NFL Christmas Day 2026 tripleheader: how to watch every game

Quick answer

The NFL’s Christmas Day 2026 tripleheader is scheduled for Friday, December 25, 2026. The first two games are confirmed for Netflix; the late game is confirmed for FOX.

Confirmed schedule

- 1:00 p.m. ET — Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears, Soldier Field. That is 12:00 p.m. CT in Chicago and 6:00 p.m. UTC. Outlet: Netflix.

- 4:30 p.m. ET — Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos, Empower Field at Mile High. That is 2:30 p.m. MT in Denver and 9:30 p.m. UTC. Outlet: Netflix.

- 8:15 p.m. ET — Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks, Lumen Field. That is 5:15 p.m. PT in Seattle and 1:15 a.m. UTC on Saturday, December 26. Outlet: FOX.

For U.S. viewers, the NFL says NFL+ can also be used on mobile. Outside the United States, use the NFL country-by-country listing. NFL Support names NFL Game Pass International, CTV, TSN, RDS and Movistar for applicable Netflix Christmas coverage, but those services are not confirmed here for the FOX-only Rams–Seahawks game. Local television affiliates for the home and away markets are TBD.

This guide covers the three NFL regular-season games officially scheduled for Christmas Day. It does not attempt to create a broader Christmas sports schedule. The NFL’s official schedule-release article and its Week 16 schedule page support the matchups, date, venues, kickoffs, and listed outlets. Netflix’s own 2026 schedule materials confirm its two-game Christmas doubleheader. The late Rams–Seahawks game should be treated as a FOX game, not as a Netflix stream.

Scope and last verified: This guide reflects the official pages checked on November 2, 2026 (ET). It uses only the official NFL and Netflix information identified in the Sources section. Broadcast and distribution details can change; check the linked official pages before game day, especially for local stations and territory-specific access.

The full Christmas Day schedule

Packers at Bears — 1:00 p.m. ET

The day begins with the Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in Chicago. The official kickoff is 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, which the official source record converts to 12:00 p.m. Central Time in Chicago and 18:00 UTC. Netflix is the confirmed national outlet.

Bills at Broncos — 4:30 p.m. ET

The second game is the Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver. It is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET, or 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time in Denver, and 21:30 UTC. Netflix is the confirmed national outlet.

Rams at Seahawks — 8:15 p.m. ET

The night game is the Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field in Seattle. The official kickoff is 8:15 p.m. ET, equivalent to 5:15 p.m. Pacific Time in Seattle. In UTC, the start is 01:15 on Saturday, December 26, because the game begins after midnight UTC. The confirmed outlet is FOX.

This distinction matters. Netflix’s public 2026 schedule page confirms its two Christmas games, but it does not say that the FOX game is available on Netflix. The late game is therefore presented here as FOX only. Do not plan on a Netflix subscription as the confirmed route for Rams–Seahawks based on the information currently available.

Converting the schedule to your local time

The official NFL pages publish the kickoffs in Eastern Time. The host-city conversions above are included to make the schedule easier to use, but they are not separate kickoff announcements: they are conversions of the published ET times.

A practical way to plan the day is to start with the ET schedule and then compare it with the time zone where you will actually watch. The first game starts at 1:00 p.m. ET, the second at 4:30 p.m. ET, and the third at 8:15 p.m. ET. The official schedule specifically confirms the corresponding local times in Chicago, Denver, and Seattle. For any other location, use the official ET kickoff as the reference and verify the conversion for your date and location.

The UTC date change is particularly easy to miss for the Seattle game. It begins at 8:15 p.m. on Friday in Eastern Time and at 5:15 p.m. Friday in Seattle, but the UTC equivalent is 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, December 26. That does not mean the game is scheduled for December 26 in the United States; it is the same Friday-night game expressed in a time standard that has crossed midnight.

Legal ways to watch

Netflix for the first two games

The confirmed route for Packers–Bears and Bills–Broncos is Netflix. The NFL support article says the games stream live on Netflix and are included with every Netflix plan. Netflix’s September schedule page says the 2026 games are available to Netflix subscribers in more than 200 countries, with English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German language options. The NFL support page says Netflix access is available worldwide except Vietnam and lists English, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), German, and French options.

That information supports Netflix as the primary route for the first two games, but it does not establish that every title or feature is identical in every territory. Availability is subject to the territory terms described by the official NFL support information. If you are outside the United States, confirm that your location is supported before Christmas Day rather than assuming that a U.S. viewing plan applies everywhere.

NFL+ for U.S. mobile viewing

For viewers in the United States, the NFL support article says NFL+ is another route on mobile. The evidence does not expand that statement into a general television, web, or connected-device entitlement. Accordingly, this guide does not claim that NFL+ provides the games on every device or through every NFL+ feature.

FOX for Rams–Seahawks

The NFL’s May 14 schedule-release article and its Week 16 schedule page list Rams–Seahawks on FOX. The national outlet is confirmed, but the reviewed pages do not provide a complete list of local FOX affiliates for the home and away markets. The NFL support article’s local-station fields currently show TBD, and the location-personalized Ways to Watch page requires a viewer to enter a location and services rather than exposing a complete market-by-market list in the page text reviewed for this guide.

As a result, the safest legal guidance is to check the official NFL Ways to Watch page for your location and confirm the local FOX listing when it is published. This guide does not name a station because the evidence does not support one yet. It also does not claim that a particular pay-TV, antenna, streaming bundle, or other device route will carry the game in every market.

International options named by the NFL

Outside the United States, the NFL support article says the games are available on NFL Game Pass International. It specifically names CTV, TSN, and RDS in Canada and Movistar in Spain. Those are the international services identified in the evidence, not a complete worldwide distributor list.

Territory, device, and subscription limits

The confirmed subscription statement is narrow but useful: the NFL says the first two games are included with every Netflix plan. The official pages do not state Netflix prices, billing requirements, account-sharing rules, simultaneous-stream limits, supported devices, minimum internet speed, or whether a particular plan works while traveling. None of those details should be inferred here.

The territory information is clearer: Netflix is described as available worldwide except Vietnam for these games, and Netflix says the games stream in more than 200 countries. The NFL support article separately identifies U.S. NFL+ mobile access and international routes. Because rights and access can be territory-specific, a subscription that works in one country should not automatically be assumed to work in another.

Device limits are also route-specific. The evidence confirms Netflix streaming and NFL+ access on mobile for U.S. viewers, but it does not provide a complete list of televisions, browsers, phones, tablets, consoles, or other hardware. If your viewing setup depends on a particular device, check the official service’s current support information before relying on it.

For the FOX game, local carriage remains unresolved in the supplied evidence. The national network listing does not identify the exact local station for every viewer. The local affiliate list, any market exceptions, and any later changes are TBD.

What is still TBD

Several details should remain visibly unresolved rather than being filled in with assumptions:

The named local television affiliates for the home and away team markets.

A complete nationwide list of stations carrying the FOX game.

Territory-by-territory distributor details beyond the international services named by the NFL.

Prices, plan requirements, credentials, and device compatibility for NFL+, NFL Game Pass International, CTV, TSN, RDS, and Movistar.

Whether any later broadcaster announcement changes a listed route or adds a local-market clarification.

The schedule itself is not TBD in the official pages checked: the date, three matchups, venues, kickoffs, and listed national outlets are confirmed. What remains open is the practical local and service-level detail around those national listings.

A simple viewing plan

For the cleanest plan, save the three ET kickoffs: 1:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 8:15 p.m. on Friday, December 25. Use Netflix for the first two games, confirm your U.S. mobile NFL+ option if that is your chosen route, and check the official NFL Ways to Watch page for the FOX game’s local station when the market information is available. International viewers should verify the relevant NFL Game Pass International or named territory service before game day.

This site is independent and is not affiliated with the NCAA, any conference, team, or broadcaster. It does not provide betting information and does not link to unauthorized streams. The legal viewing routes described here are limited to those supported by the official sources below.

Sources

NFL: 2026 schedule release — Packers–Bears, Bills–Broncos, Rams–Seahawks in the Christmas tripleheader — published May 14, 2026.

NFL 2026 Week 16 schedule — official date, matchup, kickoff, venue, and network listings.

Netflix Tudum: NFL on Netflix 2026 schedule — updated September 11, 2026; confirms Netflix’s two Christmas games and published times.

Netflix Tudum: NFL on Netflix — holiday matchups and more — October 8, 2026 announcement of the two Christmas games.

NFL Support: How to watch the NFL Christmas Day games on Netflix — dated January 13, 2026 and marked updated; covers Netflix, NFL+, international routes, territories, expiration, and currently TBD local stations.

NFL Ways to Watch — Week 16 — location- and service-personalized official viewing page.