Yes, it's Packed with Nonsense, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. But I Do Cherish Meghan's Holiday Special.

No concerned with the time of year, it's constantly fair game for criticism on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, expert and amateur alike, have seldom found such common ground as when eagerly tearing the series' earlier episodes to shreds. The prevailing view was that a greater royal outrage had hardly ever taken place than the notorious snack re-labeling incident.

Now, like a merry renegade master, she is back with a new offering with a "Christmas Special" (aka a holiday episode). But this time, the dynamic has changed. The familiar ingredients audiences anticipate – psychobabble word salads, extreme hosting – are still present, but framed of a holiday show, suddenly it all makes sense. The elements have slid into place; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

At this stage, Meghan is like the quirky relative at the typical holiday get-together – dispensing unsolicited, unnecessary advice, and delivering 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 unexpectedly soothing. And she seems happy enough; she's not doing a bit of damage.

She is aware her every micro expression, utterance and gaze will be dissected and scrutinized, but nonetheless looks relaxed and too blessed to be stressed.

Maybe this is the first occasion in history where that old chestnut – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – could actually be true. Because, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is lovely. Granted, it's all cringily ultra-extra, foolishness and flamboyant – but is that not just what Yuletide is about? And the advice she gives might be absurd, but the example she sets genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Whatever she attempts, she pulls off with panache. Her recipes looks delicious, the holiday arrangement she creates is breathtaking, her presents are nearly too beautiful to open. Nothing is mediocre or visually unappealing – including the way she secures her kitchen garment is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a dish in the oven, it "has a moment", and she wraps gift paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself from start to finish. How could any cynical observer not be charmed, filled with festive joy and left with a deep longing for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where broccoli is organized in the likeness of a wreath?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, of course, but even so, after the intensity of attention she has endured from the moment she started dating Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this authentically. Her decision to alter or even moderate her shtick, even though it being so constantly, widely parodied, is strangely reassuring. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can rely on: Meghan will stay true to form, whatever happens. We will consistently know our position with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her brand, a reminder that will certainly come as a comfort: you don't have to. There isn't national service in this country, and if there were, it would be improbable to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you choose to watch and are consumed by longing about her flawless Christmas, there is hope either. Be you a duchess or a data administrator, hardly any child truly appreciates the effort and hard work their mum puts in in the holiday season. So you can find comfort by picturing her children's faces when they reveal a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, in place of a chocolate.