Christmas Football Squares for the NFL Tripleheader
Put all three Christmas Day games on one board, send the family a single link, and let the live board follow every quarter from the 1 p.m. Packers-Bears kickoff to the last snap in Seattle.
How It Works
Build one board for Christmas Day
Choose the NFL, pick Packers at Bears, then tap Add another game for Bills-Broncos and Rams-Seahawks, and set the prizes, which you can adjust game by game afterwards.
Share the link before the 25th
Send it to the family group chat while everyone's still travelling, and each person claims squares from their own phone, wherever they'll be watching on Christmas.
Draw the numbers and enjoy the day
When the squares are claimed, draw one set of digits for all three games or a new set for each, and the board tracks every quarter and marks the winners from there.
See What the Board Looks Like on Christmas
100 squares available
Playing as: You. Choose your squares!
Players (8)
Why Families Run Christmas Football on One Live Board
Built on three core principles: Easy, Fun, and Fast. New to running a board? Our complete guide to hosting a football squares pool walks through every decision before the first square is claimed.
The whole tripleheader on one board
Put Packers-Bears, Bills-Broncos and Rams-Seahawks on a single board, so everyone claims squares once and has something riding on every game from the afternoon kickoff to the late one.
Every quarter scored without you
We follow the live score of all three games and mark the winning square at the end of each quarter, so the host gets to open presents and eat dinner instead of refreshing a scoreboard.
The board shows who's winning right now
While a quarter is still being played, the grid highlights the square that takes it if the score holds, so the whole room can watch it change hands with every field goal.
Family in other houses can play too
Christmas scatters people across living rooms and time zones, and everyone opens the same link on their own phone, with nothing to install and no account needed to follow along.
Weight the prizes toward the night game
Give every game the same quarter prizes, or make the Rams-Seahawks finale count for more, and add the reverse score rule if you want more names on the winners list by the end of the night.
A board size for any family
The classic 100-square board suits a big gathering, and 25, 10 or 4 squares work better when it's just a few of you and everyone wants a bigger share of the grid.
Everyone picks their own squares
Players tap the squares they want and add their name, and you can still fill in squares yourself for the grandparents who'd rather call out a spot than use the link.
How We Compare
| Our App | PDFs/Sheets | Other Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic winner detection | Sometimes | ||
| Real-time updates | No/Manual | Sometimes | |
| Mobile-optimized | Yes/Limited | Varies | |
| Setup time | <5 minutes | 10-15+ minutes | 5-10 minutes |
| Fun animations | Rarely | ||
| Flexible payment options | Sometimes | ||
| Multiple games on 1 board | Rarely | ||
| Board Creation Limits | Unlimited | Per board | Per board |
| Cost | One Month Pass - $29.99 | Free | Free to $25/board |
What Hosts Are Saying
Real feedback from people running Play Squares boards.
“After years of using pen and paper, this was such a welcome upgrade. It was easy to set up and share for our Super Bowl party.”
“As a host, this saves so much time and eliminates manual errors. The interface is easy for players, and I'll use this for every event I host.”
“Even my older uncle had no issues picking squares. I felt confident sharing it with everyone, and it was completely worth the price.”
How Do Christmas Football Squares Work?
Christmas football squares are a regular squares board spread across the NFL's Christmas Day games. Everyone claims squares on one grid, the host decides whether the digits stay put for the whole day or get drawn again before each game, and every quarter of every game produces a winner, so a three-game Christmas board has twelve winning quarters instead of the usual four.
The 2026 Christmas Day games
Christmas falls on Friday, December 25, 2026, and the NFL plays three games back to back, two of them streaming on Netflix.
| Game | Kickoff | Where to watch |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears | 1:00 p.m. ET | Netflix |
| Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos | 4:30 p.m. ET | Netflix |
| Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks | 8:15 p.m. ET | FOX |
Not everyone in the family will have Netflix, and that's fine: the board follows the score of every game no matter where it's streaming, so the relatives without it can still see exactly which square is winning.
Adding the Christmas Eve game
Texans at Eagles kicks off at 8:15 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 24 on Prime Video, and you can add it to the same board for a four-game, sixteen-quarter run from Christmas Eve to Christmas night. The catch is timing: the squares have to be claimed before the first game on the board starts, so including Christmas Eve moves everyone's deadline up a day. If half the family is still on the road on the 24th, keep the board to the three Christmas Day games.
Rather print a sheet?
Plenty of families still tape a grid to the fridge, and our football squares template prints one for any game. The trouble on Christmas is that a paper sheet only works for the people standing next to it and somebody has to score twelve quarters by hand, which is exactly the job an online board takes off your plate.
Overtime, ties and repeat winners cause most of the arguments, so settle them before kickoff with our football squares rules guide. Hosting the other big football holiday too? Our Thanksgiving football squares board works the same way, and NFL squares covers every other week of the season.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
A board with all three Christmas games on it runs on the One Month Pass or the One Year Pass, because the One Game Pass covers a board with a single game. The month pass covers every board you host for 30 days from the day you buy it, so a pass bought for Christmas carries you through the last weeks of the regular season and into the playoffs.
One Game Pass - $12.99
Best for single-event hosts.
- Host a squares pool for 1 game
- Players join for free
- One-time purchase (no subscription)
One Month Pass - $29.99
Best for hosting multiple pools over a short period, such as playoffs, tournaments, or busy game stretches.
- Host unlimited squares pools for 30 days
- Add multiple games to a single board
- Players join for free
- One-time purchase (no subscription)
One Year Pass - $79.99
Best for frequent or season-long hosts.
- Host unlimited squares pools for 1 year
- Use across all sports and seasons
- Players join for free
- One-time purchase (no subscription)
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