The table should be set with a tablecloth and candles. Even though there is no requirement to eat a festive meal, one should still rejoice and eat something special in honor of Purim. [One should moderate any festivities in order that they do not interfere with Purim morning.]
It is customary to eat seeds on Purim, such as poppy Hamantashen, to commemorate the seeds that Esther ate when keeping Kosher in the king’s palace.