Purim Bottle Carrier (2024)

It's customary on Purim to give gifts of food to friends, called mishloach manot in Hebrew (or shalach manos in Yiddish). Every year I make increasingly elaborate papercut mishloach manot packages for this ritual of edible gift giving. 2024 was a hard year. I thought we could all use a drink. These boxes contain a mini bottle of M&H Distillery whiskey (not sponsored, just the perfect size and shape, and delicious) and a chocolate, suspended in the lattice. One side says "Happy Purim" from me, and the other side says, עד דלא ידע - ad delo yada, a Talmudic phrase that one should drink enough on Purim not to be able to differentiate the hero, Mordechai, and the villain, Haman. The upside-down happy face makes a good handle, and references the topsy-turvy conception of the holiday. As usual, the text and details are cut from the equivalent of a letter-size sheet of cardstock (in this case, white and black), and the boxes use no adhesives or printing of any kind. Happy Purim!