The Christmas Day football schedule in 2025 features three games this season, and all three are NFL contests.
Football action on Christmas Day begins at 1:00pm ET with an NFC East matchup, featuring the Dallas Cowboys (6-8-1) traveling to face the Washington Commanders (4-11) at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md. The game will be a streaming-only event on Netflix.
The Christmas Day football schedule in 2025 continues with a second NFL contest at 4:30pm ET. The Detroit Lions (8-7) will travel to face the Minnesota Vikings (7-8) in an NFC North matchup at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. Like the Cowboys-Commanders contest, the Lions-Vikings game will only be available to stream via Netflix.
NFL action on Christmas Day concludes with a primetime game in the AFC West, featuring the Kansas City Chiefs (6-9) hosting the Denver Broncos (12-3) at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The game will be streamed live via Amazon’s Prime Video service.
The NFL Christmas games on Netflix are available to view in all plans. Plans available include Standard with ads ($7.99 per month; 1080p), Standard ($17.99 per month; 1080p), and Premium ($24.99 per month; 4K + HDR).
Amazon Prime Video offers a standalone plan for $8.99/month (with ads) or as part of the full Amazon Prime membership for $14.99/month or $139/year, which includes shipping perks. For an additional $2.99/month, ads are removed from either option
After taking a one-day break due to NFL action, the college football bowl schedule will resume the day after Christmas on Friday, Dec. 26 with three contests on ESPN beginning at 1:00pm ET.
Christmas Day football schedule: 2025
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025
Dallas 30, Washington 23
1:00pm ET | Netflix (Stream)
Northwest Stadium – Landover, MD
Detroit at Minnesota
4:30pm ET | Netflix (Stream)
U.S. Bank Stadium – Minneapolis, MN
Denver at Kansas City
8:15pm ET | Prime Video (Stream)
Arrowhead Stadium – Kansas City, MO
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With NFL steaming that excellent news for NBA fans with ABC/ESPN having 13 hour NBA marathon with five games.
screw the NFL & their streaming…….they make enough $ without screwing the public more.
There will be one more year of NFL on Netflix on Christmas Day in 2026.
As an NFL Fan I do support Charles Barkley comments & yes there is a war going on between NFL & NBA both playing on Christmas Day & it becoming blown out of apportion.
My solution to NFL is to play on day after Christmas on 26th & my suggestion for next year & with Christmas eve falling on Thursday & Christmas Day falling on Friday is NFL to have a tripleheader of streaming games on Saturday with 1:00PM & 4:30PM games on Netflix & 8:15PM game on Amazon.
Thanksgiving belongs to NFL & Christmas belongs to NBA.