Yes, it's Brimming with Nonsense, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Psychobabble. However, I Honestly Cherish Meghan's Festive Episode.

No considering the time of year, it's always fair game for criticism on the Duchess of Sussex's TV show, With Love, Meghan. Reviewers, expert and amateur alike, have rarely been so united as when gleefully ripping the lifestyle show's first and second seasons apart. The prevailing view seemed to be a greater royal outrage had never been witnessed than the notorious pretzel-bagging incident.

Now, as a festive rebel, she is back for another round with a "Holiday Celebration" (or a holiday episode). Yet now, things have shifted. The standard components we've come to expect – psychobabble word salads, overzealous entertaining – remain, but framed of a yuletide episode, suddenly it all makes sense. The pieces have fallen perfectly; it's a perfect snow storm.

At this stage, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at Christmas celebrations everywhere – providing unsolicited, unnecessary advice, and contributing 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 quite a personality, but her presence is familiar and unexpectedly soothing. And she appears content; she's not doing the slightest hurt.

She is aware her each tiny facial movement, word and gaze will be analyzed and judged, but still appears relaxed and too blessed to be stressed.

Perhaps this is the first occasion in history where that clichéd phrase – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – could actually be true. Because, let's face it, all aspects in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is lovely. Granted, it's all painfully excessive, nonsense and over the top – but is that not just what Yuletide is about? And the words she speaks might be absurd, but the life she leads genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she executes with panache. Her recipes looks delicious, the festive decoration she creates is gorgeous, her gifts are nearly too beautiful to tear into. Not a single thing is mediocre or ugly – including the way she fastens her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a meal in the microwave, it "goes for a spin", and she wraps wrapping paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself the entire time. How could any skeptical viewer not be won over, bursting with seasonal cheer and left with a powerful yearning for crafted festive snaps or a vegetable display where greens is arranged in the shape of a festive circle?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, of course, but despite that, after the level of examination she has endured from the moment she became involved with Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this naturally. Her decision to modify or even moderate her routine, despite it being so persistently, internationally ridiculed, is strangely reassuring. In our volatile world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will consistently know what to expect with her.

If you're not yet convinced by what she's selling, a point that will undoubtedly come as a relief: you aren't required to. We don't have mandatory conscription anymore, and if there were, it would be unlikely to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, conversely, you decide to tune in and are consumed by envy about her idyllic Christmas, you can take solace either. Whether you're a duchess or a office worker, few children truly appreciates the dedication and labor their mum expends in December. So you can console yourself by picturing her children'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.