Yes, it's Full of Absurdity, Extreme Hosting and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Love Meghan's Christmas Special.

No concerned with the time of year, it's constantly open season for criticism on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Critics, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when gleefully ripping the series' earlier episodes to pieces. The prevailing view seemed to be a greater royal outrage had seldom occurred than the now-infamous pretzel re-packaging incident.

Currently, like a merry renegade master, she has returned with a new offering with a "Holiday Celebration" (aka a holiday episode). However on this occasion, it's different. The usual elements audiences anticipate – psychobabble word salads, extreme hosting – remain, but framed of a yuletide episode, the purpose becomes clear. The pieces have fallen perfectly; it's a perfect snow storm.

By this point, Meghan resembles the eccentric aunt at most festive family gatherings – offering unasked-for guidance, and supplying 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 company is customary and oddly reassuring. And she appears content; she's causing any harm.

She understands her every micro expression, utterance and gaze will be picked apart and scrutinized, but still appears relaxed and serenely untroubled.

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, in all honesty, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is charming. Yes, it's all painfully excessive, silliness and extravagant – but doesn't that represent precisely what Yuletide is all about? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the life she leads appears to be beautifully curated.

Anything she sets her mind to, she accomplishes with style. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the holiday arrangement she makes is breathtaking, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to open. Not a single thing is ordinary or ugly – even the way she secures her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a dish in the oven, it "goes for a spin", and she folds gift paper like an craft master. She also seems to be genuinely relishing herself from start to finish. How could any cynical observer not be won over, overcome by seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for crafted festive snaps or a vegetable display where broccoli is positioned in the likeness of a festive circle?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but even so, after the intensity of scrutiny she has weathered since she became involved with Prince Harry, the love child of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would find it hard to appear this authentically. Her refusal to modify or even soften her routine, regardless of it being so persistently, globally mocked, 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 what to expect with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her message, a reminder that will certainly come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. We don't have national service anymore, and were it to return, it would be unlikely to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you willingly check it out and are gripped with envy about her idyllic Christmas, all is not lost either. Be you a duchess or a data administrator, few children truly appreciates the time and energy their parent expends in the holiday season. So you can find comfort by picturing her children's faces when they reveal a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a DIY festive calendar, rather than a chocolate.