Indeed, it's Packed with Nonsense, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Cherish Meghan's Holiday Special.

No considering the season, it's constantly hunting season for criticism on the Meghan Markle's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, both professional and armchair, have seldom found such common ground as when enthusiastically shredding the series' earlier episodes to shreds. The prevailing view held that a more egregious regal scandal had never been witnessed than the notorious snack re-labeling incident.

Presently, like a merry renegade master, she is back for another round with a "Christmas Special" (aka a yuletide episode). Yet now, things have shifted. The usual elements audiences anticipate – psychobabble word salads, extreme hosting – remain, but set of a holiday show, suddenly it all makes sense. The puzzle has come perfectly; it's a perfect snow storm.

Now, Meghan has become the eccentric aunt at the typical holiday get-together – offering unasked-for guidance, 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 aura is known and strangely comforting. And she seems happy enough; she's inflicting the slightest hurt.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, utterance and look will be analyzed and criticised, but manages to seem unburdened and remarkably at ease.

Maybe this is the first occasion in history where that old chestnut – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – may well be true. Because, in all honesty, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is charming. Admittedly, it's all cringily ultra-extra, foolishness and extravagant – but isn't that exactly what Christmas is for? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the example she sets appears to be impeccably styled.

Anything she turns her beautifully manicured, diamond-adorned hand to, she accomplishes with flair. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the wreath she makes is stunning, her presents are nearly too beautiful to unwrap. Not a single thing is ordinary or aesthetically displeasing – even the way she fastens her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't toss a dish in the oven, it "takes a twirl", and she wraps wrapping paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be completely savoring herself from start to finish. How could any hate-watcher not be charmed, overcome by festive joy and left with a deep longing for crafted festive snaps or a crudites platter where greens is positioned in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, of course, but even so, after the intensity of examination she has endured from the moment she met Prince Harry, the love child of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would have difficulty behaving this genuinely. Her refusal to modify or even tone down her routine, despite it being so persistently, globally mocked, is weirdly comforting. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will remain herself, come what may. We will always know where we are with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of what she's selling, a thought that will surely come as a relief: you aren't required to. There isn't the draft anymore, and should it be reinstated, it would be improbable to include watching With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you willingly check it out and are overcome with jealousy about her flawless Christmas, all is not lost either. Be you a royal or a office worker, hardly any child fully understands the dedication and labor their mum expends in December. So you can take heart by picturing the young royals' faces when they reveal a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a chocolate.