Yes, it's Packed with Gibberish, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Love Meghan's Holiday Special.

No considering the time of year, it's constantly open season for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have seldom found such common ground as when gleefully ripping the lifestyle show's first and second seasons apart. The general consensus held that a greater royal outrage had seldom occurred than the notorious pretzel re-packaging incident.

Currently, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she is back once again with a "Christmas Special" (aka a Christmas special). Yet now, the dynamic has changed. The standard components viewers are accustomed to – vague self-help platitudes, extreme hosting – remain, but set of a Christmas special, the purpose becomes clear. The elements have slid into place; it's a perfect snow storm.

At this stage, Meghan is like the quirky relative at the typical holiday get-together – offering unsolicited, unnecessary advice, and contributing 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 oddly reassuring. And she appears pleased; she's not doing the slightest hurt.

She is aware her every micro expression, utterance and look will be picked apart and judged, but still appears relaxed and too blessed to be stressed.

Maybe this is the first occasion in history where that well-worn saying – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – could actually be true. Because, let's face it, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels delightful. Granted, it's all painfully excessive, nonsense and flamboyant – but doesn't that represent precisely what Yuletide is all about? And the words she speaks might be ridiculous, but the walk she's walking seems authentically impeccably styled.

Anything she attempts, she pulls off with panache. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the festive decoration she makes is breathtaking, her presents are nearly too beautiful to tear into. Not a single thing is ordinary or aesthetically displeasing – including the way she ties her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't toss a dish in the oven, it "takes a twirl", and she wraps gift paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself from start to finish. How could any skeptical viewer not be charmed, overcome by holiday spirit and left with a intense desire for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where broccoli is arranged in the form of a wreath?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, obviously, but nonetheless, after the level of attention she has endured ever since she met Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her unwillingness to change or even soften her shtick, even though it being so constantly, widely parodied, is weirdly comforting. In our unpredictable world, here is one thing we can depend on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will always know our position with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of what she's selling, a reminder that will surely come as a comfort: you aren't required to. The UK has abolished the draft anymore, and should it be reinstated, it would be improbable to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you willingly check it out and are consumed by jealousy about her flawless Christmas, you can take solace either. Whether you're a duchess or a office worker, no kid completely grasps the time and energy their mum does in the holiday season. So you can take heart by picturing the young royals' faces when they unfold a handwritten message that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, instead of a candy.