Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Netflix closed out Christmas week with a record-breaking streaming surge powered by the return of one of its biggest franchises.

The final season of Stranger Things turned the usually quiet stretch between Christmas and New Year into a high-stakes streaming event, pulling viewers back to Hawkins just as holiday downtime peaked.

Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL game viewing and its “Stranger Things” series scored good holiday news over the seven-day period -- on and off its streaming platform. Netflix posted its best streaming ...