Keep your New Year’s party lively with these entertaining game ideas designed to bring guests together and keep the celebration going until midnight.

Dallas got out to a quick start, but hit a wall shortly after as Buffalo slowly took over en route to a 10th straight win

Historically, the NFL does not play on Christmas Eve unless it falls on a day of the week when games are normally scheduled. The NFL had a full slate of 10 games on Sunday, December 24 in 2023 and 11 games on Saturday, December 24, 2022 to largely avoid Christmas Day. Prior to that, the NFL hosted just one Christmas Eve game since 2018.

The Greenville Swamp Rabbits returned to the ice Wednesday night for a New Year’s Eve celebration, hosting rival South Carolina Stingrays in their first game following a strike resolution.

After winning their first-ever Presidents’ Trophy in franchise history in 2024-25, the Jets have struggled out of the gate this season. Ahead of Wednesday’s slate, Winnipeg was eighth in the Western Conference’s Central Division, had the fewest points recorded in the NHL and was on a six-game winless streak.