The Detroit Lions woke up on Christmas with the first home playoff game in Ford Field history.

Before the holiday was up, they were one step closer to bringing their whole side of the bracket to the Motor City.

Detroit (11-4) has pulled into a tie for the NFC’s best record after San Francisco (11-4) was pasted by Baltimore on Monday Night Football, dramatically improving the Lions’ shot at the coveted No. 1 seed.

Philadelphia (11-4) also is tied atop the conference, and the Lions are the No. 3 seed for now based on tiebreakers.

But they’ll automatically pass the Eagles if they beat the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night (due to record against common opponents), and can claim the No. 1 seed — and the first-round bye that comes with it — if they win out, paired with one loss in the final two weeks by San Francisco.

The 49ers get the lowly Washington Commanders this week, before wrapping up the season against the Los Angeles Rams — who are not only one of the hottest teams in the league right now, but could be fighting for their playoff life.

Detroit’s path to the No. 1 seed is still difficult — The New York Times playoff model puts their chances at 6% — but San Francisco’s loss on Monday night opens up the possibility.

The Lions have never been a No. 1 seed in the history of the playoff format.

Detroit — which has been the bottom seed in each of its last four postseason appearances — can fall no lower than the No. 3 seed no matter what happens in the final two weeks of the season.

We’re definitely going to enjoy this (win against Minnesota), because we earned it,” left tackle Taylor Decker said.

“We did. So, we should enjoy that.

Then as far as moving forward, we’re just going to keep working like the Lions do.

That’s what we do. We’re going to go out there every single week we have an opportunity to play, and put the best product out there possible.

Because we just want to keep playing games.”