A Christmas Story

"The best team we've ever had in Kansas City" - Lamar Hunt

Christmas Day holds special interest to pro football enthusiasts and the teams they follow. NFL players often find themselves playing that day or preparing to play a day before or a day later. Feasting and family often come later only after the holidays.Grow up in Kansas City in the 1950s and 1960s and you’ll find any sports fan worth his salt recalling the joy of Christmas morning, accompanied later by pain following the playing of the Chiefs Christmas Day game of 1971, the team’s final game played at the city’s old Municipal Stadium.

Oddly enough, to late Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, a deeply spiritual person in his own right and a…