NFL unveils special patch for ‘NFL Holiday Remix’

It’s the holiday season and a new tradition is, literally, kicking off.

This year, a new global holiday of Christmas Day NFL games on Netfix begins.

To celebrate the occasion, each of the four competing teams in the NFL Holiday Remix — the Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers — will wear a festive, holiday-inspired uniform patch during their games Saturday and again on Christmas Day. The special holiday jersey patch features the NFL shield backed by two candy canes.

On Saturday, the NFL Holiday Remix begins with the Texans facing the Chiefs at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, followed by the Steelers versus the Ravens at 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX. The second part of the NFL Holiday Remix takes place Christmas Day and is available to a worldwide audience on Netflix. The Chiefs face the Steelers at 1 p.m. ET, followed by the Ravens visiting the Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET.

In keeping with the NFL’s long-standing tradition, the Netflix Christmas Day games will air on broadcast TV in the markets of the competing teams and be available on U.S. mobile devices with NFL+.

“The NFL on Christmas has become a holiday staple with families coming together to celebrate and watch NFL games,” said Tim Ellis, NFL executive vice president of marketing. “This year, we look forward to the start of a new holiday tradition with Netflix which will be seen around the world, and these holiday-inspired uniform patches are a great touch to mark this special occasion.”

The NFL first played games on Christmas Day in 1971 (the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in division playoff contests) and held games on the holiday on a semi-regular basis beginning in 1989.

Since 2020, NFL games on Christmas Day have been a holiday staple with last year’s three Christmas Day games (Las Vegas Raiders versus Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants versus Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens versus San Francisco 49ers) ranking among the top 25 most-viewed TV programs of 2023. The Raiders-Chiefs game ended as the second most-watched Christmas Day NFL game on record.

In total, the NFL has played 30 games on Christmas Day prior to this year.