Yes, it's Packed with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. Yet I Truly Adore Meghan's Christmas Special.

No matter the time of year, it's perpetually fair game for scrutiny on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when gleefully ripping the lifestyle show's initial installments to pieces. The general consensus seemed to be a more egregious regal scandal had seldom occurred than the much-discussed pretzel re-packaging incident.

Now, as a festive rebel, she is back once again with a "Holiday Celebration" (also known as a holiday episode). But this time, things have shifted. The familiar ingredients audiences anticipate – psychobabble word salads, intense hospitality – remain, but within the context of a holiday show, it all clicks into place. The pieces have fallen together; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

Now, Meghan is like the oddball family member 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 quite a personality, but her presence is familiar and unexpectedly soothing. And she looks pleased; she's causing a bit of damage.

She knows her every micro expression, syllable and look will be analyzed and criticised, but still appears relaxed and too blessed to be stressed.

It could be this is the first occasion in history where that clichéd phrase – "Pay no mind, it's only envy" – might be true. Since, you know what?, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration honestly feels charming. Yes, it's all cringily ultra-extra, foolishness and over the top – but isn't that exactly what Christmas is about? And the advice she gives might be absurd, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks impeccably styled.

Whatever she attempts, she accomplishes with flair. Her cooking looks tasty, the holiday arrangement she crafts is stunning, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to unwrap. Nothing is average or visually unappealing – including the way she ties her kitchen garment is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a meal in the microwave, it "goes for a spin", and she creases wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself the entire time. How could any cynical observer 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 shape of a wreath?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, obviously, but nonetheless, after the intensity of scrutiny she has weathered ever since she met Prince Harry, the love child of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her unwillingness to modify or even soften her persona, despite it being so relentlessly, globally mocked, is oddly heartening. In our volatile world, here is something we can rely on: Meghan will be like this, whatever happens. We will always know our position with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her brand, a reminder that will surely come as a relief: you are not obligated to. We don't have national service 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 gripped with envy about her flawless Christmas, there is hope either. Be you a duchess or a office worker, no kid fully understands the dedication and labor their mother expends in December. So you can take heart by imagining Archie and Lilibet's faces when they unfold a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, in place of a chocolate.