Here’s everything you need to know about watching the NFL games on Christmas, including who’s playing and how to watch the games.

The NFL’s takeover of Christmas Day is not going well this year. The league has been holding games on Christmas Day for several years now. However, in recent years, the “takeover” has reached a new level.

Another week of NFL action kicks into full swing on Christmas Day, with the penultimate weekend of the regular season getting underway with a triple-header. In the Christmas matinee, the Dallas Cowboys make the trip to Landover,

While the Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t competing on Christmas this year, the Black and Gold faithful can take comfort in knowing that Pittsburgh has been quite successful on the holiday, winning two out of three matchups on the incredible day.

The NFL will give fans the gift of football action this Christmas. Week 17 of the NFL season kicks off with a trio of games on Christmas Day. As the playoffs inch closer, teams are jockeying for a run at the postseason and higher seeding to position themselves for a chance to make the Super Bowl.

Following last year’s iconic Beyoncé Bowl, here’s who’s performing during Netflix’s 2025 NFL Christmas Day games, including the halftime headliner and special guests.

Netflix smashed its NFL streaming record on Christmas Day as Lions-Vikings drew massive U.S. and global audiences.

The Thunder-Spurs game featured the latest iteration of an emerging rivalry in the NBA, one that features a pair of the game’s most dynamic young stars in Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama and reigning NBA MVP, Shai Gilegous-Alexander.

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A jam-packed day of sports on Christmas turned out to be a huge ratings success for both the NFL and NBA. The NFL easily won the day with an average of 22.9 million viewers for all three games, including a streaming-record 27.5 million watching the Detroit Lions-Minnesota Vikings game on Netflix.