The NFL owns Thanksgiving, with three games on for turkey-filled fans to watch all nestled together with extended family under an afghan. Wimbledon (and hot dogs) gets July 4th. College football has New Year’s Day. And the NBA’s marquee day of the year is none other than Christmas Day.
Certainly, that day also brings candy canes and mistletoe, jolly laughs and bearded toy deliverers. Christmas has religious significance for many. But when it comes to sports, the biggest helping will be served by the National Basketball Association.
As a focal point of the season slate, the NBA usually announces the Christmas Day schedule ahead of the official full-season release, so it’s possible we hear in the next couple of weeks which NBA teams will be dressing up in flannel pajamas and playing reindeer games (it’s possible they’ll just wear jerseys and play basketball).