{"id":368297,"date":"2025-12-24T06:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/368297\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T06:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T06:24:07","slug":"what-channels-are-the-nfl-christmas-games-times-teams-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/368297\/","title":{"rendered":"What channels are the NFL Christmas games? Times, teams and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The NFL\u2019s Christmas Day lineup is lacking serious holiday magic this year<\/p>\n

Christmas Day 2025 is already looking like a bust for the NFL due to injuries and teams already eliminated from playoff contention.<\/p>\n

It’s a Christmas miracle! The\u00a0NFL<\/a>\u00a0is gifting football fans with a tripleheader Dec. 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Washington Commanders<\/a> kick off the Christmas\u00a0Day slate by hosting the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland. Then, get ready for a Midwest showdown when the Detroit Lions<\/a> travel to\u00a0take on the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> at U.S. Bank Stadium.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Denver Broncos<\/a> and Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> wrap up the holiday festivities at Arrowhead Stadium.<\/p>\n

The contests won’t air on cable, though. Here’s what you should know about each Christmas Day game, including how to watch.<\/p>\n

Who plays football on Christmas?<\/p>\n

The NFL’s Christmas slate features three games:<\/p>\n

Cowboys at Commanders (1 p.m. ET).Lions at Vikings (4:30 p.m. ET).Broncos at Chiefs (8:20 p.m. ET).Where to watch Cowboys vs. Commanders<\/p>\n

The Dallas Cowboys head to Northwest Stadium to play the Washington Commanders at 1 p.m. ET. The game streams exclusively on Netflix.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Where to watch Lions vs. Vikings<\/p>\n

The Detroit Lions travel to U.S. Bank Stadium to take on the Minnesota Vikings at 4:30 p.m.\u00a0ET. The Lions vs. Vikings game streams exclusively on Netflix.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Where to watch Broncos vs. Chiefs<\/p>\n

The Denver Broncos travel to Arrowhead Stadium to take on the Kansas City Chiefs at 8:20 p.m.\u00a0ET. The final Christmas Day game, between the Broncos and Chiefs, streams exclusively on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

Watch Chiefs-Broncos on Prime Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Who is announcing the Christmas Day NFL games?<\/p>\n

Ian Eagle (CBS) will be the\u00a0play-by-play announcer<\/a>\u00a0for the first matchup between the Commanders and Cowboys. Nate Burleson (CBS) and Matt Ryan (CBS) will be the analysts, and Melanie Collins (CBS) and Sara Walsh (NFL Network) will serve as the sideline reporters.<\/p>\n

Then, Eagle’s son, Noah Eagle (NBC Sports), will serve as play-by-play announcer for the Lions-Vikings game. Drew Brees (Fox Sports) will serve as the analyst, while AJ Ross (CBS) and Diana Russini (The Athletic) will be on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

According to Front Office Sports<\/a>, Amazon’s “Thursday Night Football”\u00a0crew will announce the last Christmas Day game between the Broncos and Chiefs. Al Michaels\u00a0will be the play-by-play announcer, Kirk Herbstreit will be the analyst and Kaylee Hartung will be the sideline reporter.<\/p>\n

Who is performing at halftime on Christmas Day?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg will perform the halftime show during the\u00a0Lions vs. Vikings game on Christmas Day. According to\u00a0The Providence Journal<\/a>, Snoop Dogg’s performance will include\u00a0“chart-topping tracks, holiday spirit, and a diverse roster of special guests.”<\/p>\n

Singer Kelly Clarkson will also kick off the Christmas Day slate on Netflix with a special performance of “Underneath the Tree” before the first game at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

USA TODAY’s Nick Brinkerhoff contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL\u2019s Christmas Day lineup is lacking serious holiday magic this year Christmas Day 2025 is already looking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[448,2574,4170,620,634,449,64,63,5366,3871,21303,5386,5503,9278,3602,5215,20639,20648,1791,21296,3897,1256,12266,3055,199667,134,3172,2542,596,1953,3738,5023,51623,31401,170269,619,15142,1240,4127,4125,16878,322,456,47451,5387,1239,621,637,435,44,593,633,6314,20640,323,451,439,20401,170268,199666,49334,16874,85,635,39,315,6320,441,446,17455,6315,3601,1272],"class_list":["post-368297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-affiliate","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-prime-video","tag-american","tag-american-football","tag-arts","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-broncos","tag-cbs","tag-cbs-corp","tag-chiefs","tag-christmas","tag-city","tag-commanders","tag-commerce","tag-contains","tag-contains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","tag-content","tag-corp","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lions","tag-dogg","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-explainer","tag-football","tag-fox","tag-fox-sports","tag-holiday","tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","tag-holidays","tag-holidays-u0026-seasonal-events","tag-hub","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-lions","tag-live","tag-live-sporting-events","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-marketplace","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-national","tag-national-sports","tag-netflix","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-hub","tag-not","tag-or","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-positive","tag-prime","tag-seasonal","tag-snoop","tag-snoop-dogg","tag-sporting","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-top-stories","tag-ttp","tag-ttp-explainer-not-visual","tag-u0026","tag-video","tag-vikings","tag-visual","tag-washington","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}