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The Kansas City Chiefs may be looking to add another tradition to their already storied franchise – playing on Christmas Day. Following back-to-back appearances on the holiday in 2023 and 2024, the reigning NFL<\/strong> powerhouse has reportedly made a request to make the Chiefs a Christmas Day fixture, just as the Cowboys and Lions<\/strong> are synonymous with Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n According to The Athletic, Kansas City has approached the NFL<\/strong> with the idea of being featured annually on December 25.<\/p>\n While the NFL is expanding its Christmas Day presence with three games on the 2025 schedule, it remains to be seen whether any team will be given a permanent slot. The Chiefs, however, are hoping to change that.<\/p>\n The Chiefs’ interest in locking in Christmas games goes beyond branding – although it certainly helps that they’re one of the league’s biggest draws. In 2024, four of the eight most-watched regular-season games involved Kansas City. Their star-studded roster, led by Patrick Mahomes<\/strong> and Travis Kelce, along with the off-field attention thanks to Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift, has made them a media juggernaut.<\/p>\n But there’s a strategic element at play, too. Last season, the Chiefs <\/strong>played a rare Wednesday Christmas game against the Pittsburgh Steelers – and came away with a dominant 29-10 win. More importantly, the scheduling gave them 11 days off before their Week 18 game, offering a near bye-week level of rest right before the playoffs.<\/p>\n That extended break didn’t go unnoticed by the Chiefs<\/strong>, especially considering the condensed schedule they had faced the week prior, with a Saturday game in Week 16. It’s a scenario similar to teams playing Sunday-to-Thursday matchups, which all NFL<\/strong> clubs face during the season.<\/p>\n From a historical perspective, Kansas City has played five games on Christmas Day – most famously in 1971, when they lost a divisional-round epic to the Dolphins<\/strong> in double overtime.<\/p>\n That game, part of the NFL<\/strong>‘s first-ever Christmas doubleheader, also became the longest game in league history at the time and marked a pivotal moment for holiday football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kansas City Chiefs may be looking to add another tradition to their already storied franchise – playing on Christmas Day. Following back-to-back appearances on the holiday in 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[569,60,61,236,19,143,63,141,377,142],"class_list":["post-19510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-afc-west-english","tag-agency_sam","tag-andreas-vou-sam-english","tag-brittany-mahomes-english","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kansas-city-chiefs-english","tag-nfl-english","tag-patrick-mahomes-english","tag-taylor-swift-english","tag-travis-kelce-english"],"yoast_head":"\nA holiday tradition in the making?<\/h2>\n