either. If you are a duchess or a office worker, hardly any child completely grasps the time and energy their mother does in December. So you can console yourself by imagining the young royals' faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, in place of a chocolate.