Who Is Performing During the 2025 NFL Christmas Games? What We Know About the Schedule
- - Who Is Performing During the 2025 NFL Christmas Games? What We Know About the Schedule
Caroline BlairDecember 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Snoop Dogg performs onstage during Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace in February 2024; Kelly Clarkson performs onstage during the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, in October 2024. -
Six football teams will face off against each other on Christmas Day 2025
The first two matches will stream on Netflix and include performances
Snoop Dogg will headline the NFL Christmas Gameday 2025 halftime show with special appearances from Lainey Wilson and the stars of KPOP Demon Hunters
There's nothing like back-to-back football games on Christmas — and this year, there's plenty of entertainment to go along with it.
On Dec. 25, the NFL will feature three major matchups across two different streamers, and several of the games will include live performances. Netflix will stream the first two games, while Amazon Prime Video will air the final game of the night.
The festive day will kick off with Kelly Clarkson taking the stage for a brief Christmas-themed performance ahead of the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Commanders game on Netflix.
After the first game, the Detroit Lions are set to play against the Minnesota Vikings with a stacked halftime show. Snoop Dogg is headlining the Netflix Christmas halftime show, with special guest appearances from Lainey Wilson and the voices behind Netflix's hit movie, KPOP Demon Hunters.
In the final game, the Denver Broncos will head to Kansas City to take on the Chiefs. While there currently isn't scheduled entertainment for the final game, it will stream across the country on Prime Video.
Here's everything to know about who is performing during the 2025 NFL Christmas games.
Kelly Clarkson will perform ahead of the Dallas Cowboys vs. Washington Commanders
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Kelly Clarkson performing at Rockefeller Center in December 2023.
Clarkson is the first superstar fans will see on the Netflix Christmas broadcast. The Grammy-Award winner will kick off game day with a performance of her hit Christmas song "Underneath the Tree" ahead of the Cowboys-Commanders game.
The teams face off at 1 p.m. ET, and Clarkson is scheduled to perform her song ahead of the game, which will take place at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Md. Both the game and the performance will be available to stream on Netflix.
Clarkson announced the news by sharing a video of her expressing her excitement and adding, "Two great football games on Christmas Day — that's a present we can all enjoy."
Snoop Dogg will headline the Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings halftime show
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Snoop Dogg performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium on February 13, 2022 in Inglewood, California.
The second annual Netflix Christmas Gameday will include a halftime performance from Snoop Dogg that has aptly been called, "Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party." The "Drop It Like It's Hot" singer will headline the halftime show that takes place in the middle of the Lions-Vikings game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
"NFL, Netflix and your uncle Snoop on Christmas Day? We're servin' up music, love and good vibes for the whole world to enjoy. That's the kind of holiday magic Santa can't fit in a bag," Snoop said in a press release announcing the news.
Netflix's chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, added that the streamer is "uniting two global cultural juggernauts, the NFL and the one and only Snoop Dogg, who will drop the hottest halftime show."
"As a West Coast girl and huge fan myself, I can confidently say this is the ultimate gift we could give our members," Bajaria continued. "We’re ready to drop it like it’s hot this holiday celebration!”
Netflix and the NFL also released a promotional video announcing the news that was narrated by George Clinton, and Snoop teased, "We're about to light up this Christmas in a real way!"
The Vikings-Lions game will kick off at 4:30 p.m. ET and will stream on Netflix.
Snoop's halftime performance marks the second time that a major artist has taken over the halftime stage on Christmas as part of Netflix's holiday broadcast. In 2024, Beyoncé performed during the Ravens-Texans game — which was also referred to as Beyoncé Bowl — and even received an Emmy Award for the show's costume design.
Lainey Wilson and the voices of KPOP Demon Hunters will also perform
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Lainey Wilson performs onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California; Rei Ami, Ejae, and Audrey Nuna of "KPop Demon Hunters" perform on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
While Snoop will headline the 2025 Netflix NFL Christmas Gameday halftime show, there are also a handful of artists set to make cameos.
In addition to The Voice coach, the halftime show will feature Grammy Award-winning country artist, Lainey Wilson.
Netflix will also highlight some of its original content by having the voices behind their smash-hit movie KPOP Demon Hunters take the stage. EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI — the singing voices of HUNTR/X — will appear alongside Snoop and Wilson as part of the Christmas halftime show.
Of course, in true halftime performance fashion, Netflix and Snoop teased that there will be other additional surprise guests, as well.
“You’ll have to wait until Christmas to see who else joins Uncle Snoop,” they shared. “But trust — it’s gonna be a holiday to remember.”
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