Christmas triple-header is set. Hours ahead of the release of the full 2025 season schedule, the league confirmed the three games that will take place on Christmas this year. Earlier in the week, the NFL released the Christmas night game,

The 2025 NFL schedule drops on Wednesday evening, with the league announcing its full 272-game slate for the upcoming season. And the calendar is chock-full of anticipated matchups, including the Dallas Cowboys playing host to the Kansas City Chiefs in a Thanksgiving special on CBS and Paramount+.

The Vikings and Broncos have each played on Christmas a total of four times. Minnesota is 1–3 in those games and Denver is 2–2. Neither of the two played well during their last Christmas appearance, with the Vikings losing to the Saints 52–33 in 2020 and the Broncos getting crushed by the Rams 51–14 in 2022.

The Lions, Cowboys and Chiefs are all playing on both Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Packers aren't shut out of holidays, though, in 2025. They're playing for a third straight year on Thanksgiving.

Bo Nix, Patrick Mahomes, and fans of the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs now know where they’ll be on Dec. 25. The NFL announced a Christmas Day matchup between the AFC West rivals, set to take place in what could be a snowy Kansas City.

The Broncos defense, which was the impetus to beating the Chiefs in two of their last three matchups, will once again be a force to be reckoned with. But just as it is with any NFL team, with very few exceptions throughout history, the Broncos will go as far as their young second-year quarterback can take them.