They ask you to buy the new bundle in the shop to receive those rewards, you don't get any rewards by buying the Holiday paint... Only thing you can do is finish missions with it.

No, it counts. Pdox meant by "normal battles" that you can't play in Parkour battles. All other battles are accepted

Cuz I live in it B)

I really like this update, because sometimes we , tankers buy some turrets or hulls and then realize that we dont like it and we just like "suffer" coz of that , this update will give us a chance to buy what we like and what we play well with :) Keep it up guys :) ;)