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Christmas Day

Christmas Football Squares, Ready for Kickoff

Run a squares board for whatever NFL games land on Christmas Day. Share one link, fill the grid, and give your family something to yell about between presents and dinner.

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  • 1,124 boards created
  • 6,533 players with squares on a board
  • 1,847 winners marked

What Are Christmas Football Squares?

It is a regular football squares board played on Christmas Day. Everyone claims squares on a 10x10 grid, the host draws the digits 0 through 9 for each side once the grid is full, and at the end of every quarter the last digit of each team's score points to the winning square. The NFL has leaned into Christmas Day games in recent years, though the exact slate changes with the calendar and the network deals each season, so this page pulls whatever is actually scheduled rather than guess.

Presents are opened, the food is out, and somebody still wants to know who has the good square.

A football squares board with the numbers drawn and the quarter winners marked
A live football squares board. Works the same way for Christmas Day as it does any other week.

One Game or the Whole Day

Set the board up before the family shows up so it is ready to share the moment someone asks. If Christmas Day has more than one game on the schedule, start a separate board for each one rather than trying to track two matchups on a single grid. Once a board's squares are claimed, the host draws the numbers with one click, and quarter winners get marked as the score comes in, so nobody has to do math between gifts.

Christmas Day Games on the Schedule

Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
Fri Dec 25, 1:00 PM ET
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Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos
Fri Dec 25, 4:30 PM ET
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Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks
Fri Dec 25, 8:15 PM ET
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Tips for a Christmas Squares Pool

  • One board per game if the day has more than one worth watching.
  • Sell squares first, randomize numbers second, same as any other week.
  • Decide your overtime rule before kickoff, not halfway through the fourth quarter.
  • Set a deadline before the day gets busy. Holiday schedules eat into claim time fast.

Running it on paper at the house instead? Print a free blank grid and draw the digits with our number generator.

Create Your Christmas Squares Board

Free. Share a link. 100 squares. Four winners per game.

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Beyond Christmas

football squares covers any NFL game on the schedule, and Super Bowl squares is the dedicated home for the championship. Right behind Christmas on the calendar, NFL playoff squares covers Wild Card weekend through the conference championships, and College Football Playoff squares covers bowl season and the 12-team field. Earlier in the season, Thanksgiving football squares has the holiday slate covered too.

FAQ

Not every year. The slate changes with the calendar and the league's own scheduling. When a Christmas Day game is on our schedule data, it shows up on this page. When it isn't yet, this page still tells you the date and points you to the rest of the football squares options.

Yes, one board per game. It keeps the scoring simple if the day has more than one matchup worth watching.

Yes. Type in any two teams and any date, and the board works the same way. College and high school Christmas-week games use it too.

No. Creating a board and claiming squares on Pick My Square is free. We never collect anything from players or hold anything for your group.

After every square on the grid is claimed, same as any football squares board. Fill the grid before kickoff, then the digits 0 through 9 shuffle randomly across the rows and columns.

The host decides when setting up the board: the last winner can use the score at the end of regulation or the final score including overtime. Pick one and tell the family before the game starts.
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