The fifth and final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things is dropping on Netflix just in time for Thanksgiving. And Christmas. And also New Year’s Eve.

The industry-leading streaming service, whose stock reached a record high on Monday after the weekend’s successful Tudum 2025 event, just announced that the conclusion to its monster hit series will arrive in three batches. The first four episodes are set to debut on November 26 (the day before Thanksgiving) at 8pm ET, the following three air on Christmas Day at the same time, and the final episode will come out on New Year’s Eve, also at 8pm ET. It’s an innovative, carefully calibrated twist on the staggered streaming release schedule, although some fans seem to find Netflix’s upcoming stranglehold on holiday viewing as diabolical as a demo

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