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    97 Things To Do On Black Friday Instead Of Shopping

    Don't get caught up in the hype: do these instead and stay away from the crazed masses.

    1. Watch A Christmas Story

    2. Walk your dog

    3. Give your cat a break today (it doesn't want to be walked)

    4. Drink some Egg Nog

    5. Make a 24" sub

    6. Write a letter to a friend you haven't seen in a long time

    7. Put together some handmade Christmas presents

    8. Drink some hot cocoa (with marshmallows of course)

    9. Go out and get a newspaper to read at breakfast

    10. Learn how to play some new music

    11. Sing in the shower

    12. Eat leftover turkey

    13. Prepare leftover turkey sandwiches for lunch over the next seven days

    14. Eat the remaining cranberry sauce

    (that is, if there's any left after Thanksgiving!)

    15. Make a recipe you’ve never made before

    16. Draw something (doesn’t have to be good, no worries)

    17. Get some cleaning done

    18. Take a multivitamin

    (c'mon, when was the last time you took one regularly?)

    19. Go to the gym and get some aerobics in

    20. Take a yoga class

    21. Go to a local concert

    22. Go to a Christmas light festival

    23. Watch the Nutcracker Ballet

    24. Watch Die Hard, the best Christmas movie ever made

    25. Teach someone something new

    26. Read a book

    27. Hook up that old Super Nintendo to the TV and go ham

    28. Or, even better, bring out that old Gameboy and play some old classics

    29. Write about your feelings in a journal

    30. Brainstorm some ideas for that book you’ve always wanted to write

    31. Watch some local standup comedy acts

    32. Get interested in some new bands you’ve never heard of

    I can help with that!

    33. Chop up some wood for the fireplace

    34. If you don’t have a fireplace, check out the fireplace channel or Youtube video

    35. Give $10 to a Kickstarter or IndieGoGo campaign

    36. Call up a sibling or your parents

    37. Sleep in

    38. Take a nap

    39. Sleep all day, actually. Don’t wake up until Saturday morning, well rested.

    40. Check out Ello, a sweet new social media website

    (I just got invited in, so I'm pretty pumped)

    41. Watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    42. Work on something you started in the past but haven’t completed yet

    43. Leave musical voicemails for your friends

    44. Make a music video with your friends

    45. Hey, go out and makes some new friends. Why not? The more friends, the merrier.

    46. Tweet at your favorite celebrity

    47. Take a screenshot when your favorite celebrity responds back

    48. Retweet Amanda Bynes’ tweets

    49. Take a trip back to the 90s by watching some old Hey Arnold episodes

    50. Take a trip back to the 80s by watching The Terminator

    51. Take a trip back to the 70s by listening to some Led Zeppelin or Paul McCartney & Wings

    52. Don’t take a trip back to the 60s because things were pretty tumultuous and things are pretty good in 2014

    53. Got some Jillian Michaels workout DVDs? Pull them out, put them in the DVD player, and give up about 5 minutes into it.

    54. Get into an argument with someone about if it’s “peak my interest” or “pique my interest”

    55. Put up some Christmas lights

    56. Don’t put up a Christmas tree just yet: c’mon, it’s only November 28.

    57. Read the Onion for awhile. Laugh heartily.

    58. Enter a local Euchre tournament

    59. If you don’t know how to play Euchre, learn how to play it. Then join a tournament.

    60. After playing Euchre, learn some card tricks

    (We're talking the Royal Hummer and the Ace Flip here)

    61. Learn how to juggle

    62. Surf Tumblr all day

    63. If you happen to live in Australia, go outside and surf all day

    64. Watch some old Beyonce music videos

    65. Make some puppy chow

    66. Go to a retro arcade, play some pinball

    67. Plan a trip to Alaska

    68. Gawk at how expensive plane tickets are and watch Into The Wild instead

    69. Go through your neighborhood on Google Maps Streetview

    70. Go out and get some donuts with someone you love

    71. Watch a really good documentary

    72. Write about what inspires you

    73. Ask your friends dumb questions

    (Would you rather change genders every time you sneezed, or have your hands sweat mayonnaise forever?)

    74. Learn how to beatbox

    75. Write a rap song with your friend after you learn some sick beats to beatbox

    76. Listen to some jazz music

    77. Promise to never do something again

    78. Read about some conspiracy theories

    79. Read about some urban legends

    80. Look at some pictures that the Hubble Telescope has taken

    81. Update your LinkedIn profile

    82. Read some comic books

    83. Watch some movies with comic book superheroes

    84. Read Iguanamouth's hilarious comics

    85. Clean. Your. Room.

    (this is the last time I'll tell you...)

    86. Do your laundry

    87. Serenade someone

    88. Ask someone why puce happens to be multiple colors instead of just one

    89. Don’t give into those latest Black Friday deals flooding your email

    90. Find a better background for your phone

    91. Create your own custom ringtone

    92. Make a dessert and bring it over to a friend’s house

    93. Make a dessert and just eat it all, no need to share. You do you.

    94. Speak with someone with a horribly butchered accent

    95. Light some candles around your place

    96. Paint a room a new color

    97. Count all the money you’re saving by not shopping on Black Friday.