The NFL schedule for the 2025-2026 season has been released, and it features three Christmas Day games all on paid streaming services. This is not a surprise, because it is a decision that puts revenue and profit generation over what people want. It requires us to stay diligent in promoting this petition, because this is how we can make a difference in the matter. 

During the holiday season, people want time to enjoy with ones they care about, inviting all to the table in the spirit of togetherness and unity. These values can be achieved by promoting this petition, limiting content from Netflix/Amazon Prime Video especially as the holidays roll closer, as a way to signal that a strategy change needs to be made on the part of those companies. Most importantly, it means not watching any part of the NFL Christmas games, or any halftime shows as well, both on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. This is a great way to let the NFL, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video all know that we are not interested in their product for the price and values it stands for. If we all come together, choose not to watch the NFL Christmas games, the NFL may have to change its business strategy in regards to the holiday. 

Additionally, three of those teams (Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, and Kansas City Chiefs), scheduled for Christmas Day 2025, were also scheduled for Thanksgiving 2025. Also, the Chiefs had played on Christmas Day in 2024, making it back-to-back Christmases with that team playing live on a paid streaming service during the holiday. Fans of the three teams I have mentioned have Thanksgiving this year with the team playing, and additionally a Christmas game behind paid streaming services, with those same teams, is too much. The holidays should not be about greed, how much people and businesses can amass, but rather about spreading joy and spending time with ones people care about.

By airing the games on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, it makes people pay to watch them, which is contrary to what Christmas should be about. The attempted marketing of Christmas, as just another NFL "Gameday", removes the special meaning the holiday has to so many people around the world.