New on Netflix Canada in December 2026: Movies, Series & Live NFL Christmas Games

December is Netflix's biggest month of the year, and 2026 is no exception. The headline acts: Emily in Paris says goodbye with its final season on Christmas Eve, the NFL returns to Netflix for two live Christmas Day games, and an eight-part JonBenét Ramsey drama lands on December 10. Add a stack of original holiday films and December is practically a second subscription's worth of content.

Key takeaways

• Emily in Paris Season 6, the final season, premieres globally on December 24, 2026, with the story travelling through Paris, Greece, Mykonos and Monaco.
• NFL Christmas Gameday: Cowboys vs. Commanders (1 p.m. ET) and Lions vs. Vikings (4:30 p.m. ET) stream live on Netflix on December 25; Snoop Dogg headlines the halftime show during Lions-Vikings.
• The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey (Dec 10): eight-part limited series starring Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen, picked up from Paramount+ by Netflix in July 2026.
• Holiday films rolling out: A Dog's Perfect Christmas (Nov 4), Guarding Stars (Nov 18), In a Holidaze (Dec 2), plus Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas in December.
• Don't expect Narnia in December: Greta Gerwig's The Magician's Nephew was pushed to a February 12, 2027 theatrical release and April 2, 2027 Netflix premiere.

1. NFL Christmas Gameday, live on December 25

Netflix is streaming live NFL football for the second straight Christmas. Two games, both on Thursday, December 25, 2026:

• Cowboys vs. Commanders, 1:00 p.m. ET, from Northwest Stadium
• Lions vs. Vikings, 4:30 p.m. ET, from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis

A third Christmas game, Broncos vs. Chiefs at 8:15 p.m. ET, airs on Prime Video, not Netflix. Pregame coverage on Netflix starts at 11 a.m. ET.

Every Netflix plan tier includes the games, with no extra fee and no add-on, the same arrangement as last year's inaugural Christmas slate. Note this is a US-sourced arrangement and Canadian rights can be quirksome: last year's games aired on Netflix Canada without issue, but if you're watching outside Canada over the holidays, local rights may differ.

The halftime entertainment matters here too. Snoop Dogg headlines "Snoop's Holiday Halftime Party" during the Lions-Vikings game at halftime, with special guests, continuing the tradition Beyoncé started with her Emmy-nominated 2024 Christmas halftime performance. The broadcast teams: Ian Eagle with Nate Burleson and Matt Ryan on Cowboys-Commanders; Noah Eagle with Drew Brees on Lions-Vikings; Gene Steratore as rules analyst on both.

One caution: Christmas Day football is a US broadcast shaped by US ratings math. Both matchups are NFC division rivalries (Cowboys-Commanders, Lions-Vikings), which means Canadian viewers without a team allegiance are getting regional-feud football rather than a national showcase game. The Broncos-Chiefs nightcap on Prime Video is arguably the better football game of the three.

2. Emily in Paris, the final season, December 24

Season 6 is the end. Netflix announced in May 2026 that the sixth season would be the show's last, and production wrapped in September, with Lily Collins marking her final day of filming at Place de l'Estrapade in Paris, the same spot where the series began in 2020.

The final season arrives December 24, 2026, Christmas Eve, and Netflix is positioning it as Emily Cooper's last European farewell. The story picks up from Season 5 (which moved the action to Rome in December 2025): Emily, now heading the Rome branch of Agence Grateau, gets a letter from Gabriel inviting her to Greece, and the Rome office closes. Season 6 then moves through Greece, Mykonos and Monaco before returning to Paris.

The numbers behind the farewell: Netflix says the first five seasons spent a combined 32 weeks on its Global Top 10 English TV chart, hit No. 1 in 90 countries, and accumulated more than 250 million views. Season 5's premiere drew 13.5 million views in its first four days. Whether you find the show charming or exasperating, it's one of the defining comfort-TV properties of the streaming era, and its Christmas Eve finale is engineered to be a holiday-viewing event.

For the broader Netflix Canada context, see our October roundup at October 2026 Netflix Canada roundup.

3. The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey, December 10

This is the month's prestige limited series, and its path to Netflix is a story in itself. The eight-part scripted drama was originally developed at Paramount+, where Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen were cast in 2024. In July 2026, Netflix acquired worldwide rights from producer 101 Studios, and in September set a global premiere date of December 10, 2026.

McCarthy plays Patsy Ramsey, Owen plays John Ramsey, and Emily Mitchell plays JonBenét. The ensemble around them includes Garrett Hedlund, Alison Pill, Shea Whigham, Clifton Collins Jr., Rory Cochrane, Chris Bauer, Will Patton, Margo Martindale and Tzi Ma. Showrunner Richard LaGravenese structured the series around multiple perspectives, the Ramsey family, investigators, and the media, rather than a single procedural throughline.

The framing matters: the series leans on the chaos surrounding the unsolved 1996 killing of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, the media circus, the police scrutiny, the national division, rather than offering a resolution the real case never produced. McCarthy has said publicly that she personally believes no one in JonBenét's immediate family was responsible, while carefully framing that as an acting choice rather than a factual claim. The case remains unsolved nearly 30 years later, with more than 21,000 tips, letters and emails logged and no one ever charged.

A note for true-crime viewers: this is a dramatized scripted series, not a documentary. It premieres the same month as Netflix's previous JonBenét documentary Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey (2024) continues to circulate, so the two will inevitably be watched side by side.

4. The holiday movie slate

Netflix's original Christmas films are spread across November and December, so by December most of the slate is already live and bingeable:

• A Dog's Perfect Christmas (Nov 4): a family drama starring Dennis Quaid, Milo Ventimiglia and Mary Steenburgen, based on a book, about a teenager, her grandfather and a basset hound holding things together. Filmed in Burnaby and Penticton, BC.
• Guarding Stars (Nov 18): a holiday romance pairing a no-nonsense bodyguard with a famous action star over Christmas. Stars Leighton Meester, Andie MacDowell and Jared Padalecki; filmed in Calgary and High River, Alberta.
• In a Holidaze (Dec 2): a time-loop Christmas comedy, a young woman keeps reliving the family-cabin Christmas after a romantic disaster. Stars Maddie Ziegler, Patton Oswalt and Rob Lowe; filmed in Vancouver and Whistler, BC.
• Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas (December, date TBA): a struggling pastor inherits his family's church in a troubled New York neighbourhood. Cast includes Tyler Perry, Tank and Fantasia Barrino.

The throughline for Canadian viewers: three of the four were filmed in Canada, which is its own small pleasure this time of year, Penticton's Gyro Park rink, Calgary ranchland, Whistler cabins. For more new Christmas films across all platforms, see our roundup at new Christmas movies 2026 roundup.

5. The Narnia correction

Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew was supposed to be Netflix's Christmas 2026 crown jewel, a Thanksgiving IMAX theatrical run followed by a Christmas Day streaming premiere. That plan is dead.

The film was bumped to a February 12, 2027 theatrical release (with IMAX sneak previews from February 10) and will arrive on Netflix on April 2, 2027. The reported reason: the Christmas 2026 corridor was overcrowded, Disney's Avengers: Doomsday and Warner Bros.' Dune: Part Three were both vying for the same premium IMAX screens Gerwig's film needed. The film stars Emma Mackey as the White Witch, David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell as the children, Daniel Craig, Carey Mulligan, Ciaran Hinds, Denise Gough, and Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan.

If you see older roundups listing Narnia as a December 2026 Netflix release, they're stale. February 2027 is the real date.

6. What to watch, in order

If you want a December viewing plan that matches the release calendar:

1. December 2, In a Holidaze drops; pair it with A Dog's Perfect Christmas and Guarding Stars for the full original-film slate.
2. December 10, The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey (eight episodes; unclear if all drop at once or split, Netflix hasn't confirmed).
3. December 24, Emily in Paris final season. Christmas Eve drop; expect social media to be unusable by Boxing Day.
4. December 25, NFL Christmas Gameday: Cowboys-Commanders at 1 p.m. ET, Lions-Vikings at 4:30 p.m. ET with Snoop Dogg at halftime.

One more practical point: Netflix release dates are global and Canadian availability matches the US for all of these titles, no regional gaps announced. But December is also when Netflix runs its annual price and plan tinkering, so if you're sharing a plan or on an older grandfathered tier, check your account before the 25th so the football doesn't become a billing adventure.

Practical next steps

• Mark December 25 on your calendar now: pregame at 11 a.m. ET, kickoff 1 p.m. ET, these are live events, not on-demand.
• If NFL Christmas is your main draw, confirm you have an active Netflix subscription of any tier; no special sports add-on exists.
• Holiday-film viewers: A Dog's Perfect Christmas (Nov 4) and Guarding Stars (Nov 18) are already streaming before December begins.
• True-crime fans: watch Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey (2024 documentary, on Netflix) before December 10 for the contrast with the dramatized series.
• For the full Christmas movie picture across Netflix, Prime Video and Hallmark, see Christmas movies 2026: where to watch.

The bottom line

December 2026 on Netflix Canada is really three events stacked on top of each other: a true-crime prestige drama on the 10th, the Emily in Paris farewell on Christmas Eve, and live NFL football with Snoop Dogg on Christmas Day. The holiday films are the connective tissue. And if anyone tells you Narnia is coming for Christmas, it isn't; it's February 2027.

Sources

• Radio Times, Emily in Paris season 6 release date and first-look images
• Hypebeast, Netflix 'The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey' first look, release info
• Wikipedia, The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
• ComingSoon, Melissa McCarthy on why Netflix's JonBenét Ramsey show is unlike other true crime projects
• Sports Illustrated, Netflix announcers for NFL Christmas Day games
• GambleRss, NFL Christmas Day schedule 2026
• AV Club, Greta Gerwig's first Narnia movie staying in the wardrobe until 2027
• Movie Insider, Netflix Originals holiday movies 2026
• YourChristmasCountdown, New Christmas movies coming in 2026