Ten reasons for celebrating Purim.
10. Making noise in shul is a mitzvah.
9. Levity is not reserved for the Levites.
8. If you're having a bad hair day, you can always wear a mask & no one will know who you are.
7. Purim is easier to spell than Khanuka, Chanukah, Chanuka, Hanuka -- the Hebrew name for the Festival of Lights.
6. You don't have to kasher your home and change all the pots and dishes.
5. You don't have to build a sukkah and eat outside.
4. You get to drink wine & you don't have to stand for Kiddush.
3. You can't eat hamentaschen on Yom Kippur.
2. You won't get hit in the eye by a lulav.
And the number one reason
1. Mordechai - 1; Haman - 0.