Why was the Holiday Countdown / Santa tracker removed?

[TheGuy]

The Telus twitter told me to ask here. I have been spending nearly a year trying to find out why the Holiday countdown was removed.
For those who dont know what im talking about a few years back there used to be this app called Holiday Countdown which was also known as Santa Tracker, you could play games and stuff on it.
I know it got removed but if anyone could tell me why it would finally give me some closure.

[Optik-Kate]

Hi @TheGuy , the Holiday countdown is a seasonal event, that's why it was taken down after the holidays. That said, this should be available this year as well as we get closer to the holiday season! 

[TheGuy]

It hasnt been on there for the past 3 or 4 years.

[Optik-Kate]

Hmm, that's odd, it should be up. In fact, I was told the countdown for this year will be launched by the end of the week. 

You can access the app in two ways: 

1. Press Guide 

2. Select channel 13 and press OK

3. a till will  appear and you can press OK to open the app

Alternatively, you can:

Press Apps on the remote control

And scroll to Hoidays on OPTIK and the app will open up