And as always, the NBA’s annual Christmas Day showcase tops the list of the most important dates on the calendar. Now that the NFL has a Christmas Day triple-header this season, unfortunately the NBA will face competition all day long for their five-game stretch. There are some great possibilities for the NBA’s quintuple-header for Christmas Day 2026, so here are our picks for the best possible matchups. And it’s a deserving reward for the Pistons, who last played on Christmas Day all the way back in 2005. Forget 2026, this should be a Christmas Day showcase for multiple years to come.