Yes, it's Full of Gibberish, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. But I Do Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the season, it's always hunting season for commentary on the Meghan Markle's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when gleefully ripping the series' earlier episodes to pieces. The common opinion was that a more egregious regal scandal had seldom occurred than the now-infamous pretzel re-packaging incident.

Currently, like a merry renegade master, she is back with a new offering with a "Holiday Celebration" (or a Christmas special). However on this occasion, it's different. The standard components we've come to expect – psychobabble word salads, extreme hosting – persist, but set of a holiday show, it all clicks into place. The elements have slid perfectly; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

By this point, Meghan has become the quirky relative at Christmas celebrations everywhere – providing 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 an interesting figure, but her company is customary and unexpectedly soothing. And she looks pleased; she's not doing the slightest hurt.

She knows her all subtle gestures, word and glance will be picked apart and criticised, but still appears relaxed and serenely untroubled.

It could be this is the initial instance in history where that clichéd phrase – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – could actually be true. Because, let's face it, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels delightful. Yes, it's all cringily ultra-extra, silliness and flamboyant – but is that not precisely what the holiday season is about? And the talk she's talking might be absurd, but the example she sets genuinely looks shop-bought.

Whatever she attempts, she pulls off with panache. Her cooking looks tasty, the holiday arrangement she creates is stunning, her presents are almost too pretty to unwrap. Not a single thing is ordinary or visually unappealing – including the way she fastens her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't toss a meal in the oven, it "takes a twirl", and she wraps gift paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself from start to finish. How could any hate-watcher not be convinced, overcome by holiday spirit and left with a powerful yearning for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where greens is organized in the likeness of a festive circle?

Meghan had a career in acting for a living, naturally, but even so, after the degree of scrutiny she has endured since she started dating Prince Harry, the love child of acting royalty would have difficulty behaving this naturally. Her unwillingness to alter or even tone down her shtick, despite it being so relentlessly, widely parodied, is strangely reassuring. In our volatile world, here is something we can rely on: Meghan will remain herself, whatever happens. We will consistently know where we are with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her brand, a thought that will certainly come as a reassurance: you are not obligated to. There isn't the draft these days, and if there were, it would be unlikely to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you choose to watch and are consumed by jealousy about her picture-perfect Christmas, you can take solace either. Be you a royal or a everyday person, few children truly appreciates the time and energy their mother does in the holiday season. So you can take heart by picturing the young royals' faces when they open a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, instead of a sweet treat.