Indeed, it's Full of Nonsense, Over-the-Top Hospitality and Self-Help Jargon. However, I Honestly Love Meghan's Festive Episode.

No matter the season, it's perpetually open season for scrutiny on the Meghan Markle's televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Commentators, expert and amateur alike, have hardly ever agreed so completely as when gleefully ripping the lifestyle show's earlier episodes to pieces. The common opinion was that a greater royal outrage had seldom occurred than the much-discussed snack re-labeling incident.

Now, like a merry renegade master, she makes a comeback with a new offering with a "Christmas Special" (aka a Christmas special). However on this occasion, the dynamic has changed. The standard components viewers are accustomed to – meaningless jargon salads, extreme hosting – persist, but set of a holiday show, it all clicks into place. The elements have slid into place; it's a flawless festive blizzard.

At this stage, Meghan has become the quirky relative at most festive family gatherings – dispensing unasked-for guidance, and delivering 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 aura is known and oddly reassuring. And she looks pleased; she's inflicting a bit of damage.

She is aware her each tiny facial movement, syllable and gaze will be dissected and criticised, but manages to seem unburdened and remarkably at ease.

It could be this is the only time in history where that old chestnut – "Don't listen, it's pure jealousy" – could actually be true. The reason is, you know what?, everything in Meghan's Holiday Celebration is charming. Admittedly, it's all awkwardly over-the-top, foolishness and flamboyant – but doesn't that represent just what Yuletide is about? And the advice she gives might be ridiculous, but the life she leads seems authentically beautifully curated.

Whatever she sets her mind to, she pulls off with panache. Her culinary efforts looks delicious, the holiday arrangement she crafts is stunning, her gifts are practically too exquisite to unwrap. Not a single thing is average or visually unappealing – including the way she fastens her kitchen garment is creative and fashionable. She doesn't bung a meal in the microwave, it "takes a twirl", and she folds gift paper like an paper-folding expert. She also seems to be completely savoring herself the entire time. How could any cynical observer not be charmed, overcome by seasonal cheer and left with a deep longing for handmade crackers or a vegetable display where broccoli is positioned in the shape of a Christmas ring?

Meghan was once an actress for a living, obviously, but even so, after the intensity of attention she has endured since she met Prince Harry, the love child of two legendary actresses would find it hard to appear this genuinely. Her refusal to alter or even soften her routine, even though it being so constantly, internationally ridiculed, is strangely reassuring. In our uncertain world, here is one thing we can count on: Meghan will be like this, come what may. We will forever know where we are with her.

If you're remaining skeptical of her message, a thought that will surely come as a relief: you aren't required to. We don't have national service these days, and should it be reinstated, it would be unlikely to include viewing With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration. If, on the other hand, you willingly check it out and are gripped with jealousy about her picture-perfect Christmas, there is hope either. Be you a duchess or a data administrator, no kid fully understands the effort and hard work their mum expends in the holiday season. So you can find comfort by picturing the young royals' faces when they reveal a beautifully scripted letter that says, 'I love you because you are brave,' from a homemade Advent calendar, instead of a candy.

Christie Adams
Christie Adams

A former casino manager turned gambling analyst, specializing in slot machine mechanics and responsible gaming practices.