Chinese Sundays A.K.A. Hawaiian Haystacks

I've had people asking for this recipe (we had it at a work party that I was in charge of). When I first had this it was served at my Grandma Lamarr's house it was the strangest thing and she told us that on our first one (that we made small) we had to put all the ingredients. It has been a family favorite ever sense.
Yes, this has two names. I grew up calling it Chinese Sundays whereas my husband's family calls it Hawaiian Haystacks. This is what we served for our wedding dinner. The funny thing about this recipe is that everyone makes it a little different. So I am just going to list the ingredients that we use.

Ingredients:
Rice
Chopped Chicken (or turkey)
Shredded Cheese
Chinese Noodles
Chicken Gravy (I like to use cream of chicken soup)
Celery
Pineapple
Tomatoes
Green onions
slivered almonds
shredded coconut
Maraschino Cherry (top it with a cherry to make it a sunday)

Other toppings that I've seen people add
Sunflower seeds
Olives
Bacon bits

Directions:

Measurements will depend on how large of a group you are serving. In our family we like to line the ingredients on the counter in the order listed above and go through the line because you just put a spoonful of each ingredient on your plate. I like to put the gravy on at the end too.

And you know it is good when the kids lick their plates clean!