For those of us who were good this year, Santa brought us Christmas Day gifts, good food and some Doggfather delights.
Snoop Dogg headlined the halftime entertainment for Netflix’s NFL Christmas Gameday Live, a matchup of Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings. And he didn’t drop the ball.
Martha Stewart introduced “Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party,” a colorful spot with a little something for everyone: hip-hip, country, K-pop and classical-crossover.
Snoop stepped into centerfield at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN, wearing an all-red ensemble, a long red coat with furry trim over a double-breasted suit, as he hit a succession of classics.
The party started with Dr. Dre covers “The Next Episode” and “Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang,” and a rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” featuring EJAE, AUDREY NUNA and REI AMI, the singers that make up Huntr/x, the heroic girl group Netflix’s animated hit Kpop Demon Hunters.
Next up, Snoop served some homestyle cooking with “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “Who Am I? (What’s My Name?),” before country star Lainey Wilson sledded on in for a performance of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.”
The spectacle wrapped up with a cover of Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” with Snoop flanked by world-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo Bocelli.
Earlier, Kelly Clarkson set the tone with a special gridiron-meets-white-Christmas themed video for “Underneath the Tree,” the American Idol’s contemporary holiday classic that dropped in 2013.
Netflix announced the all-star special earlier this month. “NFL, Netflix and your uncle Snoop on Christmas Day? We’re servin’ up music, love and good vibes for the whole world to enjoy,” Snoop teased in a statement at the time. “That’s the kind of holiday magic Santa can’t fit in a bag.” To celebrate the big reveal, the streaming giant shared a festive teaser on its official social media pages, narrated by funk pioneer George Clinton.
Snoop Dogg’s halftime takeover comes one year after Beyoncé played Netflix’s inaugural Christmas Day extravaganza. Queen Bey, who earned the highest-grossing solo tour of 2025, treated her hometown of Houston to the first live performance of tracks from her three-time Grammy-winning Cowboy Carter LP.
The 2025 Christmas Day doubleheader kicked off with the Dallas Cowboys facing off against the Washington Commanders. For the record, the Cowboys beat the Commanders 30-23, and the Vikings went on to beat the Lions by 23-10.
