Yes, it's Packed with Gibberish, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. However, I Honestly Cherish Meghan's Holiday Special.

No matter the season, it's perpetually fair game for commentary on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, both professional and armchair, have seldom found such common ground as when eagerly tearing the program's first and second seasons to pieces. The general consensus held that a bigger monarchy-related faux pas had never been witnessed than the now-infamous pretzel re-packaging incident.

Presently, in the spirit of a holiday maverick, she is back once again with a "Festive Special" (also known as a Christmas special). But this time, the dynamic has changed. The standard components audiences anticipate – psychobabble word salads, overzealous entertaining – are still present, but set of a holiday show, it all clicks into place. The pieces have fallen together; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

By this point, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at most festive family gatherings – offering random tips, and delivering 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 quite a personality, but her aura is known and unexpectedly soothing. And she appears pleased; she's inflicting any harm.

She is aware her each tiny facial movement, utterance and look will be analyzed and scrutinized, but nonetheless looks unburdened and remarkably at ease.

Maybe this is the initial instance in history where that clichéd phrase – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – could actually be true. Because, you know what?, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Yes, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, nonsense and flamboyant – but isn't that just what Yuletide is for? And the talk she's talking might be absurd, but the life she leads appears to be impeccably styled.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she executes with flair. Her cooking looks delicious, the wreath she creates is gorgeous, her presents are almost too pretty to open. Nothing is mediocre or ugly – including the way she ties her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't throw a dish in the microwave, it "goes for a spin", and she folds gift paper like an craft master. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself the entire time. How could any hate-watcher not be won over, overcome by seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where greens is positioned in the likeness of a Christmas ring?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, obviously, but despite that, after the degree of examination she has weathered ever since she became involved with Prince Harry, a theoretical combination of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her decision to modify or even tone down her shtick, despite it being so constantly, globally mocked, is strangely reassuring. In our uncertain world, here is one thing we can depend on: Meghan will be like this, whatever happens. We will consistently know where we are with her.

If you're not yet convinced by her message, a thought that will undoubtedly come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. We don't have mandatory conscription in this country, and were it to return, it would be unlikely to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you choose to watch and are overcome with jealousy about her picture-perfect Christmas, all is not lost either. Be you a duchess or a data administrator, hardly any child completely grasps the dedication and labor their mother puts in in the holiday season. So you can console yourself by picturing Archie and Lilibet's faces when they unfold a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, rather than a sweet treat.