This is the Second update that has not fixed Daggerstorm for Swashbucklers. fix daggerstorm for swashbucklers already.
as it was stated before there will be no game updates till january, this down time i dont think it included any fixes, as there are no update notes, infact did the servers even go down
Developers have families also, in theory, and like to spend the holidays with them. So its not unexpected, even if it is unwanted by us.
When I worked in the Software Development & Distribution industry, we got from the beginning of the second week of December through the end of the first week in January off, total shutdown.