The NBA has long dominated Christmas, just as Thanksgiving has become synonymous with football, but viewers got the best of both worlds on Wednesday with a NFL doubleheader and five NBA games.

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The NFL has had three Thanksgiving Day games since 2006 ... Under the 11-year agreement, ESPN and ABC will continue air the Christmas Day games.

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and Saturday games are played later in the season. Christmas falls on a Thursday next year, so maybe the NFL will load up similarly to its Thanksgiving tripleheader. The NFL's Christmas viewership ...

The NBA's five-game slate averaged ... in five years, the NFL has made Christmas one of its tentpole events during the regular season, joining Kickoff Weekend and Thanksgiving.

The NFL has had three Thanksgiving Day games since 2006 ... Under the 11-year agreement, ESPN and ABC will continue air the Christmas Day games.

The NFL has had three Thanksgiving Day games since 2006 ... Under the 11-year agreement, ESPN and ABC will continue air the ...

The NBA has long dominated Christmas, just as Thanksgiving ... NFL games aired in direct competition with NBA games, with Chiefs-Steelers (1 p.m. ET) and Ravens-Texans (4:30 p.m. ET) airing ...