Yes, it's Brimming with Gibberish, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Adore Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the time of year, it's constantly open season for commentary on the Meghan Markle's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when enthusiastically shredding the program's initial installments to shreds. The prevailing view held that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had never been witnessed than the much-discussed snack re-labeling incident.

Currently, like a merry renegade master, she makes a comeback for another round with a "Festive Special" (or a Christmas special). But this time, things have shifted. The usual elements audiences anticipate – vague self-help platitudes, intense hospitality – are still present, but within the context of a holiday show, the purpose becomes clear. The elements have slid together; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

By this point, Meghan has become the eccentric aunt at the typical holiday get-together – offering unsolicited, unnecessary advice, 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 a bit of a character, but her presence is familiar and strangely comforting. And she appears content; she's causing a bit of damage.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, syllable and gaze will be picked apart and scrutinized, but nonetheless looks carefree and too blessed to be stressed.

Perhaps this is the initial instance in history where that clichéd phrase – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – might be true. Since, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is charming. Granted, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, silliness and flamboyant – but isn't that precisely what Yuletide is about? And the advice she gives might be absurd, but the life she leads seems authentically shop-bought.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she pulls off with flair. Her culinary efforts looks tasty, the wreath she crafts is breathtaking, her presents are almost too pretty to open. Nothing is ordinary or ugly – including the way she ties her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a dish in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she folds wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be completely savoring herself the entire time. How could any skeptical viewer not be won over, filled with seasonal cheer and left with a intense desire for handmade crackers or a crudites platter where broccoli is organized in the shape of a festive circle?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, of course, but even so, after the level of attention she has weathered ever since she met Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would struggle to act this authentically. Her unwillingness to change or even soften her persona, despite it being so constantly, globally mocked, is oddly heartening. In our unpredictable world, here is one thing we can depend on: Meghan will be like this, no matter what. We will always know where we are with her.

If you're not yet convinced by what she's selling, a point that will undoubtedly come as a reassurance: you aren't required to. We don't have national service anymore, and should it be reinstated, it would be improbable to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you decide to tune in and are consumed by envy about her idyllic Christmas, you can take solace either. Be you a royal or a office worker, no kid truly appreciates the dedication and labor their parent does in the holiday season. So you can console yourself by picturing the young royals' faces when they open a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, in place of a chocolate.