Thanks to many wonderful friends, and in particular one very generous shlucha, we had a really beautiful Chinese Purim! Decorations, costumes, prizes, candy, chopsticks, fans, Mandarin hats, and much more were donated.  Our shalach monos were in Chinese take-out boxes and in each one were yellow and red candies, yellow fishy mondlen & red fishy candies, oriental crackers, fortune cookies...   Also a Chinese lucky money envelope with money for matanos l'evyonim, and a Chinese lottery ticket (every single one won, which made everyone happy!)

Our menu was: Hamantasch challahs with a savory filling, which the kitchen crew forgot to serve, pretty and tasty Chinese flower rolls, sweet and sour chicken, pepper steak, vegetable lo mein, fried rice, fried chicken wontons, and delicious (absolutely killed my diet) egg rolls. I made duck sauce, lemon sauce, and hot mustard, and the dessert was a reddish jello comprised of every flavor and vintage jello I had in the house, topped with yellow "whipped cream" and red and yellow sprinkles, together with chocolate dipped fortune cookies. Of course there was lots of Chinese tea to wash it all down with!

We had a cute Chinese auction -- the old kind, where you auction off wrapped packages and people don't know what they're bidding on. I got rid of unneeded gifts, various donated prizes and other things that had accumulated, and the school made some very quick money.  One lady paid 22 grivni for a Chinese fly swatter, but took it well.  Others got nice jewlery, and other prizes. Everyone had a great time!

Here are a few of our pics.  More can be seen in the Photo Galleries.