Yes, it's Brimming with Absurdity, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. But I Do Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No concerned with the time of year, it's constantly open season for commentary on the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix series, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, from seasoned journalists to online pundits, have seldom found such common ground as when gleefully ripping the series' earlier episodes to pieces. The general consensus held that a greater royal outrage had hardly ever taken place than the now-infamous pretzel-bagging incident.

Now, as a festive rebel, she has returned for another round with a "Holiday Celebration" (also known as a holiday episode). However on this occasion, things have shifted. The familiar ingredients we've come to expect – meaningless jargon salads, extreme hosting – remain, but set of a yuletide episode, suddenly it all makes sense. The pieces have fallen perfectly; it's a ideal seasonal storm.

Now, Meghan is like the eccentric aunt at most festive family gatherings – providing unsolicited, unnecessary advice, 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 presence is familiar and oddly reassuring. And she looks content; she's not doing any harm.

She knows her each tiny facial movement, word and gaze will be picked apart and criticised, but still appears carefree and remarkably at ease.

Perhaps this is the only time in history where that clichéd phrase – "Ignore them, they're just jealous" – might be true. Because, you know what?, each element in Meghan's Holiday Celebration truly is delightful. Granted, it's all painfully excessive, nonsense and flamboyant – but isn't that precisely what Christmas is all about? And the words she speaks might be absurd, but the walk she's walking genuinely looks beautifully curated.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she pulls off with flair. Her recipes looks tasty, the wreath she creates is stunning, her gifts are almost too pretty to unwrap. Nothing is ordinary or ugly – even the way she secures her apron is creative and fashionable. She doesn't toss a dish in the oven, it "has a moment", and she creases gift paper like an origami guru. She also seems to be completely savoring herself from start to finish. How could any skeptical viewer not be convinced, filled with festive joy and left with a intense desire for personalized Christmas crackers or a vegetable display where greens is organized in the form of a festive circle?

Meghan used to pretend for a living, of course, but nonetheless, after the degree of attention she has faced since she became involved with Prince Harry, even a hypothetical offspring of Meryl Streep and Judi Dench would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her unwillingness to change or even soften her shtick, regardless of it being so relentlessly, widely parodied, is weirdly comforting. In our unpredictable world, here is something we can count on: Meghan will stay true to form, whatever happens. We will forever know our position with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her brand, a reminder that will surely come as a reassurance: you aren't required to. We don't have national service anymore, and were it to return, it would be unlikely to include streaming With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, however, you choose to watch and are consumed by envy about her flawless Christmas, all is not lost either. Whether you're a royal or a office worker, no kid completely grasps the effort and hard work their parent puts in in December. So you can take heart by picturing the young royals' faces when they unfold a calligraphy note that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a handcrafted holiday countdown, in place of a chocolate.