Indeed, it's Full of Absurdity, Extreme Hosting and Psychobabble. Yet I Truly Adore Meghan's Christmas Special.

No considering the season, it's perpetually hunting season for criticism on the Meghan Markle's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have seldom found such common ground as when gleefully ripping the series' initial installments to pieces. The prevailing view held that a greater royal outrage had seldom occurred than the now-infamous snack re-labeling incident.

Now, as a festive rebel, she makes a comeback once again with a "Holiday Celebration" (also known as a holiday episode). But this time, things have shifted. The standard components viewers are accustomed to – vague self-help platitudes, overzealous entertaining – persist, but framed of a Christmas special, it all clicks into place. The puzzle has come together; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

By this point, Meghan is like the oddball family member at the typical holiday get-together – providing unasked-for guidance, 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 company is customary and strangely comforting. And she appears pleased; she's causing a bit of damage.

She understands her every micro expression, word and look will be picked apart and criticised, but manages to seem relaxed and too blessed to be stressed.

Perhaps this is the only time in history where that well-worn saying – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – may well be true. Because, in all honesty, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Yes, it's all cringily ultra-extra, foolishness and flamboyant – but doesn't that represent just what Christmas is for? And the advice she gives might be laughable, but the example she sets appears to be shop-bought.

Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she executes with flair. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the wreath she makes is gorgeous, her presents are almost too pretty to unwrap. Not a single thing is average or aesthetically displeasing – even the way she ties her apron is artful and chic. She doesn't bung a dish in the microwave, it "has a moment", 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 cynical observer not be won over, overcome by holiday spirit and left with a intense desire for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where greens is positioned in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, obviously, but nonetheless, after the intensity of attention she has endured ever since she became involved with Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of acting royalty would find it hard to appear this authentically. Her decision to modify or even soften her persona, regardless of it being so constantly, globally mocked, is oddly heartening. In our volatile world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will be like this, no matter what. We will always know what to expect with her.

If you're not yet convinced by her brand, a reminder that will surely come as a relief: you don't have to. The UK has abolished national service these days, and were it to return, it would be doubtful to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you willingly check it out and are gripped with envy about her picture-perfect Christmas, you can take solace either. Be you a royal or a data administrator, no kid fully understands the time and energy their parent puts in in the holiday season. So you can take heart by picturing Archie and Lilibet's faces when they reveal a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, rather than a candy.