Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (middle) and tight end Travis Kelce (right) open their Netflix Christmas GameDay cake after the Chiefs defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium. / Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images
The NFL found great success with its bold decision to add a pair of Christmas Day games—both broadcast live on Netflix, a first for the streamer—to the 2024 schedule. So it comes as no surprise that the league will do so once again this year, with a third game to be broadcast as part of Amazon's _Thursday Night Football_ package.
Sports media insider John Ourand of _Puck_ [first reported that Netflix will once again](https://puck.news/newsletter_content/sarandoss-nfl-owners-meeting-debut-mcafees-gen-z-cred-a-yankees-headache-3/) broadcast the football double-header in 2025. The decision was likely a no-brainer, as last year's Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens at Houston Texans games each topped an impressive 24 million viewers.
Netflix then further upped the ante with Beyoncé putting on a Super Bowl-caliber halftime show in her hometown of Houston.
> so the NFL is indeed taking Christmas from the NBAthe NFL is planning a Christmas TRIPLEHEADER this year (a Thursday) after the success of last year's 2-game Christmas slate:Game 1: NetflixGame 2: NetflixGame 3: Amazonlast year's viewership domination:
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> 24.1M - Chiefs v…